06 Corvette - How?

Just a quick question for anyone that can help me.

I tried to tint a mate's 06 Corvette and had no luck with Bekaert's Titanium 16. I simply couldn't shrink it enough.

What 15% (or there abouts) film is easiest to use for these rear screens? and also, is it easier to shrink it horzontally or vertically?

Thanks,
Scott.

Up and down.....side to side.....gotta play with the film......

Take your time...try not to rush it.

That window is a biatch to shrink no matter what film you use, shrink on low and take your time

Soap the backglass...lay film and anchor across the middle...trim film BIG and leave some EARS as in the picture...these are to pull on...leave them on the top and bottom....slowly heat and pull the ears as you shrink.You will see how it makes shrinking SO much easier!

doing one tomorrow will try the ears thingy...looks like a big help..thanks

how'd it go?

Oh NOW you put that pic up where was that a year ago

He wasnt capable of doing them a year ago. I think those are pictures from his brothers shop

I leave it long ALL around the bottom of the glass.....not just a little flap......

theres just no helpin some people!

Espessialy if their from Texas

Thanks Ric!

i still say kick his hippy butt off ... ...JOKE..JOKE...JOKE

Where TFurk is Willie anyways?????.....

He's late on his child support check this month.....

The ole lady's gettin' peeyosseddd!!!!!

Kick a man when he's down !!!

Oh shiatt.... Now that's funny !!!!!!

Dont forget ...the shovel and the blow torch....

try leaving about a four inch apron of film above the top corners to hang on to while shrinking. a slight tug is all that is needed to keep the shrink flowing. if the film gets too ot to touch...move to the other side. cold film shrinks a lot easier. if yer wearing a glove while shrinking, yer gonna have problems with tougher shrinks for years to come. sensory input from touch is vital info.

give the bare-hand dry shrink a try. mount the film tight accross the back glass. (this can be done by placing a dab of water near the middle of each side of the glass before placing the film. hard card one side, then pull on the other side 'till banjo lines appear accross the middle. plant it there, step back and see that you have it all square) you can move the banjo line up or down depending on where you want the most or least shrinking. (top or bottom) this eliminates the need for powder if you "attack" the film with your decent heat gun. shrink cold film fast and it hardly gets warm. since yer bare-handed, you'll know when to move on. (i still use powder in a few situations) forget about that old "H" plant...it makes for a lot of extra work.

well, have a good one...and let me know if this helps/hinders. (he-he)

ears, no ears, .. Tried the ears today, and did some lift an pull and heat and cool and heat and cool ...

this thing is a pain to shriz-zinkle . 3 hours to finish, with tinting over the dots

I had one last week

almost scorched that BG

I am glad I don't see too many of 'em

i like them now i got em down at first i hated them but there not bad after you got a few under your belt

i leave it big all around,sometimes it is easier to side shrink a little finger,than to try pushing it to the top or bottom,making a bigger finger.. remember side shrinking is going against the grains in the film ,little heat at a time and pulling until you get it shrunk and in the black border

Yah think.....I see key west has some competition as the rocket scientist of the year

I'm gonna do my first 08 z06 on Saturday, who wants to call LIAR, on how long it takes

man you lying if you pull it off in 2hrs in just shrinking

Shouldnt be a problem for you.

I watched Jim do one in my shop in less than 30 minutes

My rep shrank the back window in less than 15 min. And he did some of the fingers at an angel not up and down and the piece of tint was over sized. Havn't had a vett. since the to try on my own.

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Probably the same guy

thats the way

sorry ididnt reply fuess i forgot but the ears thing worked well...i also agree with the leave it a bit bigger than you need to so you have places to streach it from and move it down if you scorch the bottom...that is the tough part ...i think anyway



i gotts to agree ...pick some other 15%....almost anything will be easier.....

[quote name='tintman Pa' date='Dec 7 2007, 07:56 AM' post='569350']
sorry ididnt reply fuess i forgot but the ears thing worked well...i also agree with the leave it a bit bigger than you need to so you have places to streach it from and move it down if you scorch the bottom...that is the tough part ...i think anyway
cool-works great for me-the last one only took ten minutes to shrink!

I used to be scared of these....but now that I have done about 6 or 8 of them....I have NO problem at all. It shouldn't take any more than 15 minutes to shrink the backglass, its very simple. I'd say the doors are tougher to shrink

What brand and type of film are you shrinking in 15 minutes? I need to find a faster shrinking film for this rear ... the Maddy Cool was a bit time consuming but looks great.

Suntek or OTI
I watched the global dude Jim do one of the in my shop 20 minutes the whole car and it look nice

no problems here

one of my account the other day had a new 08 to do but i could not get there...so in return they called in the fill in tinter after 3 attempts he walk out on the rear glass...then they called in the fill in to the fill in he got er done 1 piece but left creases ....so like i told them from the beginning i will get it done for them on wednesday so i have to strip and retint it instead of them just waiting for the original appointment crazy azz people maing

THE BEST N EASIEST WAY TO DO BACKGLASS ON CORVETTE IS DO IT IN 8 PIECES WITH OVERLAP J/K MDOG SOAP WORKS 4 ME BUT IVE SEEN IT DONE WET ALSO DRY WORKS BEST GO SLOW OTHER WISE FILM WILL MEET IS LIMIT TO FAST.

I use (and have always used) LLUMAR ATR 40 Charcoal. It has never failed me yet... We used to use Madico, but found that Llumar is far better

Johnsons GSN 40. takes me about 20 minutes with the MDog soap method. I'll try to find some pics.

hey harold u can do this car in 30 minutes n be walking away this car takes me about1 hr 20 minutes n im walking away

thats how i do em everybody knows film shrinls both ways just that it shrinks more toward the factory edge if u form little fingers on the side n shrink u have less film to shrink on bottom top is easy big fingers on doors but not to bad very easy install n i short like tintman 237

Here's a kind of step by step...

What are you guys using for the matrix? I had a customer pull the tint off when he git home b/c he didnt like the way it looked on the matrix. I havent tried gluing it, but did use vinyl and he didnt like that either. I havent done one in a while, maybe I was just off.

there is your mistake glue that shizz

imo anyways

I did my first Vette today finally. I've been tinting about one car per week on average over the past 3 years or so, just got my first one, the owner is a friend of mine. I must say, it was not nearly as difficult as I expected it to be. I did however have someone help me lay it since I wasn't about to put that piece on the floor after spending 30-40 minutes shrinking and cutting it hehehe. Thanks for all of the great tips in this thread, the window came out pretty well. I did not glue the matrix however, and that did not look the best. I felt there was just too much risk peeling the film back with the awkward angle that would be required. I will be trying blue glue on the next or possibly redo this window for him down the road.

BTW I used ATC 15 which has been a decent film imo, however I have noticed ghosting in the last two vehicles I did BG's on. Is there any way to reduce the risk of this or eliminate it?