Cleaning windows with window perf

[brycesteiner]

Got a customer that decided to have an exterminator spray a pesticide on windows we installed perf vinyl.
They are upset now because the windows look hazy from the inside.

We told them it's not good to wash the perf vinyl with anything more than a mild soap and water spray and a rinse. We also suggested a less than 50% Alcohol/water mixture.

They seem to think it's our fault we didn't tell them ahead of time that spraying pesticides on window perf might cause visual impairment from the inside.

Any ideas on what options to them to get their windows clean?

thanks!

 

[Geneva Olson]

In the words of Joe Biden, "don't"

 

[unclebun]

It's possible that the pesticide had a solvent in it which has permanently damaged the formerly optically clear laminate you used. In that case no amount of cleaning will ever clear it up.

 

[unclebun]

Why would anyone spray pesticides on their car? It's likely they'd damage the paintwork as well.

 

[myront]

You did laminate the perf, right?

 

[JBurton]

Why would anyone spray pesticides on their car? It's likely they'd damage the paintwork as well.

I'm thinking maybe the window was a building's window, full length, and if the pest guy is anything like mine, he just lazily walks along spraying a 6" zigzag along the perimeter of the inside of the building...
Was this installed interior or exterior?

 

[Texas_Signmaker]

Why would anyone spray pesticides on their car? It's likely they'd damage the paintwork as well.

The directions say to spray them around window frames on the exterior of buildings.

 

[unclebun]

If it's on the building then the vinyl isn't laminated. It's probably just oily residue on the glass in the holes. Soft window washer's brush and lots of soapy water. Hose to rinse.

 

[Geneva Olson]

Why would anyone spray pesticides on their car? It's likely they'd damage the paintwork as well.

do you not install window perf on business windows?

 

[unclebun]

do you not install window perf on business windows?

Not very often. Our sign ordinance is very disfavorable towards storefront window wraps. The square footage counts against the business's total signage area.

 

[Geneva Olson]

Not very often. Our sign ordinance is very disfavorable towards storefront window wraps. The square footage counts against the business's total signage area.

us too. we ask forgiveness not permission

 

[JBurton]

us too. we ask forgiveness not permission

You are just like the pita print shop down the road from me?!? Here I am, doing the right thing, advising the customer of the city's ordinances, and telling them I can't block out their entire window, but lo and behold, their windows get blocked out and no permit gets pulled. I used to never report anybody, not like hurting another's business will 'help' mine after the fact, but finally I got so fed up I reported one... the city said they were aware, but couldn't do anything... I really hate the print shops around me