How to remove an arial glued to glass

[Cotty]

Some muppet has glued a phone arial in the drivers side boot glass as per pic



Any ideas how I can remove it without breaking the glass. I was thinking perhaps using some fishing line and sawing though the glue, good/bad idea?

[gareth]

warm it up with a hairdrier / heatshrink gun if you have one. if that doesn't shift it, they're usually on an adhesive foam pad (to allow it to flex and match the screen) so you can get a scalpel under there. once it's off, a scalpel blade will remove the bulk of the goo and t-cut will finish it off. this is what i've always done and never damaged a screen..... yet....

[Cotty]

It does not look like it but the mounting pad is just a little smaller than the the diamiter of a tin can so you could not get a scalpel right the way to the center.

I dont own a heatshrink gun and certainly not a hairdrier

[smithy318i]

get a craft knife like the one shown below, extend the blade out fully, then with a sawing motion cut it off.

[Chris]

Hole Saw.

Just go straight around it. Sorted

Ah but i can you haveing problems with draughts that way

[miniblob]

Try some nail varnish!!!!!!!!! Good at removing some adhesives apparently!!!!! Never tried it, but says it on the back of the superglue packet!!

Not quite sure if or how, but gotta be worth a try!!!

[biggav]

if you twist the mounting with the same motion as adjusting a heater hot/cold dial in an E30 , the aerial will tear off the sticky pad. The suggestion of using a hairdryer is the best advice