Window Tinting - General Discussion
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Which would you prefer? 1 2 3 4
by Guest FastBackJack- 35 replies
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Just out of curiosity......In the unfortunate event that you dont get your soap ratio correct for a flat glass installation, would you rather have TOO MUCH soap.....or NOT ENOUGH?
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Door panels 1 2
by Guest Shady- 14 replies
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Alright all... could anyone throw us a few techniques on tinting body glass without removing door panels. cheers.
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Pie
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 9 replies
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Nice avatar bro! I think she was 1st runner up for Miss DWIWD II. dial-up sucks if it didn't you'd have about 8-12 megs of that stuff.
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Why does this seem to only happen to me? 1 2
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 11 replies
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Scantily clad tail and boobies all over the place and my phuckin' digital camera batteries suck. I was so pissed last night. I have 3 batteries for my Sony Mavica. Two should last 330 minutes and one 550 minutes. Li-Ion..........fully charged before I get to the show...and the mother fuqers all seem to have memory effect!!!!!!!!!! My 550 minute one lasted me phuqin' 10 minutes! One 330 lasted about an hour...the other one 20 minutes. I probably would still be there if the batteries lasted. I had to stop taking pics...and didn't even get to Jenna yet! Anyways, anyone have suggestions as to testing these POS's? Is it my camera?
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Cutting Questions 1 2 3
by Guest pweely- 20 replies
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I am a newbie to tinting, but I have been reading most of the posts on the forum for a coulpe weeks. I tried tinting the windows on my truck over the weekend. I had a terrible time trying to get a nice cut on the top of the window. I was using cheap parts store tint, it just seemed to tear as I was cutting. I was using a brand new snap off razor and still couldn't get a claen cut. Any advice would be great. Thank you
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YOU FREAK!
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ewwwwwwwwww 1 2
by Guest Braud Spectrum- 16 replies
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Move your mouse over the eyes :confused
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Plotter blades? 1 2
by Protint- 12 replies
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Who was the one in here that said they were replaceing the DGI plotter blades for six dollars.
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DRUMROLL PLEASE 1 2
by Guest tintchick- 15 replies
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can I get a drumroll,,,,,
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Web Page Deal
by Guest Johnny5104- 2 replies
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Hey guys, I'm looking for someone in Indiana to help teach me the trade and also assist me with experience to learn it. Many of you know the advantages of a web site for your business. I am willing to produce and help upkeep a web page for an individual willing to help with this. To see a brief preview of my abilities please goto the following web page. This web page has broken links and is not completed because I simply made the website for a presentation in college so I only have things to links that I needed to show in the presentation. http://www.bsu.edu/web/jtbarrett/frame.htm Keep it real. John
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fizznet my hizznet my drizzle dee bizzle
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My ad for San Diego Living magazine 1 2 3 4
by Guest Olfablade- 31 replies
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What do you guys think?
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scrap tint 1 2
by tintguy- 17 replies
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I am just curious to know what you guys do with your scraps. I am starting to form a huge pile of tint. Please don't tell me you roll it up, mark it and stick it in a box. I can't stand working with previously rolled tint. I'm just trying to see if anyone has any good ideas or a great system they use for the extras or the miss cut pieces. Thanks
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on the advice I read here, I used one today on a rear window removal. Big mistake. Do not use these to remove adhesive! Granted it worked better than 0000 steel wool, but it left thousands of very subtle marks only visible at certain angles in sunlight. If it had been a strip and retint they would not have been visible, but this was just a removal. I am praying that it doesn't come back.
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IM AM IN THE CLUB. OH MY GOD I AM SO EXCITED I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE IT WITH ALL THE BANNING (accidental and deliberate). BUT I AM HERE sniff tear. THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVED IN ME AND EVEN TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU I MADE IT HERE YOU WERE MY MOTIVATION. I LOVE YOU ALL OH YA AND BIG UPS TO THE LORD OUR GOD 8) :P :mrgreen: :ahole :suckass :postwhore :fx3 :P1 :love :notworthy :td :band :gay :confused
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post your s**t here, and if it is good, I'll give it a permanent page on the site
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There is only 3 lurkers tonight.
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you use a leaf blower to dry your vehicle next
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To Our Friends in Texas 1 2
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 13 replies
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The US Supreme Court has said it's ok to enter through the back door if you're gay. So :bs hump hump hump away!!!!!!!!
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buying parts 1 2
by Guest FORT SLIDER- 12 replies
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filmhandler is down or something, I can't order from my computer, or anybody else's, tinttools.com I can't order things online, and I'm not here when they're open to call, are there any other websites where I can order tinting tools and sprayer parts straight off of the internet? if not does anybody have a paypal acount and I can send them the money and tell them what I want and they order from their distributor or something? any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, thanks
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for some reason you aren't showing up in the database, I can't for the life of me get you to show up so that I can change your post count I will keep trying
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this dude was funny as hell http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/conte...-name_page.html
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For a getaway working roadtrip..what's the warmest state in Jan. Feb. to run away to from the Canadian winters?
