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On 12/23/2019 at 4:50 PM, TomTint said:

You must learn, know and understand your product, as well as every other product your competitors offer. Know the pros and cons of all of them and be ready to explain them  in a way a 5 year old can understand to the homeowner. Know what the different glass types are and how film effects them, know what your costs goin in are and what your costs going out will be. Be able to show the homeowner how the film will work and benefit them via some solar tool. IE BTU meter, heat lamp, UV card etc.

This is great!! 

One question...

Where/what is the best source for all of this info? Where or how do i get good reliable info?

you should be good yo. i dont know how inspections go in Pennsylvania but i know here in bengals country they dont care at all...

20% is by far the most popular shade for window tint... like 90% of cars i tint is in 20% and nobody around here gets in trouble..

Rain guards should not mess with tint at all... assuming it is installed correctly 

WHODEY 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJ2T65T/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A387MXZEP21FUM&psc=1

Is it even possible for something like this to measure vlt uv and ir at the same time?

It seems like it is to good to be true kind of thing, $90 seems to cheap when all the other ones i have found online like the enforcer or laser labs are more expensive and only measure vlt

If it is your full time job then start with a much easier vehicle...

if it is your car that you are trying to tint yourself.... hire a pro

Nope.. sounds like a cheap excuse for body shop guy not wanting to work/fix it though by just blaming the last guy.. 

also the seals were broke??? Usually you will be able to see if the seals are broke or not... 

just bust out the security cameras and say... look they were working just fine while I was working on it... 

glgl 

Nice that was cool....

we need somebody to write a book or podcast or something crazy in depth about the history of tint and anything/everything that involves tinting.

anybody know if something like this exists 

On 10/10/2018 at 5:37 PM, DynamicATL said:

Dropped Quickbooks couple of years ago and will never go back.  Besides using them for accounting, using them as a POS is very out-of-date.  We have been using Square since then and love the simplicity and flexibility.  We did the iPad thing originally with a few issues here and there all iPad related.  We now have the POS that Square built below.  They have the POS, gift cards, scheduling, invoicing, marketing, and even now have Payment Installments.  So people can pay over time while you get paid like normal...similar to Snap and others.  I would say 90% of our customers freak out over the customer display it comes with, they love it.  As far as searching receipts/etc, it is super easy by the name, phone number, email, or last 4 of the credit card.  Also, the reports are extremely detailed and can create custom ones.  Plus everything is on Square's cloud, no worrying about your local PC going back or hard drive.

 

https://squareup.com/hardware/register

After a year plus do you still use squareup?

Also interested in some of this info as well.....

recommendations of suppliers as well. I use global currently for auto, should I just use their residential and commercial films as well or look elsewhere?? 

Thanks 

On 1/11/2019 at 4:31 PM, TINT said:

no blades on the lexus 19 nx suvs 

no blades on the lexus ls500 (top of the line modesl) 

 

dumb crap manu's are coming out with. 

Is all new Lexus nx models or just the hybrids?.

i did a nx300h the other day and scratched tf out of lady’s door and now I have to replace it. 🤦‍♂️.... (just one side cus other side did not scratch with blade) but I did a friends nx300 (not hybrid model) and it did not scratch anything. 

So global it is then!!

i have been seeing lots of stuff on here about express being the distributor for global? And I know a couple years ago when I worked for a company that used global that they ordered though expresswindowfilms(I think)......

when I go to expresswindowfilm website it seems as if they only sell...(drumrolllllllllllllll) express, along with express marketing materials such as brochures T-shirts posters those kind of things.

but when I go to filmnow.com it seems to be the global website... and they sell all the same things as express website just with the global logo.. and like literally the exact same things, even the website layout is the same 

question being: is this the same film? Does it matter which website I order it from? Does location matter as far as distribution (in in nky just outside Cincinnati) and then why are they different?

Thanks all who have answered, and I am sure these questions have been posted before (as I still search older posts) but I appreciate all help/feedback 

Hello all!! 

So I plan on opening my 1st tint shop here fairly soon, hopefully by late February early March!!

i have been working in high volume tint shops for 7+ years now and have decided to start on my own path and open my own shop.

the question I have is which film to use. I have mostly used global, which I liked a lot and is probably going to be the one I go with. But I also liked maxpro, solarguard and llumar (which I don’t think I will be allowed to use b/c shop in area uses). 

What at do you think? Should I stick with global or should I try something new that I haven’t used before like xpel or 3m? Or something else?

Thanks

On ‎7‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 6:44 PM, SlammedNiss said:

No need to buy it if you have access to a vinyl cutter and heat press. I'll gladly share the vector artwork for anybody who would like it.

Yo can I get that vector art!! I am def putting that on a shirt 

On ‎7‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 12:40 PM, quality tintz said:

Ok how do you cut top edge on car or on peel board or do you shave everything??? On side windows...

