Window Tint Fail

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Of course I just cut them on the window itself, like the professional windows tint installer. No need for a template.
Watch out not to scratch the glass with the brand new x-acto knife blade.

I did try to use the tint film on my Echo hatch, but the curved glass was hell to work with.
Though, it worked perfectly fine on a flat glass, like my bedroom window.
And that I also bought a roll from Canadian Tire.

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Yeah, I wondered about the possibility of scratching the glass with the utility knife blade.

I mentioned that I had watched a video on shrinking the tint on the outside of the window. It demonstrated how to create fingers by bringing the outer edges towards each other slightly, then heating and smoothing down the fingers. Well, this cheap film didn't seem as pliable as the quality film they used. It was reluctant to create fingers and sort of bunched up a bit, even though I had lots of slip solution on both sides. So the film, again, was a touch large for the window. The interplay of cheap film, me rushing, my inexperience and not the best conditions resulted in a failure. I do have the free replacement kit coming, so I will try again but if that fails, I'm defintiely off to the shop.

Thanks