Trentxxn Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I am pretty new to tinting, i tend to clean the window, install the tint, and still get a tiny bit of dirt and dust in the tint sometimes. I know im not touching the tint on the interior, but maybe im not cleaning thoroughly enough. Heres my steps so maybe you guys can offer me some tips -clean window with light scrub pad -clean with razor 2x -clean with bluemax Spray down and install. Also im thinking of switching from maxpro to solar gard tint, and i have been told to use their galaxie tint instead of hp smoke. Hp smoke is about $100 cheaper a roll, Would the hp smoke be cheap and turn purple? Im currently using maxpro mjp series which is Costing me about the same as hp smoke solar gard for a 36x100 roll and Im looking to do quality work with long lasting tint, wondering is galaxie from solar gard is that much better. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospeed3go Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 hp smoke is junk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentxxn Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Good to know, what makes it junk? Turn purple, fade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryker Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Blue max is not really a cleaning squeegee. Contamination can come from all sorts of places. There are far too many questions to ask to diagnose what might be. First one is there air movement in the shop? How clean is the shop? What does the contamination look like? Many spread out or clusters of junk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentxxn Posted December 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Shop is an automotive shop, im moving out of there in 2 weeks into my own shop. It has no air movement except for what comes in the 10 foot garage doors that are open. Shop is clean but not really clean enough for tint(luckily ive just been doing family vehicles here) But what is confusing me is how do mobile guys do it out in the open if i cant even do it in a semi-clean shop. What should i be cleaning with as my last step instead of the bluemax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryker Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Black channel or black smoothie for final clean. Some use a yellow turbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliTINT Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Yeah I use either the black channel or yellow turbo for cleaning. Try this link on this forum. Has good tips http://www.tintdude.net/contamination.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentxxn Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks i appreciate it. You guys using the 3.5 or 5.5 inch turbos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 TBH...I have been in shops that were pretty dirty and lots of air movement, and the skilled tinters get some of the cleanest installs I have ever seen. Without a doubt, clean shop without air movement is ideal, but is lot of it is in the handling of the film those last 30 seconds or so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englandh37 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I feel that getting between the glass and seals and wiping the top of the glass makes a big difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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