TintDude

Here are two links to tinting tool suppliers in the US:
 
https://44tools.com/
 
https://expresswindowfilms.com/
 
You can either order and have it shipped to St. Pete or you can order and have it shipped to your son in Orlando.
 
If you ship to Orlando, just make sure the tool(s) will not be confiscated by airport security. You can put them into checked baggage that will not travel in the main cabin of the plane.

Is your employer the dealership or a vendor to the dealership? 
 
Also get a house with a two car garage and service vehicles at your own place/pace.
 
Once people you service know your quality, they will use you religiously. I don't advertise and have customers who have been consistent for years after doing the first one.

yep. thats kinda part of the plan. offering mobile but only to ppl with a garage or inclosed structure to work in. i just need to get my current situation figured out. my boss came to me this week with an opportunity to negotiate new terms. i think im a good installer so i want to be making the most i can but my employer has been good to me so i want to be fair.
 

Offer mobile service and work at the same dealership.  

i have. to the point of having my business license, tools, llc, and the .com rights for a website. life happened and i dont have the money needed to get a place to install or materials. the plan is to negotiate better terms at the full time so i can start something on the side.

Hello! I am from St. Petersburg (Russia) I am 59 years old. I have been tinting flat glass for the last 20 years. Experience gives you strength to work!!!)))

I remember when Leo from Dartz was a regular on here.  I think he was from Latvia. Welcome!!
 

Leo was a hilarious. Always with the Rolls Royce, vodka and models. 
 
Welcome vmamay!

Welcome back!!

New York City sucks...getting worse every day. I am sure everyone sees it.
Upstate New York,,,Catskills is the place to be
 

Hey @tintpioneer! OG is right, since 2003. Good to see you, hope you've been well!
How's life in NY?

I just found the best answer, so far, to the peanut problem plaguing the Dodge rear window.
 
Normally I will use #3 steel wool w/soap and water, microfiber wipe, mist, squeegee, 70% alcohol, squeegee, flush, squeegee, flush and lay film.
 
A few days ago the alcohol was out of reach and I picked up a bottle of 15% Rapid Tac/85% water and the film stuck down better than ever. I thought it was a fluke and tried it again on a windshield and got the same results.
 
Rapid Tac is usually used as a surface prep cleaning solution for vinyl graphics and also good for wet applications of factory truck bedside graphics, think FX4 and TRD logos.
 
Sometimes I win by accident, this was one of those times. I hope this helps everyone else win as well.

Just a average day.. Did a full tint job go home and take a nap for a hour before going to the gym

Congrats!

Whew.  I am worn out.     My "new to me" truck DOES NOT have the “easy to shrink” windshield.    

The film should be on the inside, so your windshield is probably just dirty. If the film didn't crunch when you rolled the side window down, it's probably OK too. Might want to just wipe it lightly to see if it's just dirty on the surface.

For sure..Glad to see your still kickn!!!

Welcome back! It's hard to believe we've been around this long. It's nice to hear we made a difference now and then.  

When you start getting old you start to reflect  on why and how you are where your at in life now..Went to school in Martinsville Virgina for a week in 2000..class was a bunch of young people I was 38..Already had a booming Dtail shop at the time but i knew times were changing and I didnt want to b detailing in my 50s..Tint dude was a must for my learning curb and such great advice since school only taught the basics..I see its still a great place to come to for Tinters all over the world to bond and get advice..Will try to be more active on site since Im slowing down and try to contribute for the 24 years I have experienced..Yes at 61 I still Tint a few cars a day and during tax time work 7 days a week!!

Check out this mobile tint job we are replacing! Apparently, this was the tinter's 5th attempt on the job.
 

Everything has been run of the mill lately, but this one was different.
 
Set of doors in HP30 and wrapped hood and upper bumper cover in Avery Rugged Onyx Black.
 
The pebbled texture has a bedliner look without adding 100lbs to the panel.
 
You wouldn't believe the stupidity involved in getting that bumper cover off of there. I probably could have laid it in place, but I didn't want a warranty issue to haunt me when my client is 1000mi away. And I like to snap the film arround the headlight curves and bezel.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/driving-instructor-charged-in-peel-region-after-allegedly-operating-school-vehicle-with-extreme-window-tint-1.6762131

From "Peel"...can't make that stuff up.
 
Law sounds a bit like whatever they want it to be tho. Poor guy probably has to fill up the school cars and got yanked doing his job.

(Tint) polyester film in these thicknesses are typically found in the window film market, depending on who made the product for sale or assembly into single or multi-ply products:
.5 = thin
1
1.5
2
4
6
7
8
10
11
12
14
15 = thick
21 = monster thick
 
If you buy a 2-mil, it is likely constructed of 1+1 = 2-mil 2-ply (or as you stated, layers)
If you buy a 1.5-mil, it is likely constructed of .5+1 = 1.5-mil 2-ply
 
1.5 mil is thinner than a 2 mil.
 
Thickness of film does not impact longevity, however, the type of chemical protection in the polyester (weatherable vs. non-weatherable), the laminating adhesive and the mounting adhesive does.