What is the best school for tinting?

May 16, 2007

Hard knocks for sure! Been tintin for 13 yrs now,still learning...new models very year..

new films...at th e end of the day I think it?s years in the trade that matters.

June 19, 2007

Hard knocks for sure! Been tintin for 13 yrs now,still learning...new models very year..
new films...at th e end of the day I think it?s years in the trade that matters.

That is true for the most part since I too encourage experience to my students is the key to continual learning here at www.windowtinting.com, but like most are saying...proper training is where it starts!

Tint-on everyone :poke

June 19, 2007

I think we can all agree experience is the key here. If your truly interested in getting into window tinting then your going to have to learn the basics and practice. I've been to the CPfilms class about 5yrs ago in CA. and enjoyed it. It was just a refresher for me though. If I were to recommend one though I would have to go with AutoWindowTinting.com because they are local for me (45min away). Good Luck and BE PATIENT!

flat rock stan · June 19, 2007

That is true for the most part since I too encourage experience to my students is the key to continual learning here at www.windowtinting.com, but like most are saying...proper training is where it starts!
Tint-on everyone

Dude good to see you! Talk about a bump on a thread............ this one is from 05!

:beer Instructor........ stay out of trouble............. hard for me but easy to tell people.

Stan

lexustechgs350 · February 21, 2015

We have a Car Audio shop in Montrose, Colorado.� We are interested in expanding into automotive window tinting.� We have seen a few demonstrations by llumar and solar gard at the SEMA show.� Has anyone attended a tinting school you were very impressed with?�

I've looked into a few week long training programs:

www.autowindowtinting.com

and

one offered by llumar (CPFilms) which is 5 days long

These seem kind of short.� Does it give you enough training to get started?� Are there other schools anyone would recommend.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Well... since I am one of the trainers for LLu's classes, I can say this:
Classes are short for a reason or two or three or four; 1) You are not learning on a paying customer's car, 2) The focus is on you and what needs be delivered to you, not the counter, phone or cash register, 3) It is a frustrating trade to learn and we don't need you pulling hair out or going postal on us 10 days into what can be taught in 5, 4) 2 or 3 days is too short to get all the info across and still leave time for you to put into practice, 5) after 5 days you'll be tired of my mug and I'll be tired of yours, 6) homesickness sets in at different rates and has an effect of attention span the further out the class goes.

LLu's class gives you the basics... they're all the same from one class to another (cleaning, cutting, installing, heat forming, troubleshooting) whether our class or theirs. No one, absolutely no one can teach or train experience, this must come from the school of hard knocks. Therefore, the claim, you can be tinting in 1, 2, 3 or whatever weeks cannot be made with any degree of certainty. They're blowing smoke up yours... as they're saying it.

I'll just tell you 4-5 days a tinter does not make...

Come... we'll teach you the basics, give you some practice on the basics and you can come away with enough knowledge to be dangerous, begin YOUR school of hard knocks or simply pass on the whole 'I wnna be a tinter' idea because you found out it wasn't your cup of tea.

hey, i was on your companies website, do you guys still have a school in euless texas. i found a schedule for 2013 but when i emailed, i never got a response. so not sure if they moved or what. thanks. I'm really interested in getting some basic training so when i start at a dealership, i have some basic knowledge