Cutting templates - what works

When I am trying to cut film from templates I struggle, what works best to put on the rear of your glasss wall to make template cutting more defined.

Should I just tint the rear in 5% film - would this make it eaier to follow the outline of the template??

Naughty

I may not be reading the question correctly -but are you having trouble seeing the liner you are using for a pattern?

Sorry, I thought it sounded a bit messed up when I re-read it.

Yes, I am struggling to see the liner

Naughty

ok then - I had trouble too when I tried to use the liner like you are on the wall.
I now have a flat table I use and have 2 8' flourescent light below the glass.
It makes the liner well defined and it actually made it easier on me to cut and keep my hand steady.
Try this is inexpensive and good luck.

thanks...any more from anyone else

Naughty

all my glass i cut on have Silver 20 on them.

I will get some silver then - thanks

hmm I hadnt thought of that
even your peeling glass?
would mirrors work the same?

I use a mirror works o.k. for me

i don't use templates.

now your well over 5 years behind

the first guy I worked for 16 years ago used templates, had 'em all organized in old tint tubes. Had 'em catalogued and stuff, but you still had to cut the top edge, so why not just cut the whole window while your there?? It's a time thing to me. Patterns seem like a hassle.

quarter glass windows....vent windows.....use a scrap piece of liner to cut a template. then you don't have to fock with a light to see through the film to the black borders or edges. plus you can double the film up on your peeler and cut both quarters or vents at the same time. that's about the only time i use templates. i never use templates for rollups. templates are nice for vinyling the matrix on bg's too.

my style of tinting also

never door glasses here - I do have a few for pickup back glasses but the rest are the same, vent quarters etc

I hear that plotters cut a nice pattern for ya.

That depends on who's cutting the pattern, what method on scanning and who's doing the digital file (clean up).

dont forget making sure the guy running the plotter knows how to set it up. otherwise edges are not the shizzle



hay check it out I used slang.

Set it up, use and maintain it...

Saw one that was shipped back because owner said it wasn't cutting right... it had so much crud, including what appeared to be red candy goo that must have drooled from someone's mouth, how could the machine ever have cut decently.

"what do you mean you have to change the blades?"

I love my plotter and use it almost daily, but its still in the growing up stages.