Slick Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 use Madico The Canadian rep didnt even want to talk to me about setting me up as a dealer. get 20 feet and see if you can shrink it first I got the sample rolls last year. One car it shrank like butter...next one couldnt get it to shrink...but that was before I learned anything about shrinking it differently. So I am just going to buy a roll and giver a try again. Snappy's post worries me a bit. How have the rest of you guys found this stuff with dot matrix and lines? Including cars like the 08 civic coupe. Keep the input coming guys...anything you can give me would be appreciated. :lol2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest darkdan Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 glad I found this page....I dont know whats goin on.... I dont know if I got the new stuff or what....but my snapping method is not workin on my latest batch of QDP. I been using QDP for a year now and loved every asspect of it. im hoping that I got a bad batch of the old stuff b/c if this is how the new stuff is goin to treat me...I will switch brands. now when I snap the doors, during install the bottom of the film flaps AWAY from the glass. this is making it get caught on the rubbers and I have been having some r/r's b/c of it. I like the snap method very much and REFUSE to go back to heating every door out on the car. it takes too long and has more of a chance to burn the tint....its just old school. im goin to give global one more chance. if this happends again with the next batch, I do believe I will be contacting OTI or the Carbon line. I liked global alot till this happened. its been about 2 weeks I have been having this problem and I cant work with something like this for too much longer...it is just ruining my days to where I hate what I am doing.. seriously...this %&$# has me all depressed b/c I know I have to work with this junk again and again. oh yea.... and I had a few cases where I the film would just fall off the glass after tacking it....regular glass...no fog stuff....just a regular car/ truck. its not sticking to the lines at the top the glass as well, and it seems to never wanna stay in place no matter how little slip I use. this is driving me to the point that I just want to get in the truck and leave work. it just sucks. anyone eles having any other problems with QDP at all??? Instead of "snapping" use the "shrink down under" method. Where you blow heat under the film instead of the very edge. Or maybe try flipping it over and doing it from the film side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro-edge Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 glad I found this page....I dont know whats goin on.... I dont know if I got the new stuff or what....but my snapping method is not workin on my latest batch of QDP. I been using QDP for a year now and loved every asspect of it. im hoping that I got a bad batch of the old stuff b/c if this is how the new stuff is goin to treat me...I will switch brands. now when I snap the doors, during install the bottom of the film flaps AWAY from the glass. this is making it get caught on the rubbers and I have been having some r/r's b/c of it. I like the snap method very much and REFUSE to go back to heating every door out on the car. it takes too long and has more of a chance to burn the tint....its just old school. im goin to give global one more chance. if this happends again with the next batch, I do believe I will be contacting OTI or the Carbon line. I liked global alot till this happened. its been about 2 weeks I have been having this problem and I cant work with something like this for too much longer...it is just ruining my days to where I hate what I am doing.. seriously...this %&$# has me all depressed b/c I know I have to work with this junk again and again. oh yea.... and I had a few cases where I the film would just fall off the glass after tacking it....regular glass...no fog stuff....just a regular car/ truck. its not sticking to the lines at the top the glass as well, and it seems to never wanna stay in place no matter how little slip I use. this is driving me to the point that I just want to get in the truck and leave work. it just sucks. anyone eles having any other problems with QDP at all??? I've had that very same problem several times with the one roll of qdp I ever bought which is the old kind. I actually can shrink their HP better since I used what I have of it a little more but im sticking with carbon, global seems to take me 30-45 minutes longer on a car dealing with things that I don't have issues with with any other film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thatsnappyguy Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 glad I found this page....I dont know whats goin on.... I dont know if I got the new stuff or what....but my snapping method is not workin on my latest batch of QDP. I been using QDP for a year now and loved every asspect of it. im hoping that I got a bad batch of the old stuff b/c if this is how the new stuff is goin to treat me...I will switch brands. now when I snap the doors, during install the bottom of the film flaps AWAY from the glass. this is making it get caught on the rubbers and I have been having some r/r's b/c of it. I like the snap method very much and REFUSE to go back to heating every door out on the car. it takes too long and has more of a chance to burn the tint....its just old school. im goin to give global one more chance. if this happends again with the next batch, I do believe I will be contacting OTI or the Carbon line. I liked global alot till this happened. its been about 2 weeks I have been having this problem and I cant work with something like this for too much longer...it is just ruining my days to where I hate what I am doing.. seriously...this %&$# has me all depressed b/c I know I have to work with this junk again and again. oh yea.... and I had a few cases where I the film would just fall off the glass after tacking it....regular glass...no fog stuff....just a regular car/ truck. its not sticking to the lines at the top the glass as well, and it seems to never wanna stay in place no matter how little slip I use. this is driving me to the point that I just want to get in the truck and leave work. it just sucks. anyone eles having any other problems with QDP at all??? Instead of "snapping" use the "shrink down under" method. Where you blow heat under the film instead of the very edge. Or maybe try flipping it over and doing it from the film side. I have tried this and its no different. I just got off the phone with OTI and im gettin some samples over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolzone Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 I don't know about the new QDP but I have a hard time shrinking the old QDP. The global HP is easier for me. You seem to be in the minority on that one. Yeah I definitely am in the minority on that and I wish I weren't because it is just another verification that I am not normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TITAN500 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Yeah I definitely am in the minority on that and I wish I weren't because it is just another verification that I am not normal. never met a normal tinter .... we're all a little off me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest h0wld0g Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 I hated qdp period... and what is this snapping technique what does it mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crackz Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 search snapping here there are post about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINT Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Yeah I definitely am in the minority on that and I wish I weren't because it is just another verification that I am not normal. never met a normal tinter .... we're all a little off me thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 How have the rest of you guys found this stuff with dot matrix and lines? Including cars like the 08 civic coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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