dirt in my flat glass

[Guest nikluvNearl]

..hello guys I have been tinting cars for about 11 years now. a contractor have been sending a lot of flat glass work...and I am loving the flat glass money. But time to time I am having dirt issues..some times I get it at the top of the glasses and with some colors are easier to see then others...I am cleaning my window with a razor blades and then hit is with a scrub pad and hit it with a squeegee and then lay my film. and I reverse roll my film onto the glass..any suggestions?

[Guest vclimber]

Set and squeegee down to top edge 1st. Push out to the sides, not up and out the top.

[Tinitman]

Most likely your squeegee pattern is causing the problem.

[Guest darkdan]

Don't spray the top few inches of the glass either. Just the film.

[Guest nikluvNearl]

Thanks for the reply's I am looking to put out flawless work. I see that cleaning the glass is the most important part of the job and making the sure the area around the glass is clean as well...but as time goes on I see these contractors that's building new homes do not clean those high up hard to reach windows....the dam over spray be killing me..

[Guest VOLTRON]

clean the frames aswell as the window and wipe it down good with a paper towel to get any crap off the frames that might fall from the top or come from the sides. Also try and have a factory top so you dont have to cut the top, just line up the top edge and then cut the other 3 or 2 sides .

[hoosierwindowtek]

good reason to have a filmhandler. You can make sure the top edge is really straight when you pull the film.

Guys that pull film off the floor don't have that advantage.

[Guest pmuzik]

we keep a small paint brush with the bristles cut down to about half length so it's a little stiffer in our tool pouches and use it to clean the crevice out after we dry scrape the edge.

I keep a little hand held vacum in the vans for those real PITA wood frames. and as Vol saig a factory edge at the top is the way to go if it;s possible

[Guest nikluvNearl]

well I do have a 60in film handler...iam looking for sell my 60 and get a 72 in flim handlers

[Guest VOLTRON]

good reason to have a filmhandler. You can make sure the top edge is really straight when you pull the film.

Guys that pull film off the floor don't have that advantage.

I pull off the floor and get strait edges from an aluminum channel that I put on the box that gives me a strait edge.