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we started using this product not to long ago and I was having problems with its shrink ability. as with another film that I have used with nano technology it just doesnt seem to want to shrink as well as other films ive used in the past. nature of the technology? maybe. but I know theres got to be a trick.. almost every time I shrink out a back glass these white lines shoot up from the edge . it feels and looks like a crease but worse.. anybody else using this with some advise? :)

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I have used it a little bit with decent results. Shrinking the backglass is kind of a bitch cuz you cant get ANY creases while heating it (I've never had good results trying to heat anything out of the film). I have found that the way to do it is just to be very patient. What do your customers think of the film?

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just to clarify, I'm not creasing the film, as I'm heating it when I get towards the edge a white line shoots up in from th edge as if the liner seperates and it burns a line in the film. except I'm barely heating it, its so random and so frustrating.. I was pretty pumped about it and now I want to send it back!!! I mean come on why would you distribute a film that we have to charge so much for to make anything on it knowing that it doesn't shrink for $|-|17! and more than that their promo email to us stated that it was 'easy to heat shrink' , I'm sorry but what the hell!!?

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just to clarify, I'm not creasing the film, as I'm heating it when I get towards the edge a white line shoots up in from th edge as if the liner seperates and it burns a line in the film. except I'm barely heating it, its so random and so frustrating.. I was pretty pumped about it and now I want to send it back!!! I mean come on why would you distribute a film that we have to charge so much for to make anything on it knowing that it doesn't shrink for $|-|17! and more than that their promo email to us stated that it was 'easy to heat shrink' , I'm sorry but what the hell!!?

Said the same thing,send it back... ,1: FLIP LINER TO THE GLASS,2: SHRINK FILM SIDE FACING YOU, 3;HOLD HEAT GUNS[2] ON HIGH /FURTHER AWAY THAN NORMAL [HP LULU].4: LESS POWDER. 5: VIDEO SOON ... The sh8t looks insane in 70%. so is the $$$..........Try this and you may change your mind.... :thumb

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