What's the trick to not hacking up the corners?

Only done a few windows around my house so far.

The way I did it was I got my lines going (like the right edge and the bottom edge) then I pulled the tint back and got a trim guide and followed it to make the corner.

Is that the best way? Trying to follow my finger into the corner resulted in some horrible hacking and daylight gaps.

Keep in mind I don't have a film handler. =)

When I started, I used a 5-way to cut the edges.

Now I freehand almost everything. Anything over 4mil I use a 5-way

For the corners, I punch the corner with my finger and cut.

Unless you are talking about laying the factory edge along a side. I don't do that. I found the window frames are not square, so I cut all four sides.

I have a 5 way tool now. That's actually what I bought it for, but haven't used it.

So just slam it into the corner and there I go?

i cut the film at a 45% angle in the corner first then push it down and trim, i never get creased corners anymore.

this is how i do it, imagine the blue is the glass and the smoke is tint, what you want to do is cut the tint at a 45% angle in all corners, when you do this first there is no film to bunch up in the corners and when you cut with your 5 way tool you can cut real clean all the way to the corner with no creases.

I know you guys have suggested cutting the corners many times. I haven't tried it yet but am interested. I understand the concept but am still a bit confused.

When do you cut the corners, before or after the film is applied? Can you give some more detail to what you do.

I have a hacked up 5 way that I push the pointed edge into the corner and hold down, then I take my knife and cut out from the corner. Works for me but always interested in another way.

Thanks

I put my film up, squeege my window and stop about 3 inches from the sides and top, then i cut the corners at a 45 degree angle and poke the film in the corner with my finger, then i trim all around the tint with my 5 way tool, then go around the glass and finish squeeging out the sides and top.

WALLLLAH>>>>>>>>

45 degree cuts seem good.

I think I tried a slice from the corner outwards to release the tension and avoid creases, but it didn't work well.

I'll start doing this. =)

after u apply the film take a 5 way and use it as a guide to cut the edges, u can get perfect corners and it will help to cut even straight lines, but dont just jam it into the corner or u will crease or tear the film, take it and put one of the corners of the 5 way and push it into the corner to push the tint down to the glass, and start at a corner and go out. dont go from one corner to the other, start at the top corner and go down and b 4 u get to the bottom stop, and then go from the bottom up to where u stopped b 4. hope it makes sense, it helped me when i was learning.

Trick is to know where to start the cut.

5- way........ its the way ive always done it

yes, 5 way is how i have always done it, leaves less room for error in my oppinion.

When you 5 way do you cut the corners somehow to prevent creasing?

Which direction do you slam it into there? From the inside of the window down into the corner? Or from parallele to the window?