Aesop_Rock

On 5/19/2017 at 7:18 AM, Film_Pro said:

This car can be done with the spoiler installed. For an experiment I did one in 3 pieces with 2 seams under the spoiler. I cut 2 rear windows on my plotter. From one I used the top section and choose a defroster line that I would use to seam it. I then shrink that top section. I then marked the other piece for the portion I would need from the other piece for the bottom portions. I then shrink this a tad on the cut board. Then I installed and cut seams. The end result was a success. Turned out clean and professional. Saved me an hour. I'll make a video next time.

Computer Cut has a pattern where the the bottom part of the pattern is cut separately. Haven't used it but it would make sense to splice it there. So same idea.

On 5/9/2017 at 8:11 PM, Film_Pro said:

 

Where can I get a tinsel strip?

 

Slack your film in the back, baby powder your film, and throw a few microfibers in the slack for weight. problem solved. sucks i have to do this but it works.

On 10/27/2016 at 3:06 PM, blackoutauto said:

 

 

When I load film on my roland a 20" roll is 19"

 

most vehicles I cut using a 36" roll and if I need it larger I just cut it sideways

 

I cut all my ram windows and Silverado windows sideways. The ford ones sometimes I have to angle it

 

Very little wastage unless the pattern sucks.

 

This is a Silverado window

 

 

New F150 window

 

 

If you were to handcut this window you would need 24" x 36" = 48" x 36"

In the end its pretty much the same Size.

 

These photos are from precision cut off my pc

Are you a panel puller cause you ain't shrinking sideways film with great results. that's right I said ain't! 

15 hours ago, drtint4211 said:

Done between 25 and 30 so far. I shrink them on the windshield

cheers

That is a genius idea! 

First time doing one. Horrible Horrible Horrible experience.  I didn't want to remove the spoiler which made it almost impossible to do. 

2 minutes ago, no ma'am said:

I must break you @Aesop_Rock 

If he dies...he dies.

I love that movie way too much!

On 4/12/2017 at 8:09 PM, jh812 said:

Mustang back glass, two roll downs f150, ford edge whole thing, 2 identical Hyundai sonatas.

 

How'd that Mustang treat you?

1991 BMW 318i.

if you can't hand cut, stay away lol.

1 hour ago, Angelo said:

i was curious on vehicle because of the prices. they sound very low to do a retint as highplains mentioned. i would recommend the 3m cs as others have. however the best film in the world can fail if not done properly. have you looked up reviews on these shops?

Yeah that's a bit low especially if you are stripping old tint. 

I've NEVER used Suntek. If you're so keen on it by all means knock yourself out. I'm all for what people like. I use 3M because that's what we have been using. Maybe Suntek is better. What matters is if you are satisfied with the end results. 

3M FX Pemium is just athstetics with a little bit of heat rejection.

Color Stable has more heat rejection to it and has a lifetime warranty.

Crystaline is the cats pajamas but it is priced accordingly.

Good: FX Premium

Better: Color Stable

Best: Crystalline 

Suntek: ?

I melted one on a 2016 Nissan Rogue. $280 fix at the dealership. Sucked.

I was thinking vanilla ice inspired

1 hour ago, Roach said:

Your right. I don't believe it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good story.

 

 

completely true. I left out the worst parts lol.

6 hours ago, Roach said:

 

 

Ok so here it goes...

My brother, who owns a refinishing business, called me up one day asking me to design a logo for a new company he wanted to start. When he told me it was for a window tint company I told him he was completely insane to even attempt to get into it. I had designed a few car wraps and worked with vinyl shops in the not too distant past and knew how hard vinyl could be to work with so tint had to be a thousand times harder. He wanted to get into tint because he got burned on a tint job and thought he could do better, famous last words. Because of my graphic design experience he wanted me to come on board to design wraps and vehicle graphics when he eventually expanded into that area.

So I did the logo and a few weeks later I was up at his place and he showed me the shop he had leased, the plotter he had bought, how he had a meeting with a 3M rep, and how he envisioned everything working. I bought into his vision hook, line, and sinker and told him that I was the man for the job and that he couldn't start this adventure with out me. 

That was 6 months ago and after tinting every car we could get a hold of, laughing at death, screaming at pita cars, crying over creased tint, spending countless hours lurking on the forums on here, watching hundreds of hours of youtube videos, tracking down 3M reps for training, burning the crap out of my arm, cutting my hands, almost getting into a few fist fights, howling at the moon, and generally loosing our minds on a daily basis, we are ready to open shop. Are we crazy? Hell Yes! Are we going to make it in the tint world? Who the hell knows. Has this been the worst and best experience of my life? Definitely. Theres no turning back now.

42 minutes ago, Roach said:

And your story is? 

 

 

 

 

It's an unbelievable story I assure you.

23 minutes ago, Stewy said:

My friend was tinting for best buy and he told me that it was really hard. I'm a competitive person so I tried it and installed a roll down pretty good. But to me it sucked. He showed me while they were on a verge to opening an electronic shop. I told them that I will get really good at tinting and my other friend told me to do it. 20 cars tinted off of youtube videos and I was still not satisfied. So I went to training with @flat rock stan facility, found him on this site about 10 months ago. After training with him, 2 weeks later we took off. We landed 5 delearship accounts within those 2 weeks and now we are getting booked almost every week with walk ins and call ins. We probably have to hire soon. I dont think people understand how much help I am giving them when I recommend Stans training. But, like I always say, this site and Stan has changed my life. It's up to the individuals who ask for help to grasp my knowledge and experience or not. Keep in mind that all of this is done in under a year, we are about to to do PPF in 2 weeks period. Stan taught me that. NEVER STOP LEARNING. He is pretty *cough* old *cough* but he is still learning new things. 

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

Just curious how everyone got started in tint.

Who got trained at an established shop?  Who got interested in tinting and trained themselves

and opened their own shop?

Just curious...

So we have a Graphtech 8600 at our shop and we run into a lot of static problems and as a result our film gets eaten by the machine.

This usually happens when the film is being fed back through the machine and the tint coming back hits the roll it was being fed off of. Those two sides touching, tint side to tint side, cause the film to stick together and screw everything up.

This usually only happens with CS film when we cut longer than normal one piece patterns like Mustang roll ups. Short patterns nothing really happens. The pattern is longer than our media catcher is deep if that helps any.

Any thoughts or suggestion on how to eliminate static?

Thanks in advance!

Congrats everyone!

On 3/30/2017 at 10:43 AM, WearTheFoxHat said:

Today's other "California" caller says his AG film is bubbling and he would like us to come help remove it......

 

Do these people even look where they are calling???

 

Did Google place us at the top of searches in Cali today   ????   HMMMM

i remember my friends from Canada booking a return trip to Toronto from San Diego CA with a travel agency. they Said "wow what a cheap flight, !we got such a good deal!"

45 minutes after boarding in San Diego CA the landed in Ontario...CALIFORNIA! LOL.