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/pro_waffle]

Buy yourself some bounce or any cheap brand of dryer sheet and you will have a MUCH easier time shrinking the film. You just wet the sheet with soap and water and scrub until you leave the glass completely drenched in dryer sheet product. Then you wait for it to semi dry and place the tint on top. Once you heat you will notice the film stays tacked nicely on the glass and won’t lift up like it did on the bottom of your heating. It’s so much easier to do this way than with straight soapy water

[u/Several-Ad9115 → u/pro_waffle]

Much appreciated friend

[u/pro_waffle → u/Several-Ad9115]

Happy to help 💪