Hah, you guys are gonna rag on me for this one...

[Guest chad3113]

BUT, I was wondering if any of you gus actually bought any of the film on Ebay, and it was of decent quality. You see, I'm thinking of buying some to learn with so I do not waste my expensive film, but I was curious to know if anyone actually had tried some and what was their opinions on it. (let the bashing begin )

[Guest Total tint]

why you P.O.S. J/K never bought any wouldnt buy any my

[Mdog]

There was some guy here a couple weeks ago saying he bought a name brand film off ebay and when he got it that was not the case at all. It wasnt the film advertised.

[oldtinter]

Good chance of you not getting what you paid for...it's happened, they say it's "professional" film, when it's not. Buyer beware.

[Guest Mobile1]

No offense but I don't think you will learn much from a film you do not plan to use professionally. All films react differently and have thier quirks. Use at least some grade of a reputable, sellable manufacturer and take your lumps and losses like I am sure most of us has done. You can always figure out your brand of preference with experience, but I would at least start with some brand. Remember, highly metalized films will be a lot harder to shrink then non metals, at least I think so but maybe I suck at this.

[Guest sytran666]

I think if you use a crappy film to learn from you'll do much better using the quality stuff since its easier to work with later.

[tigerstripe]

practice with the film you are going to use for the long haul.

[Texastintchick]

Changing films does suck! Once you get used to working with a certian brand it really is hard to make a switch. BUT....

learning with expensive film is no good either! I say start with cheap film.

As far as Ebay. If you buy from someone make sure they have 100% feedback and have been selling for a while. Especially when it comes to buying film.

Would love to be more help but

[Guest willie]

some distributors have "white box film" you can buy also, check with them

[Guest ShadyKat]

What these more experience posters have said is true. I was using a sublime of tint to practice with but when I went to the one I was planning to use as my standard it took me three times as long to shrink! What I learned was a better grade of film is more predictable and it is able to take a lot more heat from the gun when doing the back glass. When I first started using the better grade of film it would take me 45 minutes to shrink a back glass, once I learned to poor the heat to it I was down to 15 or less. Just a suggestion, but learn to use the tint you plan on installing. Your customers will thank you for it.

But willie has a good point, if you can get seconds of the film you plan on installing, learn with that.