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hahahah I just heard him say he had a 10 inch dizzle on mtv
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congrats imagetint--here's what you get to look forward to 1 2
by Guest thetintshop- 19 replies
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congrats on the baby. this is what your baby will look like at 27 1/2 weeks. had these done today. not a very good pic of a pic, but you get the idea.
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Problem I have never seen before!! 1 2 3
by Guest S and S- 23 replies
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This guy comes by in a 94 Camry Today, wanting to set an appointment for tomorrow, ok, here is the problem, There is something on the glass. When you look at the front windshield from a angle, it looks like zebra stripes, and he says when the window fogs up, there is a haze that gets on it, that when you try to wipe it off, it smears, but where its dry it looks like baby powder?? Has anyone had this problem, or heard of this, I know that when I start tinting it, and spray my slip solution, that is will haze up and this shiznet will smear, and be a big problem, I told the guy that I would try to find something out tonight, and to come back by tomorrow. PLEASE HELP!!! HaHa!…
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MDog's gurrrl in new TD.com shirt!!!!!!!
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 9 replies
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TD's got the shirts and MDog's got da hoe to model it!!!!!!
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mdog, check this out
by Guest thetintshop- 1 reply
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have you noticed that my distibutor is closer to you and your distibutor is closer to me? that's some f****d up s**t. I'm going to go visit lonestar on my "off day" today. I was getting directions on the internet and I have to travel about 20 miles further than american filter to get to lonestar. that's just stupid
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im out
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I used some "Orange Blast" degreaser on a strip job yesterday. I sweated off the back glass on a 94 camry in an hour using this stuff!! I then used the same stuff to take the glue off. No gumming up or anything. It might of been a fluke, but the film was purple and blistered and seperated when I tried to pull it off without doing anything to it. I got it at Wal-Mart. Low prices. Everyday.
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let us use this thread to thank td for what he does every day. if it where not for how hard he works to keep this bored up and running. none of us would be able to enjot it. I know we all have thanked him for what he does. but lets use this thread as a specila thank you to td
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To all you closet porn freaks.....June 20-22 1 2 3
by Guest DontWorryItWillDry- 24 replies
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Just because I'm sending this out to my brethren in the tint industry, doesn't mean I condone this. Remember to hurry up and copy the url before TD kills my thread. This is really for Spesh. http://www.erotica-la.com/location.html
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TTS
by Guest TINTFXold- 3 replies
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your an FX wanna be FXjr.
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Want to get into tinting....help me ! 1 2 3 4
by Guest FutreTintr- 30 replies
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Hi guys...I want to learn how to tint. I have watched a couple of shops tint my car before and its just something I think I can do. I can do almost anything with a car...except tint it. I want to start out just doing like my families cars...friends....and maybe one day open up a shop. I have read over the "basic car tinting instructions" and have a few questions. From what I have seen, the tinter put the film on the outside of the window and then cut it to size...they then peel off a seperate piece and that goes on the inside...my question is...how do you know what size peels off...they all look the same to me...also..what are some good sites to order film and basic tools…
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being a nice guy (for once) 1 2
by Guest thetintshop- 10 replies
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had a girl call me yesterday, standing outside the bay of one of my competitors, (about 50 miles away) wanting some advice. the guy was working on her grand am and she didn't like the way the dot matrix looked. she said that he told her that's the way it was going to look, there wasn't anything he could do. and she wanted to know what I thought. NOW, most of you have grasped the concept that I'm pretty much of an @$$%ole. I contimplated what I wanted to say, and decided (for some odd reason) to be nice. I told her he was partially right. there wasn't much that could be done. and she asked if I redid it, would it look better. I told her probably not, not to her satisfacti…
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Tintchick finally graduated! 1 2 3 4
by Guest tintchick- 38 replies
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Just wanted to let everyone know that after six years I finally did it!! I graduated and got my bachelors degree in business this weekend
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The big anual golf outing tomorrow...3 tinters in my foursome.. It's a wild time, this will be my 10th year. :band
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brand recognition
by Guest tintsurfer- 4 replies
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How do you seperate yourself from the here today gone tomorrow tinters in your market?
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Ads
by Guest Chicks Tinting- 5 replies
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Im my experience Door hanges cost and don't work. The best ads are in the yellow pages and news papers. You can run great newspaper , green sheet Ads at a good price. It's all in the presentation with home owners. Look proffessional and you get the best responce. In Californina you must have a contactors lic . for any job over 500 $ . For residencial and commerical
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Whats the closest film to llumar platium plus. They had a crazy price increase and need to get a different brand. So far sunguard seems to have the best match . Any suggestions?
