1981 corvette

I had to tint an 81 corvette with vertical defrosters today easy shrink but after install film just puckered on defrost lines set it in the sun didnt work

yes i even steel wooled the lines really well so i pulled film of and reshruink another piece this time i ran my blade backwards over lines to hit any high spots n steel wooled again installed tint same thiong hapen what the i just did a 1979 last week with no defrost layed down klike a prom date but this 81 i dont get it anybody ever have this happen to them

nope....

I've had it do me that way thru the years! I don't know the solution!Heat em and push em down!

i did heat them they wouldnt lay for %&$# they didnt even feel high they felt smooth easy shrink but film wouldnt lay on lines using solargrd hp supreme
i called the guy n asked him if i could scrape his lines not all of them worked anyways he said hell no i said come pick up ur car oh well

The only thing left is have him come back in a couple of weeks and run a lil chizzler wrapped in paper towel along each wire now that all the solution is finally dried yet there is still tack to the adhesive.

I did this 2 yrs ago..same senerio..I think it was even the same year of Corvette , I had him drop by 2 months after I had done that and it still looked good..I think the key was to leave it long enough after the tint job was done..but not too long

Either way..it worked for the long haul

Either that or lightly cut them like a relief cut and lay them down. It has always worked for me

Try to dubble shrink the pattern helps take out any extra stress

Take it to a professional

I don't do boxes that old

my lazy old fatazz cant fit back there anyway

take it to a professional ha ha ha ha professionals dont do these cars j/k

Leave it in the sun if you can and do what Tintwizard said, you can push it down later. I used Solargard HP Charcoal 32%

SG HP Supreme?????HHHUUUUUMMMMMM Try SG HP Charcoal and see if its better!

Exactly! No sense in

old vettes with big rears are always a pain

Is that rear window done in one peice? I tried to do it in one peice today, the film shrank nice but didn`t go well in the top corners. I notice that there are no gas struts on that window. I wonder if this was the problem with the one I did today, it had the gas struts.

did one last week. had to stretch the sides like CRAZY to get it to lay. done these before and they went perfect. this last one was BAD. had him come back 3 days later to push down the pucks.

dry shrink..or wet shrink? what do you guys do. I have one in the shop now. Do you lay wet strip across the middle??
Ryan