Tint Slayer

22 hours ago, Bham said:

Hey guys.  I think Zep got the design for the Spraymaster bottles.  The new blue and white Zep bottles are identical to the gray Spraymaster ones.  
 

 

Is that a compressor hooked up to the tank?

My Zeps old trigger sounded like a duck and was awkward to use for me. I think if it's an old Spraymaster it has a D1 on it,. I ordered Zep on Amazon because the pic looked like the Zep bottle in the pic @Bham posted but got the old type i didn't like instead. So keep an eye out if ordering online.

On 5/1/2020 at 4:48 PM, Guest Michelle D said:

Spoke to our tint pro again and we’re going to go with what he recommends as far as glass replacement. He was adamant about covering the cost, but I don’t believe he erred in any way. It’ll be the first time I’ve ever DEMANDED to pay, but it was obviously not his workmanship that caused the issue. 

 

FYI it was a Jetta GLI and VW told us to F right off regarding warranty. 

 

 

Kinda shows you who had your back. Tint guy wants to pay and the Dealer could've easily paid to fix what is obviously their issue told you to F right off. Sick of car dealers, one of the biggest purchases you make and they act like they're not responsible for that $80 grid.

Just now, Guest Michelle D said:

Thanks! I’ll go to another VW dealership and see what they say. 

Let us know how it goes, post a pic of the loose grid if possible too would like to see how it looks. Good Luck!

On the tint side of things, you can only completely remove portions of a defroster not loosen it, if it was 3 days old it was a manufacturers defect. Go to different dealer for the warranty work they're trying to blame the tint guy. This is not uncommon for this to be a manufacturers defect and 3 days in very likely is and your service manager is likely full of it. The grids are either loose or not, especially 3 days in..

I'll also add if the tint guy did do anything to cause a defect in the defroster it would more likely happen removing tint or happen on a much older car not a 3 day old car. You should thank the tint guy for pointing this issue out early for you. Don't listen to car dealers, go to another car dealer and just say it was loose so you're not giving them an out by saying it was at a tint place that didn't install tint on defective defroster grid. 

If you're going to try make the tint guy pay for a glass he didn't touch (or in your words "..he didn't apply tint") and warned you it was defective, then i'd tell you to kiss my ass you're lucky i'm even replacing it let alone OEM. Youre lucky the tint guy doesn't just tell you to get lost.

This seems like maybe the predecessor of on screen graphics. Like they'll have the speed limit fuel gauge etc right on the glass, you can get your emails and notification when you park i hope. Here comes the Apple iPhone F150, gonna make your windshield a see thru computer screen for cars we don't even have to drive anymore.

LA.s Totally Awesome. a bottle is $1. If you have a spray bottle get the gallon for $3. Spray it on and wait a few minutes for it to soak in and it comes off scraping with a credit card type of card.

Don't let it get on trim or cloth, never had a bad experience but it is acid.

Stuff is great, also use it in the house cleans better than anything, my drain was clogged and i poured some of this in it and an hour later the drain was clear. So yeah, $1 at Dollar General

18 hours ago, Indy Tint said:

What type of glass can I use for a peel board. and where can I find most economical??

An old glass/screen door 

35 minutes ago, Trent said:

Hey! I didn’t take an after dotrix picture. In this photo it’s clean. After the film tac’d up

nice I used a liner to make a pattern and trimmed out dotrix vinyl and blacked it out.  I think the film would have stuck all the way up. I just didn’t wAnt to take a chance of the film peeling in the future. 

I had tried a sample a while back and it stuck pretty good to dot matrix, Avery has a good product, i wonder if they kept the Hanita formula when they bought out Hanitas Auto line

On 4/17/2020 at 8:05 PM, Trent said:

Avery Ceramic IR 15% First 2dr cobalt ever. That back window was tough. The guy wants coming dotrix so I cut it off the dots. Letting the tint dry and he’s coming back to slap it on. Only wasted 1 back window piece but those bottom edges challenged me. 

 

 

Would like to see closer how your dot matrix turned out

Some storage units have car sized units suitable for tinting, the place i've used has 5 or 6 larger units for boats i use one of those. Call a few storage places and tell them exactly what you want to do.

no luck searching for the part itself?

 @ErieTint your neck of the woods, any guidance?

Just hit it again

Done did it Bro, Good Luck!

this may be decent for those mobile types, this would be good for holding glass, a cutting mat or corrugated board pretty solid

i like the idea of someone else being responsible for getting the glass to you in one piece lol

I also do drawings, saw this glass table while looking for supplies, this one is like $80 and the glass is 24"x38?",

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074RDB74G/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_uv4gEbVEXS7WR

there's another with a glass that's a little bigger at 28"x41.5" for $160

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X9Q0WX2/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_pA4gEbV0XVXAD

Let Amazon deal with the glass arriving unscathed

First one has wheels, 2nd one doesn't.

For the cost of the bottom one you can buy 2 of the top one and have them next to each other for front and back glass

The more you dilute it the more you wait. I use full strength, if you're gonna dilute it then you may as well just buy LA Awesome at the Dollar Store it works the same as diluted ATR 

1 hour ago, Indy Tint said:

Has anyone had any experience with XPEL EZ-Tint? is it worth the money? does it really helps increase speed of the tinting process? Right now I am starting out. To do a 4 door 2 quarter glass and rear windshield it takes me about 5 hours. 

 

 

I use it and love it. You can get it cheaper if you register online at their website or call the sales guy and register with them. I did and got it for i think around i think $10-15 cheaper

2 hours ago, Indy Tint said:

 

Hi Vanhorn, Awesome. So far they have been great and been very helpful specially since I am just starting out. I am from the north part of Indianapolis. How would you say business is around in Indiana? seasonal or steady? Great to find tinters close by.

 

any advice you can give me? I am not a shop but I do mobile installs straight to peoples houses

Post a mobile install video, i never get to see many people who do the outside installs. I'd like to see the secrets to keeping the work clean outside

I'm posting this to keep the forum active and bring traffic and views 

I'd like to know which has the highest air output/CFM

Years back some guy told me when he applies the film he sprays the slip on the glass and unrolls the film right from the roll while peeling off the liner (no slip on film like a reverse roll, just peel and stick, like a reverse roll right from the roll), then squeegees it down then cuts it in place, never saw it done but he says it's "his thang".

Do any of you have some magic method you do that's "your thang"?

I live in an HOA community and if they had a blinding light shining in my room i'd tell them to fix it or i will, i don't pay $1500 a year in dues to feel like i'm being interrogated all night, i pay and live in an HOA community so i don't have to deal with that kind of crap. Complain to them, they are literally disrupting your life. People in my community complain if you leave your garbage bins out too long. Complain to the HOA. "Light pollution" is an actual legal thing and no different from noise pollution, a neighbor can't blast music to disrupt your life just like they can't blast light into your life. Lights are also not intended to be looked directly at so there is the potential for long term damage to your eyes and your health from disrupted sleep and hopefully it doesn't trigger a seizure. The HOA should be on your side, they can shield or redirect the light.