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Too much partying,,goodnight
by Guest tintchick- 4 replies
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woah,,too much partying nite all
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I like the new avatar. Takes me back to the old days.
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tempered glass...... 1 2
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 14 replies
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As all of you with FG experience know, sometimes you get those scratches when you are blading it. It's called fabricating debris. How do you guys handle this? Any other way besides triumphing?
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dear squeegee
by Guest thetintshop- 6 replies
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well, nobody is asking squeegee anything these days, so I thought I'd throw another one at ya. my wife is 6 1/2 months pregos. and since I'm not into "large" women, my sexual feelings (toward her) has plumeted. while I do enjoy a little meat on a woman, this is just too much. she's already up to 127 pounds and I feel like I need to roll her in flour. while I do enjoy the added "strength" I've gained in my right arm, my hand is becoming calused. so my question is this---do I use a file or a sanding board to remove the caluses?
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I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but can you guys get something different for your avatars? Personally I don't mind the big t**ty women, but I just think we should clean it up a little, for the sake of the board.
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I have read every post on this board. Except some of those long DWIWD posts Now I am on night watch making sure we don't have an sabatures. Really I am just looking for some conversation since Pierce and DWIWD left me.
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Who was the one in here that said they were replaceing the DGI plotter blades for six dollars.
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MDog For you !!!!!!!!
by Guest S and S- 6 replies
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http://isfunsoft.myrice.com/swf/peeping.swf a Friend sent me this..I had to Show you!!!!!!
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I painted my "winniebago is a lemon" and also spray painted leomns all over it saw this today at work damn inbread outlaws, the lady getting in the truck looked like joe dirt but a woman how would you like to jack this persons tint up? MDOG SUCKS ASS all over the side of it
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scientist turns over centrifuge used to make bombs buried in his back yard gee what else is burried
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the award for Blatent Post Whore of Tintdude.com 1 2
by Guest TINTFXold- 16 replies
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goes to.................. can you guess by looking at last nights participation??????? PROTINT what a hizzo. Ive never seen such a blatent post count run up you should be docked at least to where you started yesterday and see if you got it in ya to do it again!!!
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He is like all nice and profesional now. HMMM makes me wonder if we don't have an imposter amongst us.
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someone kidnapped her and I'm gonna find em' 1 2
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 11 replies
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Miss DWIWD II is missing!!!!!!! I think it's those damn jealous tint groupies that follow me and hang out near my job sites and home. Either that or Miss DWIWD I has something to do with II disappearance. I'll be back.....I have to file a report.
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I have a cock this long, I s**t YOU NOT! oh yes ohhhh yes I smell sooooo good spark it up puffdaddy fingers straight out, ripped shirt.....vagabond look pull you skirt down nancy, you buttcrack might show nice booger dude... DAMN THAT SMELL IS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD, must be buttcrack PICK A WINNER DUDE! ahhhhh the smell, I cannot quit smelling my hand all day every day ouch my ear hurts, might as well hold my cig like a fag boy
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Heat Shrinking
by Guest powertints- 2 replies
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For all of you that heat shrink I have a question for yah. I have been heat shrinking for about 3 years (I think) and I think I have it down very well. On occasion however, I will "overshrink" the window. It seems it shrinks too much and sometimes I have to re-start after I attempt an install. Most of the time I can get it but it's like installing a 1 piece camaro back glass with 5%. Just wondering if I am the only one who has this problem every so often.
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Automotive Tint Comparison
I forgot to ask about Low Angle Haze (LAH), do any particular films have less LAH than others? Is LAH so much of a problem that it's better to avoid ceramic tint and go another kind of tint like SunTek CXP (CarbonXP) CXP -
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At What VLT% does visibility start being impacted
In the jurisdiction in which I live, we are allowed to have 35% in front and 20% in rear. I'm wondering @ what VLT% does the driver's visibility in adverse conditions like night time driving, storms, cloudy weather, fog, floods, etc., start being impacted? Front side windows: 45.00% 43.00% 42.00% 41.00% 40.00% 39.00% 38.00% 37.00% 36.00% 35.00% Rear Side Windows: 38.00% 33.00% 32.00% 31.00% 30.00% 29.00% 27.00% 25.00% 23.00% 22.00% 21.00% 20.00% Rear Window: 45.00% 43.00% 42.00% 41.00% 40.00% 39.00% 38.00% 37.00% 36.00% 35.00% 33.00% 32.00% 31.00% 30.00% 29.00% 27.00% 25.00% 23.00% 22.00% 21.00% 20.00%- Visibility
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Automotive Tint Comparison
If the only tinter providing MEP Films is a mobile tinter that uses more water than normal and I don't have a garage to tint in then would you avoid the tinter and opt for a tinter with a workshop that uses either: SunTek CIR (CeramicIR) CIR SunTek CXP (CarbonXP) CXP SunTek Evolve Solargard VTX Pro Premium Ceramic (by the way, does anyone know where the Technical Spec sheet is, I tried finding to no avail) XPEL Prime XR Black Johnson Window Films InsulatIR IR GLOBAL WINDOW FILMS QDP CERAMIC FILMS Global OZ Window Films CBXtreme Ceramic -
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Why is my film sliding around in GCC Jag V Plotter?
