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@Roach dog wandered up to my mom's place a few days ago and we can't find the owners. Damn how'd we get into this
 
Funny thing this is the leash and flea collar she had on. 

Growing up my dad tinted and ran a shop for years but never would show me the ropes because he said never tint you are better than this. Well he moved on from tint as he got older and i always would bring up the idea lets open a shop because i love cars and working around them. Again he turned me down lol . So i had a great career as a petroleum engineer but was never home so the idea of opening a shop just kept sounding better and better to stay in town and close to my family. Dad got sick and passed away from leukemia, that caused a lot of issues so long story short i needed to have a job in town to take care of my mother and my own family better. Got a bright idea looked up at the heavens and said dad im gonna do it, so make sure you watch over me haha . Quit my badass job, paid some money for a tinting class to teach me how to tint. Took the 4 day class ordered a crap ton of film way more than i needed and started tinting on a leap of faith. Got a few dealerships on board within the first month and have been tinting non stop since for the past year or so. Shop is doing great and love what i do! The class helped me get going but all the cars i have tinted over the past year has really been the best learning experience, every day i learn something new. I am a problem solver by nature so it has been a fun ride learning this trade and solving my own issues while tinting. This forum has been a huge help and thanks to everyone that has brought value to this forum and continually is trying to innovate our industry!  Also its baddass that im tinting and feel dad is here with me everyday, another reason why i chose tinting was just to embrace all those memories we made as a kid hanging out at the shop with him lol! he started in the 80's in a storefront directly across the street from where my shop is now. Crazy

That's a bit nipply out....
 
 

@Roach dog wandered up to my mom's place a few days ago and we can't find the owners. Damn how'd we get into this
 
Funny thing this is the leash and flea collar she had on. 

If you look at the specs on the Delta 35%, the exterior is 13% and the interior is 9%.  Let's compare that to other brands...Llumar, the exterior is 21% and the interior is 13%...3M, the exterior is 13% and the interior is 7%.  So it is much lower than Llumar and on par with 3M.  Since there are not many samples online of the Delta, you can search 3M Night Vision 35 which can give you an idea of the reflectivity...keep in mind the overall color/appearance will be different.

So I switched a picture while I was house sitting for my friend... I wonder how long it will take for them to notice.
 
My sister thinks they may never notice. lol 
 
ETA: The pic on the right is of their son.. the one on the left is one I found on google.
 
 
 

Morning everyone, happy new year! 

Morning y'all happy New year

Hopefully the guy will take care of you on it. In the meantime send the pics to your buddy and say thanks for referring this guy
 

Well update on the light blue max. Started scratching the hell out of the film today like real bad. Tried sanding it with no luck. So I switched it with another light blue but this one was the square not cropped one. It scratched the first window I tried. In the trash and back with the orange crush. @pbalentine

Definitely the Tinter’s fault. If he’s a stand up guy he’ll replace the glass. It happens even to the best of us. I’ll admit it and I’ve replaced a customer glass because I’ve scratched it. Good thing I have a plotter now and that’ll never happen again. 

Yup they are. The body shop would rather get it done themselves cuz they make more. But, if the insurance doesnt give them much they have no choice but to PDR. So, we give it to them for cheap and they upcharge 25% or more.

I was actually thinking the same thing. I mentioned it to the body shop but its not just the hood. Its the hood, roof, bed, and doors. The body shop that we are doing it for told me that a new hood means they have to blend the fenders to the hood. Basically new paint looks very different from old paint. So the hood alone will be around $2k to $3k for them. 

Not knocking it on your part but found that exact hood on eBay for 635, if that's all it is. Appears to be the same color as well, primed was only 300.

I just watched A Quiet Place last night which is similar, honestly like Bird Box better.

Can't wait to get this thing started. I will be posting pics before and after. Any tips or tricks?

Your wife says the same thing
 

Your wife says the same thing
 

Your wife says the same thing
 

Your wife says the same thing
 

This jackass keeps pushing his luck, he’s gone by a couple times.   
 
 
 

Well, here we go again...

When we first started they were open to comments. Former employees and former bosses would pick up where they left off. It got crazy.

My gawd I should've asked if that's what he had been doing. 

Here, let me clean that for you.