Damage claims

[Sluggo]

'kay thanx!

I know many of my questions are "learn through practice- stuff", there's just so many questions that pops up while waiting for the film to be delivered

[Ocala]

Just to add, don't use cheap razor blades. It's best to get some .12 stainless steel blades for scraping and prepping the glass. They might not be as sharp but won't start to rust before using them if they get a little damp or wet.

[wickedtint]

Don't remove rear view mirrors on fords! Or vw with rain sensor Lol

[Saul]

a friend of mine sales auto glass he explained to me that windows are made kind of like tint 2 or more layers of 1/8 glass with some film in between layers it can be uv reflecting sometimes blue , green depends on manufacturing specs

[Sluggo]

Just to add, don't use cheap razor blades. It's best to get some .12 stainless steel blades for scraping and prepping the glass. They might not be as sharp but won't start to rust before using them if they get a little damp or wet.

 

Don't remove rear view mirrors on fords! Or vw with rain sensor Lol

I'm not looking forward to those mirrors at all :P I'll probably not be tinting any windshields at all until I'm more confident in what I'm doing.

[tintcracker]

Thanks for all the tips!

All input is appreciated!

Thinking of retinting my own car over and over again to practice, but that kind of takes away the fun in it.

You are dealing with a person's second biggest purchase next to a house. Not a game here. So, please think about what you are taking on.

Oh and never put the heat gun inside of the car. It only takes half a second to destroy a door panel or burn a seat or headliner.

Yeah, I plan on just taking on older cars to begin with. If something small should happen, maybe I can get away with it. If it's something bigger, then it's cheaper to fix.

Almost did that heat-gun-mistake in my own car the other day. -Almost put it in a bad place inside the car when I realized that it probably wasn't a great idea.

Never (direct) heat laminated glass.

I've hard a lot about that, but not how to shrink without doing it? Tried searching, but most comments were like "sure you can"..

Except for trying to heat the glass evenly and not too much, any thips there?

I'd say newer cars will be easier to tint. Those 90s rides suck. Cars get easier and easier every year. I'd much rather tint something newer as far as difficulty and cleanliness goes.

[tintcracker]

Thanks for all the tips!

All input is appreciated!

Thinking of retinting my own car over and over again to practice, but that kind of takes away the fun in it.

You are dealing with a person's second biggest purchase next to a house. Not a game here. So, please think about what you are taking on.

Oh and never put the heat gun inside of the car. It only takes half a second to destroy a door panel or burn a seat or headliner.

Yeah, I plan on just taking on older cars to begin with. If something small should happen, maybe I can get away with it. If it's something bigger, then it's cheaper to fix.

Almost did that heat-gun-mistake in my own car the other day. -Almost put it in a bad place inside the car when I realized that it probably wasn't a great idea.

Never (direct) heat laminated glass.

I've hard a lot about that, but not how to shrink without doing it? Tried searching, but most comments were like "sure you can"..

Except for trying to heat the glass evenly and not too much, any thips there?

I'd say newer cars will be easier to tint. Those 90s rides suck. Cars get easier and easier every year. I'd much rather tint something newer as far as difficulty and cleanliness goes.

I shrink on laminated windows alot. Just use your head and you'll be alright. We're talking about heating from the outside for a dust speck or a crease.

[Sluggo]

Didn't knew newer cars were easier, actually thought they were harder to tint with new "cool" designs, slanted back windows and new tech to consider..

But it makes sense with contamination, scratchy windows, blemishes, previous tint residue ie.

Still, feels better to practice on cars where if i mess something up, there might atleast be a small chance that I can afford to fix it

With lami glass, I'm gonna stick to heating spots from the inside until I get a hang of things, I think. But I feel much more confident about tinting lami thesame way as standard glass (just more carefully) now.

[tintcracker]

Didn't knew newer cars were easier, actually thought they were harder to tint with new "cool" designs, slanted back windows and new tech to consider..

But it makes sense with contamination, scratchy windows, blemishes, previous tint residue ie.

Still, feels better to practice on cars where if i mess something up, there might atleast be a small chance that I can afford to fix it

With lami glass, I'm gonna stick to heating spots from the inside until I get a hang of things, I think. But I feel much more confident about tinting lami thesame way as standard glass (just more carefully) now.

No heat on the outside of laminated windows other than shrinking. I think that newer car windows have much less crazy compound curves. Aside from a few that I can think of. It's always those 90s back windows that give me a hard time.

As far as damage to the car, of course I'd be more worried about a newer car.