Installing Car Window Tint - Page 10
Black Ceramic Dots
Most newer cars have a black ceramic trimming the edge of the rear window. Sometimes this ceramic has a straight edge and sometimes it has a dotted edge. Usually this dotted edge is only 1/4 inch wide or so, on Fords its a bit wider. The window film usually wont stick to these dots flush, so there will be a pocket of air trimming the glass. On most cars this isn't very noticeable. The problem is that some cars have a six inch wide band of dots on the upper edge of the back window.
If that is the case, the pocket of air created is so large and uneven, that it is very unattractive. Some ways to deal with this are to apply vynil to the dotted area or leave the wide band of dots untinted, then after the film has dried for 3 days, mask off the dotted area with masking tape and paper, then paint the area with flat black enamel spray paint. Let the paint dry for a while and then remove the masking.
You can also try using glue stick or liquid glue pens to 'fill' the dots. This is very tricky and messy, but if you can do it right, it looks very good.
Sanding the dots down with very fine wet/dry sandpaper to smooth the surface of the dots slightly and wiping away any residue before applying film works very well on some cars.
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Black Ceramic Dots
Most newer cars have a black ceramic trimming the edge of the rear window. Sometimes this ceramic has a straight edge and sometimes it has a dotted edge. Usually this dotted edge is only 1/4 inch wide or so, on Fords its a bit wider. The window film usually wont stick to these dots flush, so there will be a pocket of air trimming the glass. On most cars this isn't very noticeable. The problem is that some cars have a six inch wide band of dots on the upper edge of the back window.
If that is the case, the pocket of air created is so large and uneven, that it is very unattractive. Some ways to deal with this are to apply vynil to the dotted area or leave the wide band of dots untinted, then after the film has dried for 3 days, mask off the dotted area with masking tape and paper, then paint the area with flat black enamel spray paint. Let the paint dry for a while and then remove the masking.
You can also try using glue stick or liquid glue pens to 'fill' the dots. This is very tricky and messy, but if you can do it right, it looks very good.
Sanding the dots down with very fine wet/dry sandpaper to smooth the surface of the dots slightly and wiping away any residue before applying film works very well on some cars.
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The Graphtech plotters are all about the same from 7000 to 8600. I doubt that the machine was the problem If changing software fixed the issue. -
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Update to this.... We were using a Graphtec FC7000-100 plotter and the Digi Cut software and the machine wouldn't work correctly. We contacted Digi and they did a live modification on our software which solved the issue. Strange thing, the plotter would still never cut through the pattern consistently. (parts would cut totally through and parts would not cut even through the film) We switched to Core and instantly everything cut 100% consistent and without need for software modification. Perhaps if we had a newer plotter than the FC7000 perhaps the Digi would work as expected ??? Dunno -
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Hi Bobby, sorry for the confusion, the makes and models section here is for tinting windows, not performance related. -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
I sold my business in '96 that had as assets: tools and inventory and goodwill. I bought it 2.5 years earlier for 5k. It had a gross sales # around 30K and very little goodwill since the owner only worked it part time. In the 2.5 years I ran the company, gross sales went from 30K upward to 177K as a one person operation. To be fair, the final year @ 177K included an installation sale involving 35K sq ft. Still I increased the gross from 30K to 100K under my direction in the 2.5 years of ownership. I sold the business in a short sale for 10K because I landed a corporate job at a film manufacturing company. I lacked the desire to further expand the business, but it was considered reputable even by my competitors. One of them bought it. Don't know if that helps but, maybe you'll find this helpful in determining the goodwill of the one you are considering buying. https://www.freshbooks.com/hub/accounting/calculate-goodwill- 1
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Hello Jay! I hace Sone D160 too. Can you please help with some info. What blade do you use?· 0 replies
with the standard 36g blade, I can't adjust it to cut perfectly. either it cuts fine horizontally but vertically it cuts the liner, or with less pressure it doesn't cut the liner vertically but it doesn't cut deep enough horizontally. The pressure between 60-70
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