I have some question, and I am New.

Fiveofeen · March 21, 2009

A newb is gonna waste a lot of film compared to a veteran who knows their stuff. A tape measure is your friend when rolling out film.

fphillips · March 21, 2009

A newb is gonna waste a lot of film compared to a veteran who knows their stuff. A tape measure is your friend when rolling out film.

:bs Practice,Practice,Pratice

March 22, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! :lol2 BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

March 22, 2009

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March 22, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

:lol2

fphillips · March 22, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

:lol2

March 23, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

Thats the problem with a plotter, if they don't want all one shade, you have to feed new rolls into the plotter each time and change the pattern layout to fit the film and everything. While your messing around with all that, I have the whole car cut and trimmed in 10 minutes or less, ready to install. Hand cutting doesn't waste film as long as you have a good eye for lengths and widths. Eyeball the film 3" bigger, and then cut the film. Usually you can get the two fronts out of 3', including the quarters from the chopped off corner, 2' for each back window, and 4-5' for the back glass. Thats 9'-10' each car, so 10-11 cars each 100' roll if you use just 40". I carry 40" and 20", so I guess I get more cars out of each roll realistically.

Fiveofeen · March 23, 2009

I have never seen an installer be able to prep windows while cutting the tint. You can with a plotter. Believe me, I worked with a plotter for one day when I 1st started tinting and thought it was a waste. Hand cut for a few years, came to Bekaert and learned how to use a plotter. You can get so much out of a roll of film bunching all the pieces together, max efficiency. Yes a pro can cut quickly and have very little waste but not every shop out there has a pro. There are intermediate tinters who would take a lot of extra time to pull off what a plotter could do for them very quickly.

A plotter is not for everyone, when you are consistentley turning away business you might want to consider it. It is a tool, therefore it must help you make money to pay for itself and it can and will. I know many shops who can handle the work of two or three installers with a plotter and one guy. I can switch a new roll into a plotter in seconds, not minutes seconds.

March 23, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

Thats the problem with a plotter, if they don't want all one shade, you have to feed new rolls into the plotter each time and change the pattern layout to fit the film and everything. While your messing around with all that, I have the whole car cut and trimmed in 10 minutes or less, ready to install. Hand cutting doesn't waste film as long as you have a good eye for lengths and widths. Eyeball the film 3" bigger, and then cut the film. Usually you can get the two fronts out of 3', including the quarters from the chopped off corner, 2' for each back window, and 4-5' for the back glass. Thats 9'-10' each car, so 10-11 cars each 100' roll if you use just 40". I carry 40" and 20", so I guess I get more cars out of each roll realistically.

OK the first reply was jus a joke :bs now I WILL TELL YOU Computer Cut has helped us so much we are faster more efficient we do 4 door cars in about 35 minutes and no they do not come back because we did it so fast. we can not help it but to be fast ,using the system is a learning curve you have to get use to it. it takes 5 seconds to change films, we have it loaded onto a 6 roll holder. I know many tinters refuse to admit it, I thought the same. I had to change my mind(evolve) so far we have cut 23, 477 times and counting. (which customers prefer computer cut rather than by hand.) its the NEW and IMPROVED way to do window tinting. so I know a little bit about it. we can cut a complete pattern in about 1 min. so I think im just a little bit faster. :DD and im not just talking about 1 same shade but even 2-3 different shades for the same car. This way there is no "eye balling" or "guessing". all I need to know is what kind of car im working on, and when im getting my money thus the name, FAST TINT MAN.

Tint Artist · March 23, 2009

WITH COMPUTER CUT YOU CAN DO ABOUT 10 CARS.. BUT HAND CUT ABOUT 6 CARS. (4DR SEDANS) STILL, IF YOU REALLY SUCK.. YOU PROBABLY WONT EVEN GET ONE DONE.

I hand cut all my cars and your saying that I waste 40 feet of a 40in roll because I don't use a plotter! Come on Fast Tint Man, I personally know I can get 10 cars out of 40in roll by hand cutting!

WELL I DONT ONLY USE ONE SHADE ITS KIND OF HARD TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER. IM JUST TRYING TO HELP THE MAN! BUT HERE, ILL SET A DATE FOR EVERYONE TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. YESTERDAY WE WERE REALLY BUSY, AND I COULDNT GET THEM TO CHOOSE ONE SHADE. THEY ALL KEPT LOOKING AT ME LIKE IM CRAZY. UNTIL THEN ILL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. WERE BUSY ON WEDS. ILL TRY AGAIN. WHO WANTS ONE SHADE??? SEND THEM TO ME. I GOT MY PLOTTER READY.

Thats the problem with a plotter, if they don't want all one shade, you have to feed new rolls into the plotter each time and change the pattern layout to fit the film and everything. While your messing around with all that, I have the whole car cut and trimmed in 10 minutes or less, ready to install. Hand cutting doesn't waste film as long as you have a good eye for lengths and widths. Eyeball the film 3" bigger, and then cut the film. Usually you can get the two fronts out of 3', including the quarters from the chopped off corner, 2' for each back window, and 4-5' for the back glass. Thats 9'-10' each car, so 10-11 cars each 100' roll if you use just 40". I carry 40" and 20", so I guess I get more cars out of each roll realistically.

OK the first reply was jus a joke now I WILL TELL YOU Computer Cut has helped us so much we are faster more efficient we do 4 door cars in about 35 minutes and no they do not come back because we did it so fast. we can not help it but to be fast ,using the system is a learning curve you have to get use to it. it takes 5 seconds to change films, we have it loaded onto a 6 roll holder. I know many tinters refuse to admit it, I thought the same. I had to change my mind(evolve) so far we have cut 23, 477 times and counting. (which customers prefer computer cut rather than by hand.) its the NEW and IMPROVED way to do window tinting. so I know a little bit about it. we can cut a complete pattern in about 1 min. so I think im just a little bit faster. and im not just talking about 1 same shade but even 2-3 different shades for the same car. This way there is no "eye balling" or "guessing". all I need to know is what kind of car im working on, and when im getting my money thus the name, FAST TINT MAN.

Well in all honesty I'm glad it's working out for you! :bs I'm just an old dinasaur that has perfected my system of cutting and it's not easy to want to change something that really works well! But I can't argue the fact that a machine can cut the film faster even though I know I can cut my edges better! We have a plotter but I guess I just feel it takes part of the craftsmanship out of it and I just prefer to do it the way I always have!