anchor techniques

[VIP tint + glass]

Was never taught to anchor the sides, allows you to move the film back and forth as needed. On vettes I just put a dot in the middle which allows me to shrink every which way.

that works depending on what you use to dry shrink

[H.G.]

Nice tips guys!!! Since the majority of my filming is commercial I struggle on some cars when it comes to shrinking. I can lay a ton of picture perfect flatglass , french panes ,no problem , dow 995 I love doing it , but when it comes to shrinking bg's sometimes I end up redoing it a couple of times . I watch friends who own other shops shrink film like I install french panes (like artwork) then I try it and BAMM ",Dang don't ever schedule another car !!! " I did a Viper last month and felt like smashing the window. Some cars are OK and go good others not. Am I really a Pro ?Ha Ha . Thanks for the tips .

[Guest Bad Boy Tinting]

I still don't get the whole pull method. I have always just heated the film and i use a hard card to lay it down as i work from side to side until i shrink the film all the way to the top and bottom on the window. Perhaps some of you guys are over complicating the whole shrinking process.

I agree 100 precent....Just shrink it.....I have done a million back glasses, with out all this Hype!

[VIP tint + glass]

the lift and pull method is for difficult back windows that are hard to do the normal way. i use that method but rarely. but i used to use it a lot

[Felixbiel]

I still don't get the whole pull method. I have always just heated the film and i use a hard card to lay it down as i work from side to side until i shrink the film all the way to the top and bottom on the window. Perhaps some of you guys are over complicating the whole shrinking process.

I agree 100 precent....Just shrink it.....I have done a million back glasses, with out all this Hype!

I don't know about all the "hype" but the lift and pull method does work but in my opinion it's no better than my normal way to do tough glass.

[Guest Psalm91]

great post. I have a question, when you are shrinking back glass to you get it all the way flat, or is it ok to still have some wrinkling but no major fingers? I watched a couple on youtube, some get it completely flat, like perfect and others just get it close.

[hungry&fat]

Completely Flat. The ones that have tiny fingers left are probably far enough past the border they will get trimmed off. Now if you are talking about horizontal wrinkles after shrinking, that is typically fine.

[Guest spfwindowtinting]

Great Post. I love reading and seeing the somewhat technical side to what most of us perfect in our garage.

[Guest Psalm91]

Do most people use a hard card or hands to flatten out when shrinking back glass?

[mikebrook_07]

I use my my hand with a glove on.