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How's the Weather? 1 2 3
by Guest tintsurfer- 23 replies
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Will someone make the rain stop! How do you sell window film when it rains everyday? If it wasn't for repeat customers and referals we would be dead in the water. We need a hurricane or something.
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food for thought 1 2 3 4
by Guest metint- 33 replies
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Do you think the film installation process has evolved to its full potential? If not, what do you believe could be the next change?
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lost post`s
by Guest Tint Wiz- 5 replies
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Why have my post`s dropped from 50 odd to 37 who has stole them
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WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY?
by Guest Daylites Tinting- 6 replies
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Does johnson still have a web site? If so can someone send the address.
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premadonna 1 2 3
by watchdaride- 20 replies
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How do you tell a girl with double d's hot body to screw herself. I tinted her honda accord and there is a mark about 1/8" long on the bottom of her back window that you can only see from the inside. She got it tinted 2 months ago and all of a sudden she cant live with that mark.Hey even tommy lee had to give pamela anderson a few hits no matter how hot they look.
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Hey everyone need alittle help? 1 2
by Guest Yakumo2897- 16 replies
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Hey im just getting started tint cars and any suggestions you guys/girls have would be greatly appreacted.
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Camera on the job 1 2
by Guest Sprinter- 15 replies
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I tinted a couple of vehicles for this guy who writes programs and then makes the working model to put it into production for companys that contact him, and he was working on a program that will take a picture of the vehicles that are loaded on to the transport trailers from all 4 sides then transmit them to a computer for downloading by general motors and then store them for as long as they need them. GM is paying out the wazoo some 30 million a year on them fixing these vehical after they arrive from the plant to the dealership. some where in between they recive all this damage, like hoods missing dents and you know the rest, this way they will be able to settle up with…
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ive never heard of this before but maybe ive seen it . is this when the glass gets the white haze to it . normaly in little dots all over the back glass.ive allways refered to it as bad glass. please explain this to me
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Help with removing defrost lines totally.
by Guest Kirby- 7 replies
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I would like to know of any tricks of the trade to remove defrost lines totally. My situation is in the rear hatch of a vehicle a customer has installed a back up camera and in plain sight of a defrost line causing a line to appear in the view on the back up monitor. The camera unit was placed in the third brake light assembly. I am able to strip the metal of the line is there any way to remove the orange line left remaining. Any kind of chemical or trick to strip this. The line is about 4 inches long. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Kirby
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gotta love customers. hey buddy mind if I watch? hmmmm the next time I will wire my own brake controller in, that looks easy hmm jezus how would you like to look up and see a customer looking at you like this? damn weirdos.
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the new Metallica CD-- Revisited 1 2
by Guest TINTFXold- 18 replies
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there was a discussion the other night the new Metallica CD. I finally got it yesterday. I had downloaded a couple of songs and thought they were pretty good. the downloads, however did not prepare me for the whole CD, oh AND DVD. You heard it here. That CD will go Platinum. I am very pleased with the not just Metallica, but, a mixture of all the Metallica CD's minus the two load installments. St Anger is, in my opinion, polished, hart hitting, and driven. My standout fav. track is No. 7. It's got a serious hard core bounce to it. The DVD that comes with it contains the entire cd list when they were reheasing it in studio. THAT IN ITSELF FKN ROCKS. To see t…
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test
by Guest FastBackJack- 0 replies
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Mobile entertainment 1 2 3 4
by Guest tintchick- 32 replies
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Ok everybody, help me out if you have suggestions,,we went to a stereo place yesterday to see how much a mobile entertainment system would cost us for our Tahoe,,the dude quoted us 3800.00! I thought that was high Do any of you have it in your trucks??? We just want the dvd, video game, XM capabilities,,,2 headrests and in-dash,,anybody know anything or was that pretty much the price I am gonna pay?????
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Tinting a mentally handicap workplace
by Guest Spesh- 1 reply
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Hey guys, Had an uplifting experience today, I tinted a work shop that is the profitable arm of a major charity in Australia. In the workshop they package products for other companies, but anyway, I was there for 5 hours and today was their monthly training day....basically where the employees (mentally handicapped) go over their safety training.....I was amazed at how it was run, so professional and all the people seemed to be having a great time.....made me want to donate some time to the shop.......the best thing is that its a profitable operation where the company makes money with these people, therefore displaying their exceptional efficiency etc Anyway, just had …
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TD,,, see you got your car back,,,,
by Guest tintslut- 3 replies
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Enterprise wants to know what you did to your rental car Just kidding,, couldnt pass up postin picks of this ghetto cruiser...
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2 Fast 2 Furious
by Guest S and S- 8 replies
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If you like the first one you will like this one..although its not much about street racing in this one.
