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TintDude

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  1. Well, if you are determined, the best way to start is buy some inexpensive film to practice with. Tint your own car, your friends and family etc and get an idea what it's like. Maybe you'll have a knack for it, and practice more until you are confident enough to start charging. Maybe you wont have a knack for it and tear up some cars along the way and realized you dodged a bullet.
  2. You should really get some experience under your belt before just opening a tint shop. This is a difficult trade and good tinters rarely make good businessmen and visa versa. There's a lot to learn about this trade and you don't want to be learning on customers' cars as you can do plenty of damage as you go. I'd suggest getting a job as a helper in a tint shop and develop your skills for a long while before even thinking about going out on your own. Just my opinion.
  3. Whenever asked to match, I'd tell them it will not match. You can't even match if you knew the film since it varies from roll to roll and even from side to side on the same piece of film. Just say you can get the shade close but there will always be a slight color difference. As far as the dual pane, I'm probably wrong, but I think they are so small the risk of thermal fracture is low.
  4. Exactly. This is really complicated by their non functional website. Started with trying to fix my email after they changed the way their email thing works. Finally got a reply from tech support that was as if they didn't even read what I said. Tried to clarify and no response at all. Fine. I'm going with another company. Now a whole new set of problems come.
  5. Gotta tell you working on this stuff is unnerving. It's not something I have to do often, so I'm no expert. You get ominous warnings like, This will take around 96 hours to reflect update etc. I wont know if I screwed up for 4 days.
  6. This should happen in a few days, there's a chance some posts that happen during the transfer may be lost, I'm not sure.
  7. Hey guys, we may or may not have the site be unreachable for a short time. Some settings have to be updated and it may affect the site, but hopefully not.
  8. I'd show the tinter and ask if that's in the film. The film is on the inside by the way, that could be the film's adhesive was marred during installation by pushing a bubble off to the side after it had set up a little. I don't know what you mean by ceramic coating. It may be a ceramic tint film you had installed. Were you polishing on the outside? What did you use? You may have caused some light haze or scratching. Don't use any polish on the inside, it's a polyester film and can be easily damaged.
  9. Did you have it tinted recently or did it come like that? Can you tell which surface they are on? The second set of pics I can't really tell what's going on there. It almost looks like some air was moved after the film had tacked up already.
  10. That looks like a metal rub. Before the windows were tinted, something metal that was riding in the car rubbed against the window, leaving a metallic stain on the glass. A lot of cars have them, but they aren't very noticeable until the windows get tinted. More on metal rubs here: https://www.tintdude.com/care.html/
  11. Welcome to the forum. Some might infer from the name that it is an American product and may be confused.
  12. It depends a lot on what kind of flat you are talking about. Is it mostly residential or big commercial jobs? Are you the one selling the work/giving estimates etc as well? Are you with anybody as a helper or the guy in charge?
  13. You could use the factory straight edge for the visor strip, but it will sag on the sides. There are a couple of techniques to get the cut to match the line of the top. The film will need to be heat shrunk to conform to the compound curve of the window. You might do well to watch a couple of YT videos to see if this is something you really want to attempt. Since you aren't worried about flaws etc, I'd say give it a try.
  14. No problem at all. We do have a good classifieds section here. Probably wouldn't hurt to put some feelers out.
  15. I'll tell you though, it felt dang good the day I quit. It was a little scary, but another shop picked me up right away.
  16. I know what you mean. I felt it was in my own best interest to do the best I could at that shop, but like your situation it just wasn't sustainable.
  17. From what you say about the owner, I would start trying to find another job as soon as possible. I've had a similar situation. The boss was always gone and a hard drug user. Once he stopped caring about even paying for film I was out of there and the best move I could have made. If the boss was there and gave a damn, then I'd say stay and work it out.
  18. It may be worth having a conversation with your employer about your workload, pay and about potential additional support or compensation for your added responsibilities. Regarding fair pay, it can vary depending on the location, cost of living, and other factors. I've always worked on commission and there are times when you work uncompensated, but the higher pay for the tint work tends to make up for it. Hopefully you can talk to the boss and get something more fair going, If not, it might be good to look for a different job or maybe start your own business if you feel ready.
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