TomP

Hey guys, here's the deal. In 1994, my friend's boyfriend tinted my Firebird's back window in 4 pieces. He used Secret Zone 5% limo tint. After 6 years, the tint faded to "dirty window".

This weekend, I re-applied new tint (same brand) over his old job. I followed his exact lines of where the tint came together, and it came out damn good! I'm pretty proud of myself- but there's a small problem that bugs me.

The problem is, in the extreme corners of the rear window, -his- old job had some wrinkles in it. There was no way to smooth those old ones out, and I had to tint over them. This made his wrinkles noticable again.

I have, at home, the "kit" that injects new ink into a printer cartridge. It came with a syringe, of which you fill it with ink, and then squeeze the new ink into the old printer cartridge.

Since my tint is 5% (realllly dark), could I use this syringe deal to inject the black ink "into" the wrinkles of his job? I'd imagine the black ink would fill up the wrinkle, and leave it appearing black from the outside of the car. Yeah, from the inside, I'll see some black lines- but this is in the corners of the windows, and shouldn't affect my vision.

What do ya think? I think it's worth a try, just wondering if anyone's thought of this / tried it / etc.

Thanks!

Oh and before you ask, I didn't want to bother removing the old tint. His job was very good for $50 (tint included, so he made $20 labor), and it also left me with a guideline to cut my new pieces with.


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TomP

Damn... nobody has an idea on this? I won't shoot you if you're wrong! I just want opinions of it sounds good... seems this weekend will be nice again, so I can lay that last piece down.


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TomP

Well I didn't get to finish the tint this weekend, so...

NOBODY has a thought about this? C'mon now. Black paint (er, ink) getting shot into some wrinkles on 5% (black) tint? I don't see why it -wouldn't- work.


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jm91rs

I guess it sounds like that could work, but I don't know how long it takes for the ink to dry when it is in larger quantity than it was meant to be used in. It dries quick on paper, but who knows about a whole glob of it? The ink might all ooze out of the hole you injected in through or it might not dry for a long time. If you think it will dry and you can keep it from oozing out, then it sounds like a good idea.

irocEOK

no way! the ink would turn brown eventually in the sun! just pull it off and re-tint it! do it right man!

TomP

I could pull his old tint off, but I'd rather live with those old wrinkles. They're not that bad.

What if I used black paint instead of black ink? Like, the paint that's in those touch-up bottles?


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Yam

Use a heat gun

speeddevil

yea use a heat gun OR use a very small needle and poke a few holes in the wrinkle, one in the center and a few around the edges to let the air escape then spray with spoaky water and squeege the wrinkle out...it's worked many many times and you can't see the needle holes if you use a small enough needle. ;^)

TomP

I slit one wrinkle lengthwise with a razor, and tried to flatten it out that way; no deal.


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