Skin FLint alert

January 18, 2004

In the beginning, we only had 20, 40 and 60" rolls to choose from. You'd have to have the 40" roll cut to 18 and 22 (or a 60 cut 18-22-20) at the distributor. Nowdays, along with my either 36" or 40" rolls, I order 22" 35% (our legal shade on all sides in Texas) film simply because it's necessary to do many of the new vehicles D & P's. Some I run sideways out of the 36" or 40" but mostly I use the 22" for sides... :spit plus then I don't have to remember which way to shrink either :hmmm . I used to throw that little scraps in the trash can that was leftover from the front two windows. :hmmm Unless you have a machine or plotter cutting those patterns out for you, you may not have discovered that it's nearly always perfect for those rear door operas which most cas have. Since I save all my liners in folders for patterns this works out great for me. But even if you don't, you can still save a little on each car by using that scrap. It's usually a big enough piece even without a pattern to cut right on the vehicle.

Not a real big deal... :hmmm but a foot here and a foot there means a whole nother D & P at the end of the roll.

This may be something everybody already knows... but I'm here alone and have had to discover stuff along the way.

January 19, 2004

Yep.. Been doin' that for years, but it is a good idea. I don't use pre-cutouts, but I do always go to the side of the car that is most advantageous to start from.. when cutting out a window, like the rear 1/4, I always cut at that sharp angle to fit it.. THen, when you do the other side of the car, (Or double-cut on the same side..) You are basically cutting two 2.5 foot windows, with 2.2 feet of film.. Does that make sense? At the end of a year, you should end up with a free roll or two of film that way.

January 19, 2004

I've always done it that way. I actually get pissed off when that little piece is too small for the quarters and have to go roll off film to do em. nothing worse than having a little bitty quarter and have to use film off the roll.

January 19, 2004

I actually get pissed off when that little piece is too small for the quarters and have to go roll off film to do em. nothing worse than having a little bitty quarter and have to use film off the roll.

:rollin Me too.

January 19, 2004

I save all my scraps. I hate going to the roll as well.

January 19, 2004

<----Does it that way also. :rollin

January 19, 2004

I actually get pissed off when that little piece is too small for the quarters and have to go roll off film to do em. nothing worse than having a little bitty quarter and have to use film off the roll.

Me too.

Can I ever indentify with this :lol

Someone I know once kept track of all the waste and at the end of one year determined it to add up to $6,000 worth of film thrown to the can or floor... pays to use them whenever and wherever... :lol

January 20, 2004

Someone I know once kept track of all the waste and at the end of one year determined it to add up to $6,000 worth of film thrown to the can or floor... pays to use them whenever and wherever...

Amen Brotha....use every little scrap possible. That sh!t adds up quick! :lol

January 20, 2004

I do it that way as well :rollin

TintWizard · January 20, 2004

I agree with all of you ..the way I see it, if I pay for it..I'm going to use it. I have a hanging laundry carousel that I hang all my peices on for 1/4 & vent windows on..that way I don't have to sift through all the peices + they don't touch each other :rollin