Now, we've all seen window tints, some good, and some bad. What are the different types of tint, and how it is installed? What techniques make window tint look good versus bad? And of course, what's legal and what's not? Today, we'll go over the assessment, the preparation for the installation, and the installation itself.
But before we go over the install, Rob, give me a quick history of window tint? ROB: Well, window tint started in the '50s. It used to be a sprayed film. It wasn't the best. Visibility wasn't really that great through the window. LARRY: I can imagine. ROB: Then the '60s came, and they came out with a film. It was a two-ply part. It was a dyed film, and then an adhesive side.
Then after that, they came out with a three-ply part, which was a scratch resistant, a dyed, and then the adhesive. LARRY: And that's what we're using today? ROB: And that's what we use today. LARRY: Because I found this rolling around your shop here.
Now explain, what are the percentages? And what do they mean when getting a tint? ROB: All right, well, different states have different laws. The legal limit in New York State is 70%. So 70% of light-- LARRY: So over here, like really, really light. ROB: Yeah. Very light. 70% of light has to be going through the window.
Here is a 5%. That means 5% of light is going through the window. That's what they call limo tint. LARRY: Now how do you know what's legal in your state? So in New York, apparently it's 70%. And Connecticut, or Nebraska, how do I know what my state has? ROB: Well, you can go to IWFA, the International Window Film Association, and you can look up the law chart, and you find out what is your-- LARRY: Your state regulation. ROB: Different states, you know, Connecticut is a 35%.
You could do 35% of light going through the window. So. What's the first thing you do when a customer walks in? ROB: Well, the first thing I do is I go over the car and make sure there's no scratches, dings, dents, and make sure the interior is good, the windows are good, there are no scratches.
And I also take a look at the defrost lines. Sometimes you'll see a little black mark on the defrost line. If that's cut, then the whole line won't work.I want to try to save the adhesive on the sticker. So that's why you heat it. It gets the adhesive soft. I peel it off. And then I do a laminate on it. It's kind of like a clear film.
And it sticks on the window by static cling. LARRY: After we tint, we can put it back on? ROB: Yeah. We can stick it right back on. And it's got no adhesive on it, so it won't interfere. Then we ask the customer, what are they doing a tint for. Are they doing it for privacy, looks, just protection of the interior? We prep the car. LARRY: Now, when I first came to Rob, I wasn't exactly sure what tint level I wanted. We'll talk more about that.
But he sort of pushed me in the right direction, and I'm really happy with what we chose. So the first step he's doing here is just quickly wiping down the window. When I say quickly, again, he's going to go crazy on cleaning it. Now here, he's putting baby powder.
And he lightly wipes it around the glass, just so there's a non-stick factor to it. And I'm not sure if it's unique to him, but it's pretty neat because the film that he's about to put on here is not going to stick. Now the next technique is to make an H. And he's doing this with a wet paper towel and some soap. So what's going to happen is, as that plastic sheet lays on, meaning the film, lays on the glass, there's just going to be a little bit of sticky area just so it doesn't fall all over the place, or slide off the back of the car. Well, here's with the GoPro.
And when I first went up there on the ladder to hook the GoPro up, it almost fell down on the car. So I lost my mind, and I wrapped it about five times with duct tape. All right, now that he's actually placed a large sheet of film on the back of the glass, he's going to roughly cut out around the edges.
Now the reason he's doing this, as I learned, is the inside of the glass is going to mimic the outside of the glass. And as most of you would imagine, that window tint and the film, when he's all done, is not going to go on the outside of the glass. It's actually going to go, of course, on the inside to protect it from the weather and things of that nature.
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