BG Shrinking, Tiny Bubbles. Newbie.

[shadytints]

seems BG's are getting easier and shields are getting more challenging.  Not sure what I am tinting most the time, well neither is the sales staff.  4 tires and a motor, whats the difference.

 

New ford truck shield I think was a little fun.  If you lose the "H" and cut the sides to hang before shrink, there will be less to shrink and be able to shrink to the edge.  torch or heat gun use a glove and pull bottom corners down (or top up). glove only covers 1/4 inch or less compared to a "H" pattern.   I prefer to start in middle and work 2 sides pulling fingers from corners.    Old school,  when film shrinking began (Contoured film)  we shrank what we could and what we could not became side fingers to do a relief cut.  easier then 2-7 piece windows in the day.  Empro price guide anyone remember?  no internet or computer, year make model 1-6 difficulty rating and recommended number of pieces for BG.   2dr. cavalier =5  vets were 7

[DOOTINT]

How much powder is good Shady? I dont use much

I dont miss relief cuts or seams even tho i was good at 2 piece rear glass before i got bigger rolls and still had to seam some that wet shrinking wasnt the best way anymore

[shadytints]

great question!!  people hate powder because of the mess.

 

Back in the day I was pretty good at seaming,  couple decades later,  "defrost line?  what flippin defrost line"  reason for everything right?

IMO  men go blind as we age because woman always know when we lie.  So,  when they ask, and we reply, " honey you look as beautiful as the day I met you, technically  I am not liying if I take my glasses off (as I grab a different pair of glasses to find and correct the the typo i just made)

 

I buy the small trial/travel size baby powder and you have enough for 2 maybe 4 BG's on your glove.  Your baby powder will go bad before you ever use a small one. And as always,  the question is always "Why"

 

Baby powder, Talc are used to absorb moisture.  Heat most everyone knows rises.  If you get in your car in winter, the windows fog.  Flush your toilet on a hot day, condensation appears on the outside of the tank.  Air compressors have a drain valve on the bottom.    Heat is attracted to cold.  Air contains moisture (humidity).  compressors have to be drained because the compress the moisture in the air and settles on the bottom.  Your breath, warm and moist collects on your windshield because it is cold and on the toilet because the now cold water in the tank attracts the moist warm air in the room.  Everyone still with me?

 

You baby powder begins to go bad as soon as you open it absorbing moisture.  If you pull a colder car into a warmer shop, windows fog on the outside and baby powder does not work wet..  turn rear defog on when pulling it in and you will use less or at least let it warm up.  You now will use 1/10 what you do now.  if you still need more on the window, buy new powder.

 

 The BG is the heatsink to stop the shrinking process.  ten times easier and faster shrinking a hot BG compared to a cold (explains ryker method)  I will burn through a piece of film in under a second with my torch, film off the glass,  takes 4 or 5 if it is on the glass

[Aesop_Rock]

great question!!  people hate powder because of the mess.

 

Back in the day I was pretty good at seaming,  couple decades later,  "defrost line?  what flippin defrost line"  reason for everything right?

IMO  men go blind as we age because woman always know when we lie.  So,  when they ask, and we reply, " honey you look as beautiful as the day I met you, technically  I am not liying if I take my glasses off (as I grab a different pair of glasses to find and correct the the typo i just made)

 

I buy the small trial/travel size baby powder and you have enough for 2 maybe 4 BG's on your glove.  Your baby powder will go bad before you ever use a small one. And as always,  the question is always "Why"

 

Baby powder, Talc are used to absorb moisture.  Heat most everyone knows rises.  If you get in your car in winter, the windows fog.  Flush your toilet on a hot day, condensation appears on the outside of the tank.  Air compressors have a drain valve on the bottom.    Heat is attracted to cold.  Air contains moisture (humidity).  compressors have to be drained because the compress the moisture in the air and settles on the bottom.  Your breath, warm and moist collects on your windshield because it is cold and on the toilet because the now cold water in the tank attracts the moist warm air in the room.  Everyone still with me?

 

You baby powder begins to go bad as soon as you open it absorbing moisture.  If you pull a colder car into a warmer shop, windows fog on the outside and baby powder does not work wet..  turn rear defog on when pulling it in and you will use less or at least let it warm up.  You now will use 1/10 what you do now.  if you still need more on the window, buy new powder.

 

 The BG is the heat shrink to stop the shrinking process.  ten times easier and faster shrinking a hot BG compared to a cold (explains ryker method)  I will burn through a piece of film in under a second with my torch, film off the glass,  takes 4 or 5 if it is on the glass

So is the Ryker Method pocket shrinking? Do you recommend that process? Also I feel I have less control with baby powder. Meaning it's definitely different from dryer sheets or soap. I'm trying everything at the moment to see what gives me better results. It's all personal preference? 

[DOOTINT]

I have had the same big bottle of powder for a while(4-5yrs?) and taped all but 1 hole and still is 3/4 full,,i will get a new small bottle to try

Some cars it shrinks real nice and flat and others it looks ugly with not setting flat but i slam it on with confidence and good hard squeege pattern

[flat rock stan]

If I can see the powder on my glass I probably have used too much! Trial size last me till I lose it.