Your film might be sliding around in your GCC Jaguar V plotter due to several reasons. Firstly, ensure that the film is loaded correctly and securely in the plotter's rollers. Check for any debris or dirt on the rollers that could cause slippage. Additionally, ensure that the plotter's settings, such as speed and pressure, are appropriate for the type of film you're using. Using a tackier or adhesive-backed film can also help prevent sliding. Lastly, make sure the plotter's firmware and software are up to date to avoid any compatibility issues that could lead to film slipping during plotting. -
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Cracked glass
I was thinking it would be higher on the absorption.... Great info on the whole post though Tintguy -
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Automotive Tint Comparison
MEP Films distribute Llumar in Australia. I for one have been using Llumar since 1984 and have very rarely had or seen any issues with quality and that is why the brand is my go-to the majority of the time. Sun Tek have some good automotive films that I like, but other than those, I am strictly a Llumar user. BTW Eastman Chemical own both Llumar and SunTek so I imagine their film technology may be somewhat shared. -
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Better shop in Europe to buy Films and Tools?
Hi guys, Im new here and learning how to tint… I live in Europe and to find tools and tints to buy here is very difficult. I just got some tools and tint on this website: tintwrap.eu This website was the only one I could find some felt squeegee and high quality films with the best price to deliver in Europe without ripping me off. the delivery was quick, about 2 days. and the material was high quality as well. Do you guys have any other websites suggestions? Thanks -
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Paint Protection Film (PPF) is it needed or worth it?
I've never had PPF done before and never had issues with the paint on the car looking bad. I usually park in the garage and have had Kia Casa White - Solid on my Sportage since 2015 and no noticeable issues with the paintwork. The new car is Glacier White - Solid I've been told that PPF is beneficial, but very few people I know have actually opted to get it for their cars. I've been told there are many benefits such as: No need to ever wax or use sealant after the coat is applied Stops the paint fading Makes cars super easy to wash Prevents Acid Etching from animal contaminants, hard water spots, tree sap UV Rays Acid Rain (although I don't think I've ever seen acid rain) Repels Water & Grime Saves Water Will not wash off, crack or peel Non-abrasive Self-Healing Properties: repair minor surface scratches and swirl marks on their own when exposed to heat. So is this all simply marketing spin to provide another product to the market without any noticeable benefits? Does the average family car really need PPF or is this more the reserve of the show car, tuner set, car aficionado niche? Brands SystemX Australia Johnson Paint Protection 3M Cleargard Paint Protection Pro Series Film OMNI Nano-Ceramic Surface Coating 3M Scotchgard Paint Protection Film Pro Series Ceramic Coating Package Graphene Coating Package SunTek PPF OZ Paint Protection Film OZ Paint Protection Films GTechniq Ceramic Coatings Tint Haus 10H Ceramic Coating XPEL Ultimate Fusion Swissvax handmade wax range. Opticoat Pro Ceramic Pro 9H CQuartz Finest Pompanazzi Gtechniq Crystal Serum -
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Cracked glass
Follow up: Attached is the performance data for Johnson's Resi/Comm window films and if you look to the bottom you'll see DN50 has a solar absorption of 39%, which is well below the threshold of concern which is generally accepted as 50% absorption (with no shadow). With a straight line shading from the roof this does increase the risk, which is usually low for straight line shading compared to other types. I've also attached a pdf of Johnson's film-to-glass chart which is used to determine how safe a film is. The thicker the glass the higher the risk; you say 6mm tempered and 4mm is the cracked one (interior pane). The question now is what compass direction do these panels face? In the end, I'll just suggest you hook back up with the person that installed it and get his input. He had to have been comfortable suggesting that film. I still believe it's a one off cracked panel and the rest will be fine. It takes 2 seasonal cycles to know for sure. Truly your call as to whether or not to replace with something lighter such as DN60. Here's more helpful info that helps you question the glass type on the interior; is it plate or is it heat-strengthened (HS). I believe it is plate and not tempered or HS. Why? Plate glass with suffer thermal shock if the edge temperature is different than the center of the glass by 50 degrees F. Heat strengthened requires 100 degree F difference, and Tempered requires 200 degree F difference. Ryker chimed in and that stimulated further review. Good Luck with this. johnsonFilmToGlass_2021.pdf- 1
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Cracked glass
Whatever that glass is that cracked it is NOT tempered. DN 50 is pretty high solar absorption and your saying shadows too so you probably need a more reflective film.- 1
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