flat rock stan

This for my personal use on my car. I am not a professional. I just want to try. Hope you guys understand.

I'm just glad that it's not just me using it, on this forum.

If you mess up just get another piece. It's only film, no one is going to die

If you mess up just get another piece. It's only film, no one is going to die

You are only as good as the worst tint job you let leave your shop....

Judging a whole community by one persons post seems a bit harsh.

Glad to hear you are moving forward♡
WTFH Is right, a clean slate can be as Martha Stewart says " a good thing "

while you are paying the premiums you sometimes wonder....but when you need it....nothing can replace good insurance.  I found that out myself....  
 
  Red dot all ready to go!  

@TNTLady how goes it with you after the storm? 
Wishing you the best♡ anything I can help you with don't hesitate to ask. You are the best!!!!!!
Cheers
Stan

@TNTLady so glad you are safe. The building can be rebuilt♡
I was just at the edge of a storm in Muskogee back 40 years ago so know how bad they are
I lived at York and Okmulgee street and had a shop north of there on York.
Keep on keeping on young lady ♡♡ stay on the lookout! 

That's the idea, but everybody has an off day.  If you take 10 installers, 7 may get a perfect install out of a pattern and 3 may have to trim.  
 
We'd be happy to send you a free trial of the software to compare patterns.  Just hoot me an e-mail at jphillips@xpel.com if you want to give it a whirl. 

I'm getting ready to install the 3m software and cut ppf. Have only used it in training and was spot on.... and it's free

Resent

Wow, lots of post! Thank you all for participating in the DVD raffle  
One lucky post won the complete Learning Library for Auto Window Tinting with the 15th DVD on Shaving the Edge included!
post #1456 from @highplains wins first place!
The next five lucky members win the DVD titled Braking Down the Barriers 
#1752 @Englandh37
#423   @one_slick_tinter
#135   @OverLord
#1747 @DaHatta
#857   @jh812
Numbers from random.org 
 
Winners can pm me your name and address and I will get your DVD's out. Thanks again everyone for the fun. Thank you to @TintDude for making all this possible. To keep the forum great takes lots of work and constant upkeep to make it a place where we can all get to virtually know each other, share stories and information. Great moderators here  thank you for your work!
tintdude.com is my go to place on the Internet to relax and enjoy the company of others interested in what we all do. 
For those who didn't win  but who are interested in upping your auto tinting skills I offer a pretty dang good discount from listed DVD prices on the Learning Library for members here. Just message me and I will be happy to work with you. 
Cheers all, live life like everyday is your last 
Stan 
www.autowindowtinting.com 

Window tinting has been within my family, for about 25 years or so,  I ended up learning from family.

There was this dude building a "boat" with his family...talking about a lot of rain coming, collecting up all these animals.  Anyway, he had openings in the top of the boat.  I told him about this process I had come up with where I heat sand and turn it into a clear hard substance that would probably help to keep this rain that he was talking about, on the outside of the "boat".  He said something about how that would probably intensify any sunshine that may occur during this period of rain and really heat up the inside of the "boat"  So I started playing with this stuff called amber...found out if I put it on the glass, it actually cut down the heat of the sun.  Showed it to him...and he said we could give it a try, but that he wasn't going to pay for something that was "experimental" but that he would give me a ride in his "boat"....and here I am now.
 
That's the short version...pm me and I will tell you about the smell in that "boat"....I've hated tinting boats ever since....  

I seriously tried to get out a few times. Hell Ric you messaged me one time when I was talking about it with my wife. I was like it's a sign from God
 

I'm not even remotely content with what we have now. It's not over until we franchise this shit son! Haha. 

I was going to school for Black Belt Six Sigma and IT. During my youtube tinting days. Dropped out to go to Stans.

I was walking down the street 16 yrs ago and heard someone go - pssst buddy... wanna learn to tint?!?!?!?
 
And it's like 'The Family'... once you are in, you're in for life.
 
 
Actually... I was doing IT work... that job ended and I couldn't find anything else... needed work so my friend got me into the place he worked. Trained by my friend and others there.... Did that for a couple years then went out on my own. 
 
Much happier tinting then doing IT crap. 
 
Microsoft is like the 3M of the IT world... 
 
 

@DaHatta can you get me a mailing address again? can't find it in my pm folder.  
I have been traveling since last month sometime!  Late getting out all the dvds but people who know me ....know I'm generally late for everything! Look how long it took me to get my TD sword
Thank you again everyone who posted and make tintdude a great place.
Cheers

@DaHatta can you get me a mailing address again? can't find it in my pm folder.  
I have been traveling since last month sometime!  Late getting out all the dvds but people who know me ....know I'm generally late for everything! Look how long it took me to get my TD sword
Thank you again everyone who posted and make tintdude a great place.
Cheers

I was trained in PPF by 3M for the body shop I used to work for and when I couldn't do body work anymore I kept up with PPF for them on the side. I ended up picking up PPF work for one of the local dealership's body shops as well and after several jobs for them they approached me with an offer to come in and take over running their tint shop. I trained for a couple days with the 3M rep again and was thrown to sharks to either sink or swim. I've managed to get the program turned around and profitable, added a new line of tint, and PPF sales are getting better and better every month. I'm working towards eventually going independent, hopefully sometime early next year. 

Wow. All that under a year. That is crazy.