spray window tint?
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there was a thread about painting glass a few months ago, but how about tint? I’ve heard of sprayed on tint, but never seen it done. seems like a dark candy paint would be easy to spray on some lightly etched glass.
anybody do this?
thanks
Just tinting the windows would be a hell of a lot faster and cheaper. I see no advantage to spraying the windows. Spraying a black kandy over glass would also show every flaw in your spray technique.
Also I would be worried about visibility.
Totally agree with
makes sense to me. We’re getting into tint, and I figured while I have the glass out of my truck I could shoot it and call it a day.
regarding the imperfections – you may not know this, but I’m the best painter on the planet :rofl
Takes application to make it look that way huh..HA! try the poly trick on that one.
😉That was my first paint job, in my first homemade ghetto paint booth. spraying in the dark corner at knee level, with 18″ from the car to the wall…. yikes. I pulled it out and nearly tossed my cookies
I wish I knew about the poly trick at that time. I just razor bladed them down and got it to work. there was enough build, that’s for sure.
Dark corners and painting blind….been there done that…LOL!!! still there..HA!! :wak
[quote=”ryanbrown999″ post=15669]Just tinting the windows would be a hell of a lot faster and cheaper. I see no advantage to spraying the windows. Spraying a black kandy over glass would also show every flaw in your spray technique.
Also I would be worried about visibility.[/quote]
+ 1
There was a spray window tint out back in the mid 80’s(don’t recall the company that sold it) and a dude brought a converted Greyhound bus to me with a gallon of this crap to tint several windows on his bus…NIGHTMARE!!!!! It showed every overlap…I tried it several ways and finally washed it off with thinner and filmed them for him…luckily he was there and saw for himself how crappy the product was.
The upside of the experience was I used it to tint tail lights etc WAY before that was the “in” thing to do.:stoned
I’m not thinking of any special ‘liquid tint,’ I just was thinking candy black, which sprays like clear. If you wanted to get fancy you could shoot a couple coats of clear on top of it and wetsand it :weights
sounds like a fun way to spend 3 days….
I’m a stereo guy, so my view of this is a little different, but I’ve seen lots of guys building ‘walls’ where the whole back half of a vehicle is blocked off with subwoofers facing forward with the baffle sealed up to the walls, ceiling, and floor. the back and side windows are usually sprayed out rattle can black, and they’re usually not sanded or anything… not the best way to go, but it works for them.
I was just thinking while I have the door glass and rear window out of my truck it would be easy to scuff it and shoot a couple coats of candy. maybe I’m insane. I’ll do a quick test and see how it goes.
it would be alot easyer ta just buy a roll of good window tint an just tint em while there out when done right its hard ta beat the films that go on an are made ta do the job
[quote=”bondomerchant” post=15829]it would be alot easyer ta just buy a roll of good window tint an just tint em while there out when done right its hard ta beat the films that go on an are made ta do the job[/quote]Exactly right….I know what he is shooting for,but the film will still be a million times easier and look a lot better by the time alls said and done I’d bet.
it’s all sounding like you guys are right. The only thing I can see as being cool would be some neat effects and finishes on the glass if I use paint. If the glass won’t be seen at all from the inside of the car, the finish can look like I sprayed it in the wood shop with june bugs stuck in it and you’d never tell from the outside :rock . I could spray cool looking paints with effects and stenciled in logos and whatnot – no prob.
for the regular stuff, I’m sure you guys are right. I’m getting into tinting here at my shop, I just hate it. I’m just going to charge a premium, like I usually do for jobs I don’t like :whistle: For a couple windows on my own truck it will be easy since they’re darn near flat, and especially when they’re outside the vehicle. super easy job. :clappy
Go for it BW…the VERY worst that could happen is you don’t like it and knock it back off .;)
[quote=”timbo” post=15687]Takes application to make it look that way huh..HA! try the poly trick on that one.
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Not trying to jack the thread but what is the poly trick?[quote=”IAMRICO” post=15864][quote=”timbo” post=15687]Takes application to make it look that way huh..HA! try the poly trick on that one.
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Not trying to jack the thread but what is the poly trick?[/quote]you can spread a little glaze filler over your runs – makes them much easier to block out flat. when the filler is gone, the clear is flat. it’s a great trick. next time I paint a car I’ll keep an extra can of filler handy for this :dnc
[quote=”Muleskinner” post=15863]Go for it BW…the VERY worst that could happen is you don’t like it and knock it back off .;)[/quote]
not if I sand the glass to make the paint stick….. :blink:
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