On ‎7‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 11:02 PM, CaliTINT said:

I keep easy ones because instead of cutting on the car I can double cut some of them and also less risk of scratches on windows. 

So if you have the "Perfect Pattern", which most of the ones I have made are pretty dead on, then it makes for very quick cutting (arguably faster and certainly more accurate than plotters). All you have to do is pull your 2 pieces (one for passenger side rear and driver side rear) put them together (opposite of each other because you are double cutting) and take it over to the vehicle and cut JUST the top edge (the only edge that is seen and needs to be a perfect cut). Then I take it back to my cutting table, line up the top edge of the pattern on the piece I just cut, take a strait edge to each side and bottom round corners and there is your pattern. I have timed myself cutting every window and can usually have everything cut in ~6-8 min (assuming it is a simple car like most 4 doors) stuck on peel boards ready to go (including rear which I just free hand). I have used a plotter before and I agree that it is fast, but it comes with issues like top edges not fitting perfectly, a little bit of static or one bad cut and then you have wasted 36" of film, and the dreaded weeding time.... I don't have any of these problems especially the wasting film, which you can be very attentive to using patters.

On ‎7‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 11:23 PM, CaliTINT said:

Wow! How do you store all these patterns? We use cut up card board boxes and make them into huge folders and most recently I place the patterns in a marked separate file (toyota, honda, audi, etc.) and then placed into the cardboard folder. I don't have each car, each year separated so it's kind of annoying looking for the template lol

We use old paper towel cores and roll them up including shield strip patterns. We use old 40" film boxes and mark them as honda/dodge/lexus etc....   Will follow up with a pics later

On ‎7‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 11:55 PM, quality tintz said:

Wow kool the human plotter....!!! Are the patterns on clear liners ???

Yea they are the clear liners that I pull off on the 1st vehicle I do, for example..... The new 18 Camrys/whenever there is a new body style we have to "make the patters" which means hand cut. Save the liners off everything tinted (4doors, qtrs., rear window, shield strips, sunroofs) and use next time that car comes in. I always keep the 4 doors but I usually only use the driver side templates because I hand cut the passenger side, make necessary adjustments to the driver side and then use that one in the future.

I also keep at least 2-3 versions of the rear window, just in case you need to "sweat off" a rear window. The template works perfect! possibly better than a garbage bag!!!

On ‎7‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 9:21 PM, CaliTINT said:

I keep the template for future use

Keep one set of templates for EVERY vehicle.. im talking all 4 doors each qtr and rear glass.... mark each one, ie front driver, 36x18, panels 2 screws easy,..... store until needed next time that car comes in....

I have patterns for every car/truck I have done since since '85-'90.... makes window tinting life sooo much easier

Wow that's pretty bad....

Had one like that a coupe months ago... Thankfully dude was waiting on it!!!!

When I took the middle baby car seat out there was fresh puke everywhere, so disgusting.

When I handed him a couple old towels to clean it up he said "Oh yea I forgot to tell you my kid threw up in there earlier"

I guess he thought that we would handle it or something    

Had another older car the other week that was infested with spiders probably 20-30 little spiders crawling around everywhere. Needless to say I did not pull it in

On ‎6‎/‎16‎/‎2018 at 2:30 PM, drtint said:

dealer does...

What does that mean??

DO NOT open a shop until you can hand cut comfortably, then get a plotter to make it easier

I would think that someone would need more than one year window tinting before considering themselves experts enough to open a shop  

ok cool cus I can feel it but it doesn't really seem that noticeable though.. and only a little tinny bit of one line is missing (not all the way through) 

Yo is there any way to check to see if the defroster lines are working??

Since it is 90 degrees outside and 75 in the shop, is there any tricks or anything to check them

Can you feel the heat or warmth of them on your hand/finger if they are on?

I don't even shrink sides if I am bottom loading without seals in the way

Unless the time it takes to shrink sides is LESS than the time it takes to fight fingers like on the accords, cavaliers, there are only a few out there that actually need to be shrunk

and it takes literally 30 seconds to shrink sides anyway   

I call em footballs!     WHO DEY!!!!

2 doors..... a weird hate/love relationship

I bet those front quarters are as difficult as that rear window as well!!

On ‎5‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 11:22 AM, Bham said:

No disrespect intended towards you.     Just trying to keep everything out front for you, so you can see.  Pun intended.   

Freaking Hilarious!!

On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2018 at 12:42 PM, WatchingYou said:

Thanks, of course I will, I am completely aware of that, and ready to face consequences, as any Man should.

I wonder if someone would spend time in the Big House if you kill someone because you cant see out your windshield? Gross Negligence

Is it worth someone's, or your own, life just so you car can look cool or gangster?  

i usually check to see how far the glass goes below the second seal and then cut accordingly. just make sure you don't cut it to big and the tint goes below the glass.

Some cars (cant think of any off hand) have glass that barley goes below the seals, so just make sure you check each one individually.

Always do passenger side 1st, and then adjust driver side accordingly