Mr paladin

18 hours ago, TintDude said:

Built a little speed shop diorama in a shelf in my workshop...

 

Red dot here

19 hours ago, no ma'am said:

 nope.... not gonna do it.

On 6/15/2017 at 2:39 PM, B3ATDAH3AT said:

I have a location in mind, Im waiting to ETS out of the US ARMY to move back home and open my shop. I will have a decent amount of money to put into my business. I have been using Solar Gard, and I'm charging 120 a car on average. I strip and tint a car for 160. I need to know if I should buy different types of tint, or just stick with what is working for me? I also need to know if I am undercharging. I feel like I can get 200$ a car, but I don't know if it will scare customers away with me barely opening the doors. 

 

Thanks in advance

Man I was charging that price 30 years ago when the when the average cost of a car was 10K if you are just starting out and Mobil that  is one thing but with shop expenses you will go out of business fast at those prices.    

On 11/18/2017 at 1:47 PM, TintDude said:

Between the two, I'd always go with the baby shampoo. Dawn is a bit strong with the grease cutter and can be too hard on the adhesive, but others say they have no problem with Dawn.

Yep I used dawn the first 10 years I tinted because that's what I learned with but have been using baby shampoo the last 20.

In Houston TX anyway

I only use the side swiper for the bottom of back windows.

Any recommendation for a good  shop heater? I bought one of the torpedo heaters but looking for something I can use in the shop with the garage door down I was thinking of trying one of those patio heaters but didn't know if it was safe to use in doors.

When I did alot of mobile 1998-2005 I used a Coleman 1850 it was just enough but worked well.

That Chevelle is Sweeeeeeeeeeeet

We used to 7-8 years ago when we first discovered youtube but there are so many on youtube these days and just don't have the  time or editing skills

We only use Chuck Norris Cforce water in our spray bottles.  

Thanks for the info I have one in the morning>

22 hours ago, TQtinting said:

You guys know if they were just random cars or jobs that were done elsewhere?

Most of mine were tinted new from new car dealers some plain poor installs from the day they bought it and some the film failing at 2 years or less.

I used to get a couple R&Rs a month  now I get about 2 calls a day for R&Rs I  you not the sad part is most these cars are  under 2 years old.

Renegotiate your pay ask for a flat  price per vehicle then  if they have a sale its on them the worst they can say is no.

2 hours ago, Jake said:

Just not enough info. $150 a day? How many cars do you do. If you do one car ,that great, if you do 8, that sucks. 20% is on the lower end, but we have no idea how self sufficient you are.If they charge $500 per car then at 20% you can make a ton of money. To really get any kind of good feed back, it would need to come from someone in your area as it is different everywhere.

Yea it hard to say on a % basis if you 4 cars a day at $300 a pop  thats not bad  now if you doing 4 cars at $99 for 20% thats sux. need more info

I do not know why people by stuff they can't install Tint,alarms, clear bra I suppose they think they will save money because the get a good price but most the cost is labor anyway

The only way to make that look good is to replace the window.

On 10/1/2017 at 2:07 PM, DynamicAppearance said:

We get asked about it every now a then, but a simple solution...let them know you only use the film you carry since you can guarantee the quality.

Yep I never install someone elses film.

My side jobs cost 2X more.

On 10/27/2017 at 9:55 AM, jh812 said:

Those contest are the biggest croc, yeah have everything setup ready to go and half ass shrink a window. 

I agree.

Nice work