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has anybody seen this on tnn? man those 2 nerds hosting it crack me up, they need to take some speech lessons
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You are not going to believe.......... 1 2 3
by Guest powertints- 28 replies
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...what happened today. I had a customer come in with a JEEP CHEROKEE who wanted to buy some film so he could do it himself!!!!! I sold him 5% for the back, a gold card & squegee, and a can of glass cleaner. The cherokee was an old black one just like the :ahole that did it himself that was posted. I could bsrely keep a straight face during the transaction. The only thing that saved me was being able to go in back and laugh while I cut the film for him. I could not stop thinking about the board while this was all going on. I said thank you and "good luck, sir." . :lol6 :lol6
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response to anal cops 1 2 3
by Guest thetintshop- 29 replies
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5% on all your windows is the dumbest thing ever.
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SPRAYER NOZZLE 1 2
by Guest FORT SLIDER- 10 replies
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where can I get a sprayer nozzle for a 5 gallon sprayer at a good price? I see one on filmhandler.com for about $17, but say's its for a 3 gallon sprayer, where can I get one for a 5 gallon, and where can I get a coupling? thanks ps. I haven't been on lately becuz I work 7 days a week now
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Spesh is going to Hawaii for 3 days
by Guest Spesh- 8 replies
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Hey everyone, Going to Hawaii next week for 3 days, and want advice on some stuff ie, where to go for a good night out, where to buy cheap food, what to see, etc If any of you have been there and can recommend a few things it would be great
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Hi there ! Been tinting for many yrs with great great results and no customer complaints..I notice that there's been a trend in my area where people are asking for trendy colours..the decorative kind..ei green,orange,red,blue,etc.My Llumar distributer shy's me away from these films saying they are not intended for automotive and won't warranty them as such..should I keep turning down the business for these requests..have you guys had good results in heatshrinking these films..any come back to you with premature film failure? thanx for any imput from users of these films
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
I sold my business in '96 that had as assets: tools and inventory and goodwill. I bought it 2.5 years earlier for 5k. It had a gross sales # around 30K and very little goodwill since the owner only worked it part time. In the 2.5 years I ran the company, gross sales went from 30K upward to 177K as a one person operation. To be fair, the final year @ 177K included an installation sale involving 35K sq ft. Still I increased the gross from 30K to 100K under my direction in the 2.5 years of ownership. I sold the business in a short sale for 10K because I landed a corporate job at a film manufacturing company. I lacked the desire to further expand the business, but it was considered reputable even by my competitors. One of them bought it. Don't know if that helps but, maybe you'll find this helpful in determining the goodwill of the one you are considering buying. https://www.freshbooks.com/hub/accounting/calculate-goodwill -
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Window Tinter for hire in Rockville, MD
Must have experience and knowledge in the automotive window tint industry. This job requires people skills, a positive attitude and willingness to be a team member are essential to this position. Having experience operating a window tint plotter a plus. Pay will be determined during interview process. Please Call TJ Flores 301 979-1313 -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
Gross 50-60? You could find that kind of revenue picking up cans. Whatever you're about to spend should be spent to market your own brand unless I'm reading this wrong. -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
Looking to buy an established commercial/residential business. The company has grossed about 50-60k annually for the past few years. There's not really anything as far as assets go. So I'd basically be buying the phone number and 25+ years of being an established business. Just trying to get an idea of what I should be paying! Thanks in advance!! -
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Removable rigid window tint sheets - WTF?
Sucks that you got screwed. Sorry to hear that. But that is what we all kinda figured.- 1
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Commercial Residential Window Tinter Needed - Colorado
We need commercial/residential window film installer. 303-986-0190 info@columbinewindowtint.com -
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Removable rigid window tint sheets - WTF?
I created an account just to respond here. I'm not a "tinter" or whatever yall may call yourselves but I came across this product and thought that it looked pretty cool and something I could do myself. I ordered from Lazeway and spent like $150 for two packages. The product is from China although they claim all this America stuff on the website. All i received was two simple rolls of tint, nothing special. I was totally scammed and now I'm looking all over the internet for anyone talking about this product to let them know. Dont buy from them.- 2
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Since there is no limit of darkness on the top strip, I have wanted to tint it. But I would go very dark, to help with sun glare in the evening. -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Yeah that’s a very fair point to a degree I’m probably overthinking it. I don’t see really significant glare reduction until you get into much darker tint. Like you I think visibility for me is more important living in the country. I’ll probably see what the specs list the differences between 70% and 80% and then double check with the tinter as to what they recommend. Likely will end up with 70% with a strip along the top. Air80 seems to be much more popular, not sure if it’s due to performance or the difference in cost being so much more for the stratos. thank you
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