Some problems with tinting windows

[rustin]

I use the film brand Armorlite in the Poland is good film , maybe not good ?

I bought the gloves, but do not know how smooth films without the use of tools?

The car is ford mondeo mk3 hatchback

[jh812]

Use the gloves. Stay at the top of the fingers shrinking. Slowly work your way down. As the film distorts a little push out just the distorted part with gloves. Once you have shrunk the fingers down to where the film is laying semi flat, trim the film. Then shrink whatever small fibers pop back up and push out with hard card. Also a video of you shrinking would help us pin point the problem. Hope that made since good luck.

[rustin]

Thanks for the advice, I will try it next time . I wonder if I do not change the film ArmorLite to another. The main problem is that there is no place where to buy something else.

[gospeed3go]

problems not the film. its the person that doesnt know how to tint. apologies

[rustin]

I will tryagain. 

[rustin]

I have a question. On this film, the film is not smoothly done. Is it true that the film does not have to be perfectly smoothed? 

[Guest nocemdead]

I only shrink verticle slack the horizontal will lay when applied to the inside as long as you don't over shrink.

[rustin]

Could you write it in a more simple way because I do not really understand because of my poor English.

 

I understand that after the application of the film  inside you are using a heat gun and even shrunk film with it?

[jh812]

I have a question. On this film, the film is not smoothly done. Is it true that the film does not have to be perfectly smoothed?

I use a glove but once i finish with the glove a go back with a hard card and smooth it out. Hard carding it will ensure that the film will not have any small fingers pop up. Done people skip this step but i prefer it because it only adds maybe a minute or two and it gives me peace i of mind.

[Guest nocemdead]

Could you write it in a more simple way because I do not really understand because of my poor English.

I understand that after the application of the film inside you are using a heat gun and even shrunk film with it?

When I shrink film it's always on the outside. I lay this film on the outside, and wet about a 2" strip in the center going left to right. Then I trim all the way around (leaving plenty of extra), as long as all the film is laying on glass and not on gaskets, or anything else that could bind the film while shrinking. After trimming I wet a 2" strip down the left and right edges making an "H" pattern. This will make two big sections of slack in the film top and bottom ( no fingers on the sides.) After that I set my heat gun to high and start shrinking I do it in 4 quarters. ONLY SHRINK THE FILM THAT HAS VERTICAL SLACK. HORIZONTAL SLACK IS FINE. I never touch the tint with gloves, hands, tools etc. After all 4 quarters of the glass have been shrunk I do a final trim clean and install. I do more difficult windows with two heat guns...one shrinking from the top, and the other gun just blowing warm air under the section that I am working on. Again never touching the film with tools hands etc....good luck