Roach Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) So I had this window to tint today. The window was 69" x 90" (W/H). I'm about 5'7"... not sure what my wingspan is... but... The film being used was a 25% film that had PS adhesive.. Wasn't my job - films I use are CDA... So this wouldn't be as big of an issue if I was using a different film. Anyway... My first thought was to put it on the window next to the one that I needed to tint... remove liner... flip it over. That would probably work fine, except my gorilla platform was the only one I had, which even if I had another, I'm not sure how I could pivot the piece of film from the one window to the other without breaking my neck, which while I like tinting, I'm not going to risk injury to do so. I got it done.. how I normally do large panes like this that are PS.... I put the piece on the floor.. .removed the liner, sprayed it down... picked it up and put it on the window. Which I know is super unprofessional... or whatever.... but it came out clean... and I got it done. I don't have this situation come up often... but when I do - I just wonder if there is a better way to do it (With a PS film) or should I just do what works for *me* and not care. If it was coming out with dust and creases... yeah... I'd stop doing it how I do it... but honestly, when I do it like that, it comes out clean. I was tempted to reverse-roll it... but it wasn't my film and I didn't feel like chancing something that might end up wasting a large piece of film. The PS wasn't horribly aggressive, but more then a CDA film. Edited December 11, 2019 by Roach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTint Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Reverse roll it... we do it all the time. Keep the glass extra wet and slippery. alberts316, Roach and Tint Eastwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roach Posted December 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Sometimes I wish I was just like 2" taller and another 2-3" on my wingspan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTint Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Roach said: Sometimes I wish I was just like 2" taller and another 2-3" on my wingspan. I'm 6-2" and probably a 5-8" wingspan. Honestly it doesn't make any difference when you reverse roll things. Just start the rr manually for about the first 18" , roll it back up , stick it on the glass and keep the window real wet. ... we do security film pieces 60x100 solo all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roach Posted December 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 4 hours ago, TomTint said: Honestly it doesn't make any difference when you reverse roll things. That's true. I need to practice more with PS films... I just don't generally use them unless I'm doing a job for someone else, and I'm not about to waste their film just for practicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uscfan Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Yup I’m about 5’9 same here I just pull my piece from the slitter straight top edge I reverse roll it pull the liner about 3 feet spray the window with plenty of slip apply the film do a T tack along the upper top and right tacked on the middle continue to unroll the film as a spray. B inside of the film adhesive side comes out perfect every time I trim the bottoms after I pull the liner therefore not having to Go back up the ladder and come back down to cut both my edges with the five way wrapped in a very good paper towel like bounty super absorbent. Has attacked the upper portion I also immediately but my top edge with a five way too wrapped in a paper towel to eliminate any kind of contamination dripping downward . Good paper towels are key though. StekCooper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uscfan Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Bump my top edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTint Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 We did a job this am, 12 pieces 56x108 with white frost .. the top of the glass was about 13' off the floor. RR all of them, those 12 pieces and 6 others of misc size, took us ( 1 cleaner and 1 installer ) about 3.5 hrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roach Posted December 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 Did you just straight RR or did you use a dowel or something to assist in it unrolling? I've seen people mention using that method as well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTint Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Roach said: Did you just straight RR or did you use a dowel or something to assist in it unrolling? I've seen people mention using that method as well..... Just manually unrolled it as I walked down the ladder. ..spraying the glass as I went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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