excelent. I'm an american living in Argentina, window tinters tried to milk me for a rear window install. Thanks to you guys I have the know-how for tackling the job. good work!
You make heat shrinking look so easy. Mine went all over the place even after watching several times and with a few attempts. Does film come in different qualities? I got in a big roll online - from China, probably, but doesn't it all come from China?
Hey guys, I want to commend you on a well put together video. Althoe our techniques may be slightly different you have put out the right information to give the individual the best chance of success in learning our trade. Well done! I would work with you guys any day.
This video is great. Damn i've ruined alot of film by trying to put it to the back window. After alot of practice, i managed to tint my side windows with little or no mistakes but the back window was always my nemesis. Thanks for the video.I'll be trying these days and see if I succeed.
Great video! I've been trying to tint my back window for months using just soapy water and a heat gun. 2nd attempt with this method and it's spot on! I personally found to wet sponge the sides as well as across before shrinking worked best on my window. Cheers guys! Subscribed!
Question: do you apply the tent on the inside and outside or is the process of applying it to the outside is used to shape the glass so that it can be applied to the inside after shrinking it?
I have a rear window replacement that I'm looking to tint. It's on a work bench and I'm wondering if I can use this method but with a hair dryer and to the inside surface of the replacement glass before I set the glass? It seems best to do the tinting while the glass not in the vehicle.
What is the purpose of putting soap on the window? is it just to hold the window tint in place or does it help shrink the tint. Also could you do it with out the soap using just water.
putting the soap layer on the outside of the glass allows the film to slide and stick at the same time, which is good because as you squeegee it or smooth it while shrinking, it needs to move a little. However, once it's been shrunk, you don't want it to move, so that's where the soap is nice, especially compared to the baby powder method popular years ago. Thanks!
You show to tint the outside of car, but all tint says to tint inside of car, and every car IV had professionaly tinted has been on inside, I'm confused
I did the side windows on my car and got cocky. I screwed up with the rear window because I did not use enough soap. It started drying up as I was squeegeeing the soapy water out. I'll try again using your advise.
I've tried to do the back window on my wife's sonata 3 times now and each time I get a little better at it, my problem seems to be controlling the finger's as I'm shrinking the film and not making Crease's in the film . any ideas or tips for the beginners?
It looks like ALOT of water and soap running down the inside of the window! And pouring off the film during installation. Wouldn't you put towels down? I personally wouldn't want all that liquid flooding the area. Couldn't that possibly damage speakers?
hi , just tinted my side windows and got them perfect without a heat gun just have rear window to do can it be done without a heat gun ? any tips ? thanks .
It's also determined by your vision. 30% on the rears isn't illegal in any state that I'm aware of. It is illegal in the front doors and front Windshield in a number of states..
Moosehead Drinker, Thanks for asking the question! No, tinting does not damage the defrosters. Removing old film improperly may damage them, and scraping them with a razor blade will DEFINITELY damage them. We have seen situations on some older import cars (Primarily Hondas) where peeling the film pulls bits of the defroster off the glass no matter what we do, but In my opinion, this is not the fault of the film, but the way the defroster is made, since it only happens on certain cars. Many people think that the defroster causes film to fail, but this is not true. It is the exposure to the sun that causes film to fail and since rear windows typically face upward they get a much more intense exposure to the sun, causing the rear window to fail before other windows on a typical car. Thanks for asking!
i just tinted my truck and my wifes car for the first time of tinting. i took very special care in how i did it and i still wound up with very very small creases in the film. was this due to bad heat shrinking technique? still came out ok and cant see it as "bubbles" from the outside. please help
Creasing can be caused by improper squeegee technique, and the only solution to that is practice, but it can also be caused by applying film to a window that is compound curved without shrinking the film. Also, it's easy to crease the film while shrinking until you master the technique. In other words, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! One other factor is using good quality film and the right amount of soap in your application solution. if you don't have enough soap, the film will stick and you'll crease it and if the film is very thin (cheap film) it's much easier to crease. Also, in most areas there is no "licensing" needed for tinting but there are certifications, and you should definitely get a business licenses and insurance if you're going to pursue professional window tinting. Thanks for the questions!
Thanks for the reply! So how much soap is too much soap and how little is too little? I am using Suntek hp 30% on my wife's car and Suntek hp 5% on my truck. I'm going to redo my truck this weekend and would like to know what I can do to not wind up with any creases or small bubbles and make it look like a professional did it? I do a micro edge and looks very very good maybe I'm not using enough soap in my solution and I'm using Johnson's baby shampoo maybe a different product will yield better results? I have the solution in a poly 2 spray bottle from 44tools.com. As well as a clear max blade with fusion handle and using platinum reach to help tuck film and using a conquistador to squeegee out the sides. Is there a special way to squeegee out the film then? I thought just putting the blade to the film and taking your time is all that's needed. I use moderate pressure and I always shrink the film with a gold Teflon card however definitely leaves scratch marks not sure if that's just the clear release liner that's scratching. Any more tips and tricks would be helpful. Thanks!
its alot of work to tint the rear window so outside is recommended and you wouldnt wanna heat up or damage the little electric wires inner side the window. I have never seen anyone prepare the film inside the car, ever.
Mohammad, You'll need to measure how tall the windows are on your vehicle and get film that's as tall as the biggest one. Most cars have doors that are less than 20" tall, but many trucks vans and SUVs have windows that are around 22-24" tall. The rear window is the largest on most vehicles, measuring up to 38" in many cases. I don't know what the windows measure on that vehicle, but they don't look taller than 24" in photographs, but I've not tinted one personally. Thanks!
im a tinter also, but the way how you do it it takes a lot of time and a lot of water is too much which is not good in car and 1 think you know what? to cut the film in the glass, theres a posibility u scrotch the glass u can use scissor mark the edge of the glass at cut by scissor for safety first.
Yes, you can scratch the glass, which is why stainless steel blades must be used, as well as caution not to use too much pressure. marking the film then using scissors is an extra step but whatever you want to do is up to you. Thanks for commenting!
everyone complains in these videos because its hard to apply to the inside window because lack of space to move around. why not just open the trunk door and sit in the the trunk while apllying it?
The most common brand is Oshee. You can find them at any sign supplier or wholesale vinyl wrap distributor. They are the best. I apply vinyl graphics as a profession.
That's probably because it was rolled the opposite direction from what you expect. It can technically be rolled either way, but we like to roll the film toward the liner, not away from it.
I'm getting ready to tint my 02 neon, the back window looks scary because of the strange dot matrix. I am going to give it my best and wish me luck and hopefully it comes out. Oh, and Landon, you are a sexy guy.
That back glass is pretty tough and the dot matrix section is huge. If the dots don't stick well, cut the Tint off at the dots and apply black vinyl over them. Looks perfect.
Why would you recommend using paper towels? That's not good they leave alot of strands of fiber behind even if only swiped once. There is microfiber towels that work much Much better and I wouldn't let you soak the shit out of the back of my car either that's ignorant to use that much water and not put down towels or strip out the back deck let alone soaked seats, speakers ect
The MUSIC Is DEPLORABLE !!! WHY? I mean l appreciate the knowledge … which is why anyone is watching. Music is so subjective and for a tutorial totally unnecessary. YIKES.
