Contamination issue

[Tint Slayer]

10 hours ago, no ma'am said:

Brand new fusion wil irritate me a bit cleaning a door, after a couple days though they work well. I'm a 5 in yellow turbo guy for clean and first pass on doors. It's too tacky new to swipe my sides down so I use a blue tri edge x or my cut down orange/yellow lidco.  what's your beef with em  

You say you can't use the irritating Fusion yellow turbo for a few days and have to use other tools to compensate for it's shortcoming then ask me what's my beef?

Not trying to make people stop using their squeegee blades, just not my brand of squeegee. I'm sure people love them, i don't. 

Seemed like @pbalentine was not having good luck with fusion squeegees, i pointed out my issues with them to him, it was more of a reply than a beef.

[no ma'am]

After break in I like em better than the regular yellow turbos, they conform better on a curve for me. Was looking more for insight than anything, either way I still card my sides down.

[Tint Slayer]

1 hour ago, no ma'am said:

After break in I like em better than the regular yellow turbos, they conform better on a curve for me. Was looking more for insight than anything, either way I still card my sides down.

I'd always been using the regular yellow turbo on the sides, but the regular green i got one day and have been liking it, it's somewhere between the black and the yellow in firmness. If you like the Fusion yellow turbo, you may also like their green for cleaning, it seems slightly firmer than the regular green. I use the blue little foot when running down the sides, but ask me again after i order tools, could totally change lol.

 

[IPATinting]

Got Unger 6” on its way now and a green turbo, we’ll see which works better, seems a good amount use orange crush to clean but I need to pick something and just roll with it haha

[jh812]

5 minutes ago, IPATinting said:

Got Unger 6” on its way now and a green turbo, we’ll see which works better, seems a good amount use orange crush to clean but I need to pick something and just roll with it haha

It never hurts to try new tools so you can go right back to what you were using before 😂

[no ma'am]

Got sick of getting stabbed by the little foot while it was in my pouch  other than that I liked it @Tint Slayer

[shadytints]

older cars can be more challenging.   dirt dots spread thru entire window is from air or water.   if the prob is only old vehicles,  probably the car.   I mist the interior of older ones to de-dustify them including headliner.  crawling in and out stirs up the dust.   less water is better on the old ones

[IPATinting]

Got these bad boys in, ready to give em a shot

[highplains]

On 7/2/2019 at 9:44 AM, highplains said:

Unless it's brand new off the lot the first thing I do on any vehicle, but trucks especially, is to dampen a microfiber towel with some rubbing alcohol/water solution (20%alc) or slip solution, roll the windows down and wipe the seals out. That makes a huge difference with cutting out contamination. 

Just to show what I'm talking about, this is a '16 Sierra with just under 40k miles on it. It's been detailed and is considered "front line ready" for a dealership. At first glance it looks "clean" (I see a greasy, silicone armour all coated nightmare but that's a conversation for another day)

This is what the seals/channels look like...

After a quick wipe with a damp microfiber.

This makes a world of difference in keeping your install clean. When I first got started I was trained to flush the sides and pass a hard card/bondo card/tri-edge down the seals while flushing and call it good. I fought contamination on the sides for months until I started wiping the seals as my first step when pulling a vehicle in. Hopefully you or someone else will find this helpful. 

[boomer]

On 7/1/2019 at 9:32 PM, Blackwolftinting said:

I tint in southwest Florida. It’s literally like a sauna everyday. I don’t see how humidity will cause contamination, but maybe? 

I agree. Humidity will only help by keeping tiny dust particles from staying suspended