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I need some help! I installed a back glass for a friend of mine and after 2 days 2 little fingers (about an inch tall) are popping up at the bottom of the back glass. Yesterday, I heated them w/the gun from the outside and was able to push them down with a hardcard and they disappeared. He called me today and said that they are back!!!

What can I do to get these little fingers to stay down? Any techniques/tips that anyone can give me would be great. Should I heat them up again and hold them down for awhile like a did yesterday????????????

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sounds like the film should've been shrunk a little more if they are on the bottom. Did you do a final wet shrink and force fingers up before installing? You may try hitting them with the heat gun from the inside then pushing them down but you'll probably have to remove the deck to keep from damaging it. Or heat the chit out of the outside again. What brand film?

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sounds like the film should've been shrunk a little more if they are on the bottom. Did you do a final wet shrink and force fingers up before installing? You may try hitting them with the heat gun from the inside then pushing them down but you'll probably have to remove the deck to keep from damaging it. Or heat the chit out of the outside again. What brand film?

x2. Sounds like it wasn't shrunk enough before the install. I'd R&R.

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I need some help! I installed a back glass for a friend of mine and after 2 days 2 little fingers (about an inch tall) are popping up at the bottom of the back glass. Yesterday, I heated them w/the gun from the outside and was able to push them down with a hardcard and they disappeared. He called me today and said that they are back!!!

What can I do to get these little fingers to stay down? Any techniques/tips that anyone can give me would be great. Should I heat them up again and hold them down for awhile like a did yesterday????????????

If the fingers did not sit after 2 days, I dont think it will sit at all at this point. youre going have to r&r that window. :bingo

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If the film was hitting something wouldn't it immediately pop back up when you push them down?

:bingo not all the time - I run into that everyonce in a while that it will have a glob of sealer somewhere

that will lay for awhile then eventually come back up

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The fingers do go away when heated from the outside and pushed down, but seem to come back up a few hours later. The film is a dyed film, not the greatest quality.

No, I didn't wet shrink it either. I dry shrunk it (baby powder) and cut to size - this is most likely where I failed.

I'd hate to do a R&R because this back glass came out great - besides these 2 little fingers at the bottom!

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