General_Failure wrote:...well it's one way of putting it.
I have started looking around at cheap tinting solutions for tinting the windows on my bay camper. It seems to be a minefield out there. Especially eBay.
Then there are the laws on maximum tint and types of tint. So confusing!
Correct me if I am wrong, but the legal tint would only really apply to the windscreen and front windows? As there are a lot of vans and utes with blacked out / covered / non existent back windows.
What do people know about tinting? I know very little.
Is there a difference between reflective and dark tint regarding heat reflection? If there is, which is better and where do I obtain it?
My idea is to get the windscreen and front windows done by a pro, and I do the rest as they are far less critical, and will be darker.
Will the eBay stuff bubble and peel like cheap electrical tape?
Please tell me your experiences and knowledge! I want to turn down the heat on my solar oven 🙂
Hi
I've used tint bought at auto shops over the past 20 odd years with no bubbling etc...
people musn't put it on properly, or something...
I see heaps of badly bubbling tint these days..
Our last 3 cars have been done professionally..
Most use scotch branded stuff...
some is metallic... Reflective -silver - tint I believe is illegal on a car... although I did see one in the country lately..
the two doors must be legal... but its hard to tell how dark the doors are because of the light coming thru the windscreen... My first professional tint was in fact illegal too dark... on the front doors.. I had the same tint all over the car..
the last two cars professionally done, still had the same tint all over the car... which does look good... and was legal.. it seemed the tinters only used the one tint..
but I have noticed some new cars with very light tint on the front doors...
25 years ago I did use an auto tint on a window in My house.. it was very very thin - its still there today..
no bubbles etc...
just follow the directions - Glass must be absolutely clean...
and it can be difficult to get all the very very small bubbles out at times.... these are bubbles so small that they are not noticed... You will know they are there.. lol
FLAT Glass is easily done...
Curved glass is just about impossible for the novice...
the new tints are heated somehow and shrunk onto the curved glass.. so this is very difficult... [impossible]?
with the old tints, the tint was put on curved glass in overlapping layers...
cheers
LEE