Dano

FWIW I don't personally dislike you. I think your reasoning is flawed through a narrow window of grievance. We've all been there.

Show me a company that isn't looking out for their shareholders and I'll show you a company that is at risk of suit for neglecting their fiduciary obligations. Critical thinking requires the removal of personal opinions in the examination of the subject matter, which you are so far not capable of on this given subject. I am not beholden to any company except my own and will choose what suits my market, just as you will. Fair enough. You are welcome to make up your own opinions, you are not welcome to make up your own facts. My personal opinion is that each company will do as they see fit with their respective products and brands. Your "facts" as stated is that Xpel has not had a failure. The overarching issue you point to as "sub par" is your dislike in their marketing, which would be fair if not for the veiled slander. It's ok not to like their processes without slandering the products as a whole because of a personal grievance. That's where I take issue, because of the harm your intending on the company as a whole. For the edifice of all that is reading, I am not an Xpel dealer, rep or associate, nor do I plan to be.

Bro....It's happend more than once!

Read my bio...28yrs of installing tint/wrap/ppf. Also execute my own designs. Former retail shop owner (multiple concurrent) for the first 15yrs. Wholesale dealership fulfilment to the tune of nearly 10k individual installations. I've used nearly every product that sticks to cars extensively and can recognize a personal complaint masquerading as a product issue everytime. The only subpar issue I see here is your lack of critical thinking because your feelings are hurt by the mean ol film company doesn't need your input or sales to operate in place of their board members.

I would try pouring near boiling water on it. Or use a clothes steamer to heat it up. Dry heat probably won't help. If it's an impression from a piece of tape holding a roll closed then it's likely permanent.

Sub par but hasn't failed....thank you for confirming that you it's a personal issue with their marketing and that "Made in the US" is just a gimmick. Merika...do it my way or I'll make complaints...fukyeah! 🇺🇸

That's a good question....I never measure it. I would guess about 10ml in 30oz of water. I only use alcohol to wipe the surface. For me it just burns the glue. I do use a second bottle of straight water to tack the edges. For cutting I use NT stainless blades. Just lightly glide the blade on the surface with enough pressure to hear the film squeek. If you press too hard you will feel the headlight plastic grind under your blade.

Dealerships can barely wash cars correctly, I doubt that many would do chip work. Go to any dealership and at the used car side and there is a team of subs that come in to do recon work that the employees arn't trained for.

Probably just needed more soap in your solution. It may not be the best quality film, rolling it up shouldn't cause that.

Not using precut patterns is my preferred method to get max coverage. You can pre cut your own by using the pattern you peel off to hand trace your next one if you really want to.

Looks like the glue got streached. Apply some light carnuba wax in the center section of the lamp, wipe the edges with 70%alcohol around the edges. Light spray of straight water to lock the first edge you lay and again on the other side when you get it streached. Or...just use extra soap in your mix and keep a bottle of straight water to lock the edges as described above.

Thank you for expanding. Which of the product lines did you find to be grainy? I only install the ceramics and hp and have not noticed it. Yes, Global is an excellent product without any distribution requirement.

Name something that doesn't come "overseas" in part or in whole on the industrial market. Should I trust the Korean products? Chinese? Vietnamese? US? India? Germany? Japan? How many of the companies in each location are using their own source materials in their final products? I think thou doth protest too much.

Care to elaborate? Which film in their line did you use? I've never heard any complaints about their products other than they have protected areas which you noted in another thread. I can think of a few other brands that have similar policies that also restrict distribution to a limited number of dealers per area. I've never liked that method, but I understand why it's used. Is this a product issue or a general dislike of their distributing?

Windshields are always a risk, especially removals. That's why everyone charges so much for them. Why not work a labor trade for services at a local tint shop? You might be able to get them to send more work your way afterwards. Or even better, leave them some margin on your pricing to sell your services as an add on for their customers. They might be turning work down that they don't want to service in house.

Those non opening vettes were stupid from the start.

Wait until you replace the glass and then tint it, or replace it anyway and sell the other one pre tinted. Those are the easy options if you're worried about damage.

I do alot of run of the mill installs that arn't worth mentioning. This week I got to do something fun. Before: After: Avery Rugged - Onyx Black

Had one in today, definitely recommend pulling the door panels. One 7mm behind the rubber plug behind the door handle, two t-25s below the armrest in easy view and two 7mm at the bottom of the panel. Bump upwards and comes right off. Definitely need a sandbag if the wife, girlfriend and apprentice are all gone at the same time.

No pain, no stain! If it was easy we wouldn't have anything to do.

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It's always harder to hide contamination in darker film due to contrast. For removal here's my process.... Sides: 1. Pull film one panel at a time and spray with SprayAway. 2. Blade the glue and catch with a paper towel. 3. Spray again...Use an Olfa /SS NT blade to clean the edges. 4. Wrap a microfiber around a triangle card and jam into the gaskets/glass edge to scrub what is hidden/hard to reach. 5. Spray again...Use #3 steel wool to scrub, including top edge. 6. Rince with water/squeegee. 7. Wipe with clean microfiber, triangle the edges again. Once with the glass up and do the gaskets again with the glass down. 8. Spray with water and run your hand around the glass to feel for contamination. 9. Squeegee dry and clean the outside of the glass. 10. In good light, look through to glass at different angles to spot anything you might have missed. 11. When you get ready to install, blade/triangle/wipe/spray/wipe top edge/squeegee/flush edges just like a normal install to maintain consistency. If you're working on used cars you may want to incorporate #3 wool or at minimum a 3m white scrubbie after your blade step. Keep a separate knife for cleaning edges so you don't wreck your film cutting blade. Only knife clean behind the edges, you can easily scratch glass in an open area. Good luck and please consider a premium subscription here on TintDude. Without this site passing on knowledge would be much more difficult. It's not much and goes a long way towards keeping the site up and running.

Well I guess you're not all bad after all. I would recommend finding an old schooler running an independent shop that worked on these cars the first time around. Have the glass in place with the panels pulled. Remember to leave the switches on the front seat for operating the roll ups. The new group of tinters can't seem to do anything that doesn't come off the precut software correctly. You are mostly right on that point.

"It's a car, I said it's a car....you guys are bunch of d*cks. I already told you it's a car, why won't you tell me how much is a car?" I'll bet a dollar it's some euro crap or a corvette. Any takers?

Have you ever looked at a 944 rear glass? It's curves are compounded and irregular like a bowl in every direction, rear spoiler made of foam rubber and usually a window wiper motor to remove or work around. That glass is also heavy af. Just look for a video of someone trying to tint the car you are requesting to find the nuance of what it takes to get a good install. There is also a makes and models section here on this forum.