Suntek Carbon series

[Guest Soultinter]

Have any of you been using suntek's carbon dyed series? Would you please offer input.

What I really need to know is if it shrinks like a typical dyed film or is it thicker and shrinks more like a metalized film. I work in the northeast and don't have longevity concerns but want to offer a film with a manufacturers lifetime color warranty, not just a shop warranty. But more importantly, I want to continue to do all 1 piece back windows and can already do that(with a few exeptions) with dyed film and kinda can't with metalized( hopefully only because I almost never use it and have not had hardly any practice with it, but it definitely is more difficult). If it makes any difference I am accustomed to using solar guard NR and love it. Thanks for any help you can offer.

[Guest thetintshop]

it doesn't shrink like crappy dyed film. kinda in between a dyed film and a hybrid.

[Guest metint]

From what I recall of other threads discussing this film it has no glaring or outstanding issues in a negative way... many think highly of that particular film series.

And... all the things you mentioned give credence to up-charging for this kind of product offering.

[Guest thetintshop]

And... all the things you mentioned give credence to up-charging for this kind of product offering.  

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I offer it so I can up the price on my ATR CH.

[Guest metint]

And... all the things you mentioned give credence to up-charging for this kind of product offering. ?

[*]276133

I offer it so I can up the price on my ATR CH.

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Kind of like up-charging SG's True Grey against SG's NR series...

[Guest Soultinter]

I am more concerned about shrinkability because I haven't been tinting much lately and am about to get a job where I can tint a lot more so I don't want to look pathetic starting a new job using unfamiliar tint.

[LEO'n'DARTZ]

So You think that shrinkability of PolyEster from which is made window films depends from paint with which it is coated

[LEO'n'DARTZ]

DRY HEAT SHRINKAGE: Normally measured at 180 degree C for 30 min. Values range from 5 to 8 %. With DHS around 5%, finished fabric realisation will be around 97% of grey fabric fed and with DHS around 8% this value goes down to 95%. Therefore it makes commercial sense to hold DHS around 5%.

L and B colour: L colour for most fibres record values between 88 to 92. "b" colour is a measure of yellowness/blueness. b colour for semidull fibre fluctuates between 1 to 2.8 with different fibre producers. Lower the value, less is the chemicals degradation of the polymer. Optically brightened fibres give b colour values around 3 to 3.5. This with 180 ppm of optical brightner.

DYE TAKE UP: Each fibre producer has limits of 100 +- 3 to 100+-8. Even with 100+-3 dye limits streaks do occur in knitted fabrics. The only remedy is to blend bales from different days in a despatch and insist on spinning mills taking bales from more than one truck load.

FUSED FIBRES: The right way to measure is to card 10 kgs of fibre. Collect all the flat strips(95% of fused fibres get collected in flat strips). Spread it out on a dark plush, pick up fused and undrawn fibres and weigh them. The upper acceptable limit is 30mgm /10kgs. The ideal limit should be around 15mgm/10kgs. DUpont calls fused/undrawn fibres as DDD or Deep Dyeing Defect.

LUSTRE: Polyester fibres are available in

bright : 0.05 to 0.10 % TiO2

Semil dull : 0.2 to 0.3 % TiO2

dull : 0.5 % TiO2

extra dull : 0.7% TiO2 and

in optically brightened with normally 180 ppm of OB, OB is available in reddish , greenish and bluish shades. Semi dull is the most popular lustre followed by OB (100 % in USA) and bright.

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYESTER FIBRE:

DENIER: 0.5 - 15

TENACITY : dry 3.5 - 7.0 : wet 3.5 - 7.0

%ELONGATION at break : dry 15 - 45 : wet 15 45

%MOISTURE REGAIN: 0.4

SHRINKAGE IN BOILING WATER: 0 - 3

CRIMPS PER INCH: 12 -14

%DRY HEAT SHRINKAGE: 5 - 8 (at 180 C for 20 min)

SPECIFI GRAVITY: 1.36 - 1.41

% ELASTIC RECOVERY; @2% =98 : @5% = 65

GLASS TRANSITION TEMP: 80 degree C

Softening temp : 230 - 240 degree C

Melting point : 260 - 270 degree C

Effect of Sunlight : turns yellow, retains 70 - 80 % tenacity at long exposure

RESISTANCE TO WEATHERING: good

ROT RESISTENCE: high

ALKALI RESISTENCE: damaged by CON alkali

ACID RESISTENCE: excellent

ORGANIC CHEMICAL RESISTENCE: good

[Guest losdawg]

now that makes everything alot more clear

[GusTheTinter]

now that makes everything alot more clear

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Just try it, You'll like it