Ryan1

Thanks, I have not learned that lesson yet, but i am sure it's coming.

do you do that on the framed windows as well?   which is what I am going to do this week on our car and truck.   going to to the shaved edge on them

I am in the exact same boat.

Wanting to tint my own cars and I am a DIY person.

I spent hours and hours on youtube looking at how others do it, and tools they use.  Window tinting is a very small toolset.

I went ahead and just purchased all the tools and tint I needed to do my own cars.  then the extra will be used for friends and family cars, either free or cover the cost of materials to get my money back.

I did the following

 - purchased tools from about 3 different places.  a few cheap items on amazon, rest at SolControl, NDGraphics and 44tools ( which i wont order from again... )   I am in canada, so going across boarder is a pain with taxes and duty.

 - I already had a heat gun.

 - i got : P2 sprayer, various squeegees and cards, blades, knife.   

 - i ordered one roll of 5% Suntek, split roll cut in 24" and 36" .

Then, just went to town on my daughters car.  first window ( the small 1/4 glass ), took me about 8 tries.   

try - check, peal and re-do.

not much to it.

Rear window was the hardest... mostly because of contamination.   took me 3 tries.   it's not 100%.   there are a couple flaws with some debris.   but, for her car, she is very happy with it.... except I only see the flaws when I look at it.

To start off, with the tools and 1 full roll of tint cost me about $550 .

i have since gotten a second roll of 35%.

Now, it's just a matter of going a few cars for $50 - $75 to recover some cost.

I would use Glad Press N Seal on the top edge.   No bulk of a towel.   and since it is not the full height of the door panel, on the bottom half, just add in some plastic drop sheet or garbage bag.

The press n Seal will stick to all surfaces and the garbage bag,  then all the water will run off the door.

Hi all, 

I did try a few searches and the results were so far off the topic, didn't really see any related topics.

I am new here,  and very new to tinting.  I have done only 2 cars so far... practicing before I do my own new truck this weekend.   I do plan to get more local customers, friends, etc.  as I did get a few rolls and need to recover my costs.

On the roll up/down windows.  I have done one with a frame and one car was a frameless window.  On the frameless one, i went with a file / shaved edge instead of a 1/8" gap.   I REALLY like the look and it turned out great ( first time too ).

What my question is on durability of the edge if you go with a shaved edge instead of a 1/8" gap on the top edge of a framed window.     I prefer the look , so was going to do this on my next test car. ( sister in law ).  AND, i will probably do my truck this way too, then i can see personally how it holds up.

On my first car ( daughters car ), i went with a small gap on the back doors, but i didn't heat it to ensure it's cured before I finished the window and it pealed a bit.   I am going to re-do it .  I'll take some close up pictures too.

My first post here and this is my second time tinting .