Neo Shatterproof coating removal

I was wondering if anyone had tried removing this coating. I've read that it scratches quite easily so I was wondering about having a go with a glass scraper, or does anyone know of any chemicals that would strip it?

I have one bottle that seems to have a particularly thick coating and it's bugging me!

I've been pondering asking mathmos if they'll add an option of non-coated bottles for those of us who don't use them as kids lighting and don't care about the shatterproof properties...

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Permalink Reply by MonsoonStorm on February 18, 2021 at 5:05am

Perfect! this is exactly what I hoped to hear. I hate the way that the coating makes the bottles look. My violet/turquoise isn't so bad, but my yellow/orange is horrendous.

Does it affect the etched logo?

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Permalink Reply by MonsoonStorm on February 18, 2021 at 5:50am

This worked perfectly! Thank you so much!

The coating on the neck of the bottle was too uneven for it to peel, so I used a razor to cut in the dent where the neck flares out, above the logo. It peeled very nicely from there! Took about 5 mins!

Before and after photos for those interested:

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Permalink Reply by MonsoonStorm on February 19, 2021 at 4:09am

Indeed, I had considered bumping the bulb by 5w and using telstar/baby bottles, but my favourite colourway is the violet turquoise which isn't available (god knows why they have different colour schemes for the two identical bottles...)

Just did my violet/turquoise this morning. A bit trickier to get started as it wasn't as thick as the yellow one, so I went around the edge of the top where it goes wide instead of in the dent, worked a treat again.

Definitely a happy bunny!