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Guest zolar

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It is my understanding that heat shrinking is a product of tint being streched as it it re-rolled onto master rolls. The polyester when heated wants to return to it's preivious un-stretched state.

Why then cant the film be stretched sideways also, as it is re-rolled to allow heat shrinking on all 4 edges?

You could in theory then shrink film over a salad bowl

or 1 piece barettas, or that saturn ( you know the one )

The film industry could make millions

and make our life a lot easier.

:evileye

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berretas arent that dificult if you do them right and patient. saturns oh saturns not that hard but dont really enjoy them as much as the eclipse or talon rear window

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Devil with bad attitude

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One of my customers who is in the extruding ployester game explained it to me that when they make this poly, it extrudes from pellet form in one direction only..effectively up and down and hence can't be stretched the other way.

Would be bonza to have it both ways but don't keep your fingers crossed.

Devil

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Devils' covered half the equation... the other half is the fact that the multi miullion dollar machines that metallize, color, laminate, and coat are all designed to pull the material through and lack the room to pull sideways. :evileye

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Devils' covered half the equation... the other half is the fact that the multi miullion dollar machines that metallize, color, laminate, and coat are all designed to pull the material through and lack the room to pull sideways. :shock

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Lack of what? :evileye

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Wait a minute, you mean this stuff only shrinks one way??????? Dang! I had been saving the horizontal fingers for a realy hard car!!!! :evileye

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