What do tinters consider a great tint job?

[Taco_Conch]

I've been tinting for about 2 years and about a year ago, I landed a job tinting at a car dealership. Everything started great, I was knocking out cars left and right and making great money. Then one day, a Dodge Challenger came in that I had tinted about 2 months prior. The owner complained of bubbles in his tint. I looked at it and there were two pin sized specs of contamination in the driver's door. I feel this is completely normal and pretty incredible considering the filthy environment I work in. Ever since then I check all my tint jobs in the sunlight and heat press any contamination I see. The problem is, it takes too much time and I make money for each job I do, so time is money. Is there any rule of thumb experienced tinters use before letting a tint job out the door. I'm just driving myself crazy trying to get these tint jobs perfect, but some of out customers are real ocd and need therapy. Thanks.

[mlemm99]

sounds normal to me

[vanja]

Some people are never satisfied.

They are the minority.

You do work for them every now and then.

Don't make shortcuts and you'll be fine.

[2fas4u]

Just do the best you can. If there's buck shot fix it. 1 or 2 specs charge the customer. Explain that the dealership only pays for lifetime warranty on film not labor. I bet they'll change there tune real quick.

[dragoon1]

I've been tinting for about 2 years and about a year ago, I landed a job tinting at a car dealership. Everything started great, I was knocking out cars left and right and making great money. Then one day, a Dodge Challenger came in that I had tinted about 2 months prior. The owner complained of bubbles in his tint. I looked at it and there were two pin sized specs of contamination in the driver's door. I feel this is completely normal and pretty incredible considering the filthy environment I work in. Ever since then I check all my tint jobs in the sunlight and heat press any contamination I see. The problem is, it takes too much time and I make money for each job I do, so time is money. Is there any rule of thumb experienced tinters use before letting a tint job out the door. I'm just driving myself crazy trying to get these tint jobs perfect, but some of out customers are real ocd and need therapy. Thanks.

[TintJunkie]

I've been tinting for about 2 years and about a year ago, I landed a job tinting at a car dealership. Everything started great, I was knocking out cars left and right and making great money. Then one day, a Dodge Challenger came in that I had tinted about 2 months prior. The owner complained of bubbles in his tint. I looked at it and there were two pin sized specs of contamination in the driver's door. I feel this is completely normal and pretty incredible considering the filthy environment I work in. Ever since then I check all my tint jobs in the sunlight and heat press any contamination I see. The problem is, it takes too much time and I make money for each job I do, so time is money. Is there any rule of thumb experienced tinters use before letting a tint job out the door. I'm just driving myself crazy trying to get these tint jobs perfect, but some of out customers are real ocd and need therapy. Thanks.

Some people are just unreasonable. If they wont take that for an excuse, and your work IS good, tell them to get a second opinion at another shop. If the work is truly good, the other shop will back you up.

[painted600rr]

some customers are too damn picky. everyone gets these customers. some people will almost press their face against the window just to find an imperfection. its almost impossible to control the amount of dust in the air and you can only clean a window so much. i wish i could work for a new car dealer. theres nothing like tinting a brand new vehicle.

[Guest dnoftz]

Sorry to go off the original topic but Iv never heard of heat pressing out the contamination. Can some on explain this to me or tell me where I can find some more info on this?

Thanks.

[TintDude]

Sorry to go off the original topic but Iv never heard of heat pressing out the contamination. Can some on explain this to me or tell me where I can find some more info on this?

Thanks.

A small spec of dirt will cause the film to make a small tent around it, usually trapping air that becomes very visible after the film dries.

If you see a spec right after tinting, you can press the air out from around the speck with a plastic hard card wrapped with a layer of paper towel so that when the film dries the spec is practically undetectable.

[TintWizard]

Sorry to go off the original topic but Iv never heard of heat pressing out the contamination. Can some on explain this to me or tell me where I can find some more info on this?

Thanks.

A small spec of dirt will cause the film to make a small tent around it, usually trapping air that becomes very visible after the film dries.

If you see a spec right after tinting, you can press the air out from around the speck with a plastic hard card wrapped with a layer of paper towel so that when the film dries the spec is practically undetectable.

This extra step really goes a long way to giving a tint job the look of perfection.

A note though: if there is much sporadic specks, most likely an environment issue, if clustered, most likely an install procedure issue. If a couple of specks within the whole job, it's a get off my property you annal custy issue