puckers in rear window

[Guest allprotinter]

Im working on a 2 door car. I keep getting puckers on the rear defrost lines. Leaves alot of dry marks when I try to heat them away. How or can I avoid them all together?

[TintDude]

Dry shrink instead of wet if you're wet shrinking, and you can knock the lines down a bit with steel wool.

[Guest allprotinter]

Dry shrink instead of wet if you're wet shrinking, and you can knock the lines down a bit with steel wool.

Thanks, I still use the powder method. I haven't tried the dry shrink. Is that done with the dryer sheets? Will the still wool scratch the glass.

[coast2coasttinting]

Dry shrink instead of wet if you're wet shrinking, and you can knock the lines down a bit with steel wool.

Thanks, I still use the powder method. I haven't tried the dry shrink. Is that done with the dryer sheets? Will the still wool scratch the glass.

Drinking with powder is a form of dry shrinking.

You can use number 4 steel wool and it will not hurt the glass. Make sure it is the ultra fine.

[TintDude]

Thanks, I still use the powder method. I haven't tried the dry shrink. Is that done with the dryer sheets? Will the still wool scratch the glass.

Dryer sheets are very toxic, just use bar soap instead. Works just the same.

0000 steel wool wont scratch.

[Bizzar1]

Powder methos IS dryshrinking fyi. Try cornstarch instead of baby powder if you like that technique. Cornstarch disolves in water better for easier cleanup. Steel wool will not scratch as long as you get the right grit. Use a 2 or 3000. Another way is to stretch the film along the defrost. Think Nissan Altima here. Those are prone to puckering, peanuting or whatever you want to call it. Stretch along the defrost when first shaping and again installing. I always squeege >with< and along the defrost on those types. Altimas, accords, older mercedez etc.

edit: hey look at that 3 replies within 30 seconds hah. Slow day eh fellas?

[TintDude]

Powder methos IS dryshrinking fyi.

Yep, but it leaves much more distortion and stress than dry soap shrink.

[Bizzar1]

^^ agreed

[TintDude]

Here's a page about soap shrinking if anyone isn't familiar...

http://www.tintdude.com/forum/index.php/page/index.html/_/techniques/shrinking-window-film-using-the-soap-method-r453

[Guest VaTinterPMan]

Wow...Not trying to be a horses A$$ but 11 yrs exp and he didn't know powder was a form of dry shrinking....Ok with that said. Now here is some advice to help...

You can make tiny relief cuts on the defroster lines to take the stress of the film or un shrunk part of film out. Where you have a finger on the side of the glass you go up on defroster line and start at the point of the finger furthest out on the back glass and cut all the way to the end of the film..Than squeegee out the film and there you have it the film is laying down perfect....

I still do this ever so often like maybe twice or three times a year cause I don't wet check after dry shrinking. I feel like I get a better reverse roll off the back glass with out doing that.