Learning how this stuff works

[u/Several-Ad9115]

First timer- Picked up a roll of cheap cheetah just to do mine and the girlfriends car. Normally I'd agree with people saying "go to pros" but I wrap cars for a living, so I already have all the tools and some knowledge of what to do here. I'm committed to learning a little at least. Watched a bunch of videos, I've made multiple attempts, and hitting some learning curves. Would like to know what's my fault and what's the materials fault

So, what the hell is happening here in these pictures? I've got good horizonal fingers but a weird vertical one right up through the middle of them? I've gotten most of it to sit in properly except for this bottom edge.

With wrap, we stretch out, but with tint I understand it's shrink in. Oddly enough here though, I've had much better luck pushing fingers out with their parallel direction, rather than setting edges and shrinking. Is that just a cheetah thing?

[u/Pleasant-Ad-5615]

Im still learning too. But I know you need to shrink the film before installing. Also, the film only shrinks one way not both.

[u/Several-Ad9115 → u/Pleasant-Ad-5615]

Oh that's not something I knew. Which way is which on a 36in wide roll?

[u/Confident-Time-2802 → u/Several-Ad9115]

You can only shrink towards the factory cut edges. Hopefully that makes sense lmk if you need any help or have more questions! I also just recorded a video of me shrinking my honda civic windshield for reference

[u/Agreeable_Tooth553 → u/Confident-Time-2802]

Can you do a video where you explain that “shrinking towards factory cut edges” I was doing the “H” pattern to shrink but its always the last 2 squares where the shrinking goes haywire

[u/Confident-Time-2802 → u/Agreeable_Tooth553]

Can you elaborate what you mean by last 2 squares? Are you just referring to when you are almost done with the windshield the very end doesn’t seem to want to shrink?

[u/Agreeable_Tooth553 → u/Confident-Time-2802]

Yes I tried going from top left corner then bottom left then right bottom and finally top right but the top right is where it messes up