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what are the best tools to use for window tiniting?
Hi all, I’m about to have a dabble at the window tinting game and aiming to get a course booked up in the next couple of months, before going on the course I want to have a play first, mainly so I can go there with a small bit of knowledge, and also to see what I am letting myself in for!). Where would be the best place to buy the various grades squeegees etc, somewhere like MDP or Signgeer? Are there brands of squeegees to go for or to avoid?
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pmx coatings will guide you with tools, they have an online catalogue as do bonwyke.
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great thank you for that!
Chris 🙂
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ask for film samples and offcuts too
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Sometimes it’s best to get a course done first, that way you learn to do things right from the word go rather than having to figure out what you have been doing wrong.
Window tint film is nothing like vinyl & application is different so don’t think that because you can fit vinyl this will be pretty easy :lol1: :lol1: -
Chris – thanks for that mate will try….
Martin – thank you for the advice my friend, I have looked into it and been toying with it for some time now, but for me to weigh near on £2k for a course I want to at least make sure I enjoy doing it first and I am capable of doing it. I’ve been sitting on youtube for weeks in the evenings watching how its done, various techniques from different people etc – admittedly getting your hands dirty and doing it hands on is definitely the best way rather than to just watch it but for the sake of spending a very small amount of money on some tools and film and giving it a go first I think it a plausable exercise to do first. I taught myself how to wrap cars and have a nice steady flow of cars in and out of my workshop, my work is well respected and customers always recommend me so quite confident I can ‘learn’ and figure out the tips and tricks of tinting, even though it is a completely different game (materials wise), time will tell – who knows I might hate doing it!
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again pmx coatings will help you with the course
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Hello Chris,
In my personal opinion working and running businesses in the window tinting industry for 11 years now I would say there’s too much to learn from a course. It is also a hard business these day’s with people offering mega cheap poor quality job’s driving down profitability. If you have your own customer base it may work. I’m am going the opposite way from you and moving more towards the sign/wrapping side of things.
Cheers
Ewan
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[quote="Chris Foster"]Chris – thanks for that mate will try….
Martin – thank you for the advice my friend, I have looked into it and been toying with it for some time now, but for me to weigh near on £2k for a course.
£2000 for a tinting course 😮 😮 what does that involve? and how long is the course??if thats whats been charged the wrapping courses seem great value 😕 😕 🙂
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Maybe I should venture into this. Sounds like a nice earner 😀
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quote Ewan Evans:Hello Chris,
In my personal opinion working and running businesses in the window tinting industry for 11 years now I would say there’s too much to learn from a course. It is also a hard business these day’s with people offering mega cheap poor quality job’s driving down profitability. If you have your own customer base it may work. I’m am going the opposite way from you and moving more towards the sign/wrapping side of things.
Cheers
Ewan
I imagine I am sort of doing it arse about face in that I can wrap cars and been doing signs for years, I have a fantastic customer base who give me regular work and have never had to advertise. My only problem is that because the company operates part time ( I have a full time job ) having something like window tinting skills are a big bonus to me. Wrapping cars takes time as I am sure you know and due to having only weekends / evenings to complete large jobs its too much of a pain in the butt getting a quick and decent turnaround for customers. Window tinting can be done in a few hours (hopefully), the profit margin seems alright and I can still have a life outside of work in the spare hours (keeping the missus happy!!).
John – the tint course is a 3 day for £1800 and a 4 day (which does flat windows) for £2300, sounded expensive as the guy on the phone even said to me if you can wrap cars you will find it easy – nice selling pitch… Since then I have had a very kind offer from a local tinter who is retiring soon (turns out to be a regular customer’s uncle!) to show and teach me for free down at his workshop! He has a fab reputation in the area so will probably go that route, would rather spend the £2k on materials and supplying him beer to teach me!
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