What method is the most cost effective?

[Guest deanjones]

I'm trying to figure out what would actually end up being cheaper regarding film roll sizes....

Let's say we have a typical 4 door car. Each roll-up needs 36" of film to cover it. The back 1/4 glass can be done with the excess from the front roll-up. The rear window needs 60" or 5 feet of film... just for argument sake. That's 17 feet of film.

Ok, now without stating a price, I'm finding that if you simply use a 40" roll, you only need to use 11 feet of film to cover this car because for the roll-ups you would generally pull 36" of film, cut the width down the middle and you have 1 side of the car done.

I'm finding this is actually significantly cheaper per car by just using a 40" roll as opposed to using film off of a 20" roll and a 40" roll.

What am I missing? I thought it was cheaper to have your rolls broken down to 18, 20, 24, 36 and 40... Or, at least that's what I was told.

[Slick]

I only carry 36". Works for pretty much anything...back glass...no problem....side windows...usually can split it in half and do 2 windows...if its a 1/2 ton that has windows bigger than 18", I just lay the tint sideways.

Sometimes though I do wish llulu would sell it in 40"

[Guest deanjones]

I only carry 36". Works for pretty much anything...back glass...no problem....side windows...usually can split it in half and do 2 windows...if its a 1/2 ton that has windows bigger than 18", I just lay the tint sideways.

Sometimes though I do wish llulu would sell it in 40"

They sell AT, ATR and PP in 40" rolls... Just not ATX.

[Slick]

dont think they do here in canada.....am I wrong? tw?

[Guest deanjones]

Ahh... Yeah, I'm in GA. I guess it's different per distributor.

[Guest Tint Technology]

I always keep 20" which will do most roll downs and 30" for the back glass, this also covers me for the larger roll downs. I keep a couple of 36" rolls for the monster back glass's.

[VIP tint + glass]

I carry llullu and I have 10's 18's, 20's, 24's, 25's, 30's, 36's, and 40's. the 10's are just limo and the 25 is just 3M. basically I carry almost all sizes. I figure its tint and if you do a lot of biz you will end up using it eventually.

[Guest deanjones]

Yeah, but have any of you actually sat down and figured out what was more cost effective? Let's say you can save $12 a car by just using 40" rolls... is it worth it? Also, is it really more cost effective?

[micro-edge]

I use a 40 inch roll and split film in the middle for the rollups. I used to just use 36in roll but I hate shrinking fingers to the side when the window is taller than 18. then I carry a 20 and 24 inch roll of 5% for trucks.

[Guest haroldshouseoftint]

Yeah, but have any of you actually sat down and figured out what was more cost effective? Let's say you can save $12 a car by just using 40" rolls... is it worth it? Also, is it really more cost effective?

dude, I don't follow your math.

40/ 2 = 20 so how is it more cost effective to just use a 40" than it is to use a 20" on doors?

in other words 20" roll = X, 40" roll = XX

unless your dist is rapin you on 20" rolls