Tint Scraps

By: expertint
Sep 18 2003, 03:36 PM

When you are tinting a car what do you do with the scraps that come off when you make cuts on the doors and windows? Most tinters just fling them on the floor creating a possible slip and fall situation..If you just set them on top of the car they will usually stick if they are wet.Then when you are done with the car you don't have to sweep them up,you just take them off the roof and throw them away..No slippery floor mess and cuts down on the risk of falling.

That is precisely what I do with the scraps. I will typically stick them to the side of the car though, if they are wet enough to stick, because it is more convenient for a short person like myself. Especially when working on a truck that is lifted so high that the front seat is higher than my forehead!

I used to just fling 'em on top of the car as well but sometime you still get pieces that curl up and roll off the vehicle. What I'll do sometimes is get a kitchen sized bag and a couple of pieces of masking tape and place the bag on the window next to the one I'm working on. When I'm done with one side of the vehicle just pull the bag off and re-tape to the other side. By doing it this way you only handle the scraps once and be done with them.

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