[Ryker]

 

great question!!  people hate powder because of the mess.

 

Back in the day I was pretty good at seaming,  couple decades later,  "defrost line?  what flippin defrost line"  reason for everything right?

IMO  men go blind as we age because woman always know when we lie.  So,  when they ask, and we reply, " honey you look as beautiful as the day I met you, technically  I am not liying if I take my glasses off (as I grab a different pair of glasses to find and correct the the typo i just made)

 

I buy the small trial/travel size baby powder and you have enough for 2 maybe 4 BG's on your glove.  Your baby powder will go bad before you ever use a small one. And as always,  the question is always "Why"

 

Baby powder, Talc are used to absorb moisture.  Heat most everyone knows rises.  If you get in your car in winter, the windows fog.  Flush your toilet on a hot day, condensation appears on the outside of the tank.  Air compressors have a drain valve on the bottom.    Heat is attracted to cold.  Air contains moisture (humidity).  compressors have to be drained because the compress the moisture in the air and settles on the bottom.  Your breath, warm and moist collects on your windshield because it is cold and on the toilet because the now cold water in the tank attracts the moist warm air in the room.  Everyone still with me?

 

You baby powder begins to go bad as soon as you open it absorbing moisture.  If you pull a colder car into a warmer shop, windows fog on the outside and baby powder does not work wet..  turn rear defog on when pulling it in and you will use less or at least let it warm up.  You now will use 1/10 what you do now.  if you still need more on the window, buy new powder.

 

 The BG is the heat shrink to stop the shrinking process.  ten times easier and faster shrinking a hot BG compared to a cold (explains ryker method)  I will burn through a piece of film in under a second with my torch, film off the glass,  takes 4 or 5 if it is on the glass

So is the Ryker Method pocket shrinking? Do you recommend that process? Also I feel I have less control with baby powder. Meaning it's definitely different from dryer sheets or soap. I'm trying everything at the moment to see what gives me better results. It's all personal preference? 

 

The "Ryker Method" is a pocket shrink but you use 2 heat guns at once instead of just one and sealing down the pocket.  The video is in a link on my signature here.  I don't think you will find a smoother shrink with any other technique.  I do shrink the tops on some with the over/under but just lift most.

[Aesop_Rock]

 

 

great question!!  people hate powder because of the mess.

 

Back in the day I was pretty good at seaming,  couple decades later,  "defrost line?  what flippin defrost line"  reason for everything right?

IMO  men go blind as we age because woman always know when we lie.  So,  when they ask, and we reply, " honey you look as beautiful as the day I met you, technically  I am not liying if I take my glasses off (as I grab a different pair of glasses to find and correct the the typo i just made)

 

I buy the small trial/travel size baby powder and you have enough for 2 maybe 4 BG's on your glove.  Your baby powder will go bad before you ever use a small one. And as always,  the question is always "Why"

 

Baby powder, Talc are used to absorb moisture.  Heat most everyone knows rises.  If you get in your car in winter, the windows fog.  Flush your toilet on a hot day, condensation appears on the outside of the tank.  Air compressors have a drain valve on the bottom.    Heat is attracted to cold.  Air contains moisture (humidity).  compressors have to be drained because the compress the moisture in the air and settles on the bottom.  Your breath, warm and moist collects on your windshield because it is cold and on the toilet because the now cold water in the tank attracts the moist warm air in the room.  Everyone still with me?

 

You baby powder begins to go bad as soon as you open it absorbing moisture.  If you pull a colder car into a warmer shop, windows fog on the outside and baby powder does not work wet..  turn rear defog on when pulling it in and you will use less or at least let it warm up.  You now will use 1/10 what you do now.  if you still need more on the window, buy new powder.

 

 The BG is the heat shrink to stop the shrinking process.  ten times easier and faster shrinking a hot BG compared to a cold (explains ryker method)  I will burn through a piece of film in under a second with my torch, film off the glass,  takes 4 or 5 if it is on the glass

So is the Ryker Method pocket shrinking? Do you recommend that process? Also I feel I have less control with baby powder. Meaning it's definitely different from dryer sheets or soap. I'm trying everything at the moment to see what gives me better results. It's all personal preference? 

 

The "Ryker Method" is a pocket shrink but you use 2 heat guns at once instead of just one and sealing down the pocket.  The video is in a link on my signature here.  I don't think you will find a smoother shrink with any other technique.  I do shrink the tops on some with the over/under but just lift most.

 

That is the most insane thing I have ever witnessed! How did you come up with that?

[Ryker]

If a hot bubble shrinks good why not heat under and on top both? So I tried it.

[shadytints]

Ryker method is great method. I can not run 2 heat guns in most my accounts.  You have to find what works best for you,  then figure out how to improve your methods.

My method of tinting changes constantly,  I vid myself and others to study later.  over ten years of comparisons, sometimes fun to look back and get a laugh