jaketuckey

2 hours ago, Dano said:

I've been tinting automotive since 1995, used all the majors and a few of the minors. The only film I've never had a warranty claim with has been Global. For me it's been the best product that almost no one has heard of. I try to promote my own reputation, which I can control vs the reputation of a brand name that I can't.

So where is your shop, what state? My brother is in Michigan and owns my old shop and he is a Rayno dealer and has been selling Rayno for just as long as we have but with no warranty claims, not a single. That just shows that a film that is sub par in central US will last 10 years in northern states but not last 2 years in south Florida. I have customers that come in to get a scratched window replaced on cars that I tinted 14-16 years ago with SolarGard HP supreme, which is a mid grade film in their lineup, and the entire car looks like I tinted it last year. RAYNO glue is junk and their warranty pay out is terrible. 

I've been tinting daily as a job for just coming on 35 years. Our shops have been in business since 1970. Oldest tint shop in Florida, maybe in the country, not sure. We are dealer for Solargard, Panorama as well, Huper Optik, Rayno, Solyx to list the mains. We also do a lot of installs for other vendors which would include 3M films. I've installed and sold through my personal shop up north Sun-Gard. 

We have been a Rayno dealer for 5+ years. We carried MonoCarbon, S5, S7, S9 and Platinum. When we took it on, we called other dealers to get input, good and bad. You got to keep in mind we are in Southwest Florida so temperatures and humidity are very high which puts any film to the extreme of tests of its limits. The Rayno films started out as a great film to install meaning it is a heavy duty film and the adhesive was easy to work with. In the last couple years the adhesive got to the point where it was impossible to work with. Meaning that no matter what slip solution you used or how much of it you used I even tried doubling and tripling the amount of it to get the film to slide and make it easier to get back into seals and nothing worked. Recently we started having cars come in that we literally tinted not even 14 months ago that the film went completely rippled with adhesive failure. 

I just want to put this out there for anybody that's looking to become a Rayno film dealer, to look at all your options and I mean all your options and stay away from Rayno window films. You can't find a worse film that has a false reputation of being a high end film like Rayno. There are warranty payout for replacements is absolutely terrible. We stopped carrying the S7 line of film almost a year ago so when I had a couple cars come in to be warranted they sent me out the film to put on it and the film that they sent me was older lot numbers then the film that was on the car. Just take my word and also call other Rayno dealers....you will hear these same issues across the board.

Quantum doesn't match that good. We sold and installed quantum for 20 years. it doesn't match the rear of the old RXs. SolarGard Stainless Steel SS35 matches the best

Panty hoes.....not a Hoes Panties!

I dry shrink only, but only sell and install ceramic films. 

I ordered a new Makita from Amazon the other day and got it and shrunk two or three cars with it and decided it was a piece of shit. Doesn't even compare to my Wagner Furno 750 heat gun. The Makita moves more air but at Max high setting it claims 1050°. Our ceramic film I set it my Furno at 950° and it shrinks awesome. The Makita at Max setting isn't hot enough to shrink the film. 

Ordered a new Makita heat gun...on the way

Looking for a experienced auto window Tinter in the Fort Myers area. Willing to train a beginner as well. Want someone that is reliable and shows up for work. Pay is very good on a commission basis but with a guaranteed weekly minimum pay. 9-5 m-f or m-sat options with better pay. 

Contact Mike at 239-992-1113 or Jake at 239-489-0092

Experienced Auto Tinter Wanted in SW Florida....Bonita Springs area primarily. Full time, year round employment, Minimum pay garranteed ($800 M-F or $950 M-Sat), generous percentages paid beyond that as well. You would be working in clean Air Conditioned shops with ComputerCut software, and installing high end window film only, no single ply stuff. We have a secretary to answer phones, handle the customers and do the paperwork. No high pressure, we schedule for quality work. Experience in PPF preferred but not required. We have multiple locations and are the oldest tint shop in Florida, family owned since 1970. If you love tinting and have a minumum of 3 years experience, please contact us we would like to talk to you. We are looking for someone with over 10  years, but not a deal breaker. Current installer made around $50k on a 40 hour work week last year. Still hiring as of Jan 5th 2018

Contact Mike @ 239-992-1113 or me, Jake @ 239-489-0092

We've been installing Solargards HP Supreme line since it came out somewhere back around 2006. We have cars that come back in that we did 8 years ago where a customer scratched a window and the old film still matches the new film. And that's here in South Florida. Best long lasting film we have carried. We get alot of HP Charcoal warranties coming in from other dealers so stay away from that.

For 10 years we have been installing SolarGard HP Supreme on every single dealer car we do for Lexus, BMW, Lincoln and Toyota and never had a complaint. I have found lately from customers that they are told by other installers to not use metal films only because they have only a few years experience and can't cleanly install metal films so they tell them to stay away.

I use the CB 20% for factory color match as well.

How can you use a 20% on 70% glass for factory color match when the factory rear is usually right at 22%?

20% on the 70% will put you at roughly 14-16% 

The front quarters can be tinted without a problem, but we choose not to do them because if we ever have to replace do to a warranty, they are impossible to R&R.

...and my tint suppliers wont pay me for an hour+ to R&R 2 little quarter ports.

I've never had a customer complain when we told them they wont get done, actually they all say, "I dont blame you, I cant even get in there to clean them!"

I owned my own sign company for 9 years doing signs and now how to use the cutter and the setup perfect. The HP Supreme film was running perfect up till this year and now it sucks in the cutter. SG admits that they changed the backer and now it is not computercut friendly. We do tons of dealer work and clearshield and use it all the time.

Well I have been using/fighting with this ComputerCut system for the last year at our other location. I have been tinting auto glass for over 22 years and in January of this year I transfered to one of our other shops with a computer cut system.

I have to say it is the biggest joke in the tint industry!!! It is a waste of time and material. Cuts don't fit and need trimmed or are the wrong size all together. Film is constantly jamming up in the cutter due to SolarGard changing their liner a few months ago to a more rubber material and static is a huge issue. Rollers have been kept up and machine is always taken care of.

I don't pull them. I use a small clamp and just hold the pin in while I tint them. We do all the Infinity dealer cars and never had a problem.

"If you don't tear it apart, it won't have problems!"

I will be visiting Cape Coral / Naples area and getting a house purchased. I will be moving down around the 3rd-4th week of October into the Cape Coral area. I have 21 years Auto Tint Expierience and about 7 years residential. I have owned my own auto customizing and tint shop for 9 years and am selling out to my brother.

Look forward to living in FLA