Propane Torch

I saw this guyin a tint magazine tinting with a propane torch so me being me, that was enoguth reason for me to buy a new toy, I mean torch. So I was playing withit today and made a pretty good mess of some tint on my rear glass.

I had to see the burning poaint of the tint under the pretty blue flame, so i melted a few spots. I wanted to feel how the tint acted with the flame. to say the least it was fun,

Any tips on how to use flame?

Yep..don't.

Too much heat in concentrated area will be prone to premature film failure.

I've used a 40000BTU space heater B4 ..shrinks a whole window in under a 1 min..but not advisable for the long run

Don't give me ideas

But how did u do that
is that a billet heater?

The guy you saw is a jackass, i think he even came here once and was riddiculed off the site.

Step away from the torch.

I will use the torch for nothing but fun then.

But give me more info on Heater really.

I had a guy working at a shop that swore up and down that the glass had to be warmed up to tint it soooo he open the rear window of a '92 vette and laid a tarp over it then fired up a space heater (one of those jet engine jobbies) and proceded to melt the entire rear end of the car (the soft flexible plastic that houses the taillights) I mean dripping plastic on the floors

needless to say "you're fired"

but it was funny to see

Keep the heater away from the car!!!

DAMN!!

I too saw the guy in the trade magizine,I believe his was in the tint off comp.
The caption next to his picture said somthing like(Not Recomended form of Heat Shrinking!)

Flames and film together maybe as a graphic.

Must have been the same mag rag that printed something about burning felt with a torch or heat gun a few years back.

Man learned about fire thousands of years ago in a cave... refreshing to see evidence contradicting the theory of evolution.

Ouch that was harsh... No offense

If you look for the thread "shrunk a back window in 20 sec." thread , yo will see the pic of the heaterI was using and all the talk that went with it..I like playing around with new ideas . It does work , but the short story of it all is I use 2 heatguns strapped together that takes under 3 min. for most back windows( i sent a video clip of it to "3Mguy" so you save 2 min...not enough time vs the consequences was my conclusion..

wellI guess that means that Iwill stick with my cheap $21 heat gun that I have been using for years( not same ong though).

Well I guess that means that daddy has to melth things around the house with new toy, I mean tool.

Since TTS isn't here I'll speak on his behalf of what he would say ..." :porter "

holy toledo batman hes got a torch

TD is right, definitely leave the "torch" behind. Who in the hell would use a "torch"?

[FONT=Times][COLOR=blue] WORKS GOOD TO HEAT TOP EDGE OF FILM

He probably used his torch to light his crack pipe after he was done shrinking that BG.

Also great to be putting something like this in the public....

Just what the consumer needs to know... torching their baby...

I use a torch all the time to lock down film. Especially around the edges. I am in a hurry and heat guns take way too long.

I'm with metint on this one.

At the shop I used to work we used a torch to lock the sides of roll ups down and to get pieces of tint on BG off that didn't come off with the steamer. But then again, I am glad I no longer associate with that shop so for your own good, stay away from a torch. It'll likely cause more trouble than it's worth and you don't even need it for what we used it for.