tint bubble normal?

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I had my windows tinted and the company says its nornal to have a few bubbles in the tint and they should go away within 3 days. This sounds like a load of shit to me personally. Anyone that installs tint can you confirm this? Also my rear window has on the top 4" little black dots (I guess for rear window heater or something) they say tint wont stick to that so they cant do anything to fix the bubbles on that part either.

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[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

it is not normal to have bubbles. They are giving you the run around. I have installed tint on about 4 vehicles. I do not do it professionally but i have done it on vehicles for friends. And it is not normal to have bubbles. I also have a friend that does it like for a ziebarts and he also says that is not normal.

Tell them you want it fixed or your money back.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

yeah its not normal, i know a decent amount about it and i know for a fact it isnt normal, and i dont know of many bubbles on the back window that go away

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

if anything bubbles only seem to multiply with tint. Never disapper.

 

[stones 10+ year member]

I smell a coverup. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

Burn their shop down to the ground, thats what i did. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

some times you can get lucky with a roller and roll it out if its small

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

I recently had my back window tinted and i also have those little dots. The guy that tinted my window for me gave me a squeegy and told me to push the air out towards the top of the window. I have done that a couple of times and the bubbles have gotten considerably less noticable. they will never go away completely but they can be made to look better. But bubbles on the flat part of the window wont go away, you should have that looked at...

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

I had bubbles when I had my tint instaled.

They cured within a week.

I think its normal, let it sit out in the sun. THe bubbles will shrink. If not, take it back up there and make them re-do it.

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[theCybe 5,000+ posts]

I read up on tinting at a tinter's forum, I forget what the URL is - but apparently one of their greatest pet peeves is customers who ***** about the imperfections; Actually, I gained a lot of respect for the industry from that forum; Did you know there are like tens and tens of techniques to apply tint?

Nonetheless, from what I gathered on their forum, those bubbles will, in fact, go away.

(unless you're talking about like a giant bubble, in which case I'd prick it with an xacto knife, and squeegie that sucker out. If you're ever tried tinting a window, you'll come to have a greater respect for those guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif )

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

Its normal to have small bubbles for a few days after first getting them tinted. Let your car sit out in the sun for a couple of days and they should go away.

 

[creater 10+ year member]

tint bubbles...that sucks mang...go back there and demand them to get that out...i have seen vehicles with that though...never seemed to go away

 

[APitBullT 10+ year member]

nope not normal, i have tinted about 23 or so cars, truck, suvs. im also not a pro. (guess people like my work). also if its already on there and dry you wont be able to get those bubbles out no matter what. i would def. go back and have them redo it or get your money back.

 

[jlaine 10+ year member]

I had my windows tinted and the company says its nornal to have a few bubbles in the tint and they should go away within 3 days. This sounds like a load of shit to me personally. Anyone that installs tint can you confirm this? Also my rear window has on the top 4" little black dots (I guess for rear window heater or something) they say tint wont stick to that so they cant do anything to fix the bubbles on that part either.

Depends on where the bubbles are.

If they are the small air pockets around window heater strips, or factory shaded areas like near the top of the hatch that uses the hole pattern style to shade out sun - then yes, it is normal. They'll work out in a week or so, but usually I have people stop back in so I can work them out myself. You could spend 10 hours trying to force the water out of the area around them, but instead the industry norm is to leave it for a bit and let it start to dry out instead.

If it's in the middle of a open spot with no clear reason behind it, then it's a problem.

The generalizations that "if there are bubbles, it's junk" by several people on this thread is way off.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Perfectly normal. I had some in mine and they worked out.

 

[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Depends on where the bubbles are.
If they are the small air pockets around window heater strips, or factory shaded areas like near the top of the hatch that uses the hole pattern style to shade out sun - then yes, it is normal. They'll work out in a week or so, but usually I have people stop back in so I can work them out myself. You could spend 10 hours trying to force the water out of the area around them, but instead the industry norm is to leave it for a bit and let it start to dry out instead.

If it's in the middle of a open spot with no clear reason behind it, then it's a problem.

The generalizations that "if there are bubbles, it's junk" by several people on this thread is way off.

Well put and dead on!