The direction of shrink

[Hobbyist]

Hi all,

 

First, I know little about tinting at all and am trying to learn how to do it as sort of a fun project, as I enjoy learning things like this.

I was told that the film shrinks up or down, not sideways. If that is the case, would it make more sense to rotate the film and shrink perpendicular to the fingers, instead of parallel to the fingers?

[Dano]

On some smaller pieces, sometimes. Mostly, no. The fingers will be too narrow to shrink down. If you do get it to lay flat the amount of stress you put on the film will shorten its lifespan.

[Ryker]

20 hours ago, Hobbyist said:

Hi all,

 

First, I know little about tinting at all and am trying to learn how to do it as sort of a fun project, as I enjoy learning things like this.

I was told that the film shrinks up or down, not sideways. If that is the case, would it make more sense to rotate the film and shrink perpendicular to the fingers, instead of parallel to the fingers?

Is isn't about up or down or sideways. It's referring to the machine edge, the long side on a roll,  and the film is engineered to shrink more that direction.