Fixed my dad's tint

zinc02GT · January 7th, 2010, 11:28 PM

Pictures say it all.

Before:

After: 20%

330CubeGt · January 7th, 2010, 11:32 PM

Nice Work!

suprajay79 · January 7th, 2010, 11:35 PM

Looks great. My tint is separated on the top- how did you fix it, or did you just do a re-tint?

zinc02GT · January 7th, 2010, 11:41 PM

Re-tint.

I didn't have a clothes steamer so I just took the windows out, soaked them in ammonia (lemon scented to try to hide the strong smell), took a razor and lifted an edge, brought out a blow dryer and went to town pulling it up. After a few passes with the ammonia and a razor the window was clean. I sprayed it with a mixture of Johnson's Baby Shampoo and distilled water (very diluted shampoo; can't remember the ratio) put the tint on anduse a silicon scraper to get the soapy water out from underneath.

Since I too kthe windows out, I let the tint cure for a night in the house so the edges would be solid and not fold going in.

Emay · January 8th, 2010, 09:58 AM

This is one of those jobs that is worth the 30-35 bucks I pay my tinter just to save me my personal time for other things.

Pulling the window is a bit extreme, any reason you didn't just pull the door skin and retint like every other tradesmen in the profession?

JoshC! · January 8th, 2010, 10:04 AM

that looks good man! good work.

i had to re-tint the windows on my mustang, didnt pass inspection here in texas lol had never tinted anything before. more of a pain then i thought

zinc02GT · January 8th, 2010, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by Emay

This is one of those jobs that is worth the 30-35 bucks I pay my tinter just to save me my personal time for other things.

Pulling the window is a bit extreme, any reason you didn't just pull the door skin and retint like every other tradesmen in the profession?

I didn't want ammonia everywhere. I didn't have a steamer so my only other choice was to get ammonia everywhere and I didn't want his door smelling like ammonia.

I had his windows out in about 15 minutes. I've done it before so I knew where everything was.

January 7th, 2010, 11:28 PM	#1
zinc02GT HUGE RED HEADED DUDE W/FIVE-OH 2011 Mustang GT 12.1 @ 116 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 5,847 iTrader: 1 reviews	Fixed my dad's tint Pictures say it all. Before: After: 20% __________________ Mods in garage. Built suspension and gears since posted times.

January 7th, 2010, 11:32 PM	#2
330CubeGt MM Fanatic 1997 SVT COBRA 1996 Mustang V6 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Orlando Posts: 4,880 iTrader: 14 reviews	Nice Work! __________________ -04 IRS - Magnaflow - Wheel Replica - Autometer - FTBR - FRPP - SCT - Brembo - PRO 5.0 - BOI-

January 7th, 2010, 11:41 PM	#4
zinc02GT HUGE RED HEADED DUDE W/FIVE-OH 2011 Mustang GT 12.1 @ 116 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 5,847 iTrader: 1 reviews	Re-tint. I didn't have a clothes steamer so I just took the windows out, soaked them in ammonia (lemon scented to try to hide the strong smell), took a razor and lifted an edge, brought out a blow dryer and went to town pulling it up. After a few passes with the ammonia and a razor the window was clean. I sprayed it with a mixture of Johnson's Baby Shampoo and distilled water (very diluted shampoo; can't remember the ratio) put the tint on anduse a silicon scraper to get the soapy water out from underneath. Since I too kthe windows out, I let the tint cure for a night in the house so the edges would be solid and not fold going in. __________________ Mods in garage. Built suspension and gears since posted times.

January 8th, 2010, 09:58 AM	#5
Emay May 08 ROTM 2008 Audi S6 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: S. Elgin Posts: 6,686 iTrader: 3 reviews	This is one of those jobs that is worth the 30-35 bucks I pay my tinter just to save me my personal time for other things. Pulling the window is a bit extreme, any reason you didn't just pull the door skin and retint like every other tradesmen in the profession? __________________ FLICKR Unique Imagery

January 8th, 2010, 10:04 AM	#6
JoshC! I Hate Convertibles... 2000 GT Vert Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Odessa, Texas Posts: 5,511 iTrader: 0 reviews	that looks good man! good work. i had to re-tint the windows on my mustang, didnt pass inspection here in texas lol had never tinted anything before. more of a pain then i thought __________________ Im topless, are you? Topless Mustang Club Founder Black Stang Crew Member #boobs out mods/pics

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