Sanding windows?

1. user_42401 Established Member Joined: Mar 2010 Cupar Fife Posts: 1712 1600 16v VTS 1600 8v VTR 1400 16v Clio Sport

   #1 10th October 2010, 22:40

   rite you know when you timt windows on the saxos you get the bubbledots around the outside because of the black etching on the glass?
   
   i think i heard someone say you can sand them off then tint them to get rid of this?
   
   anyone want to back this up and if so what to do?
   
   cheers
2. user_10418 Saxperience Addict Joined: Jun 2006 Wirral Posts: 13584 Wickerd red VTS MK2, Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..

   #2 10th October 2010, 22:43

   Ive never had to sand the windows when tinting mate..........
3. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #3 11th October 2010, 09:52

   i did mine mysef and didn;t get any bubbles but i cut the tint just after the bubbles part and it lays down fine
4. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #4 11th October 2010, 09:56

   i think he means the rear 1/4s, where there is a black section around the window it self, which when tinted leaves tint, a line and then the black part. more interested in the line rather than bubbles itself. ?
   
   i would imagine you could sand it down tbh, but i dont know what would happen if you went too coarse and got the glass...
5. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #5 11th October 2010, 10:29

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by tonto_VTR i think he means the rear 1/4s, where there is a black section around the window it self, which when tinted leaves tint, a line and then the black part. more interested in the line rather than bubbles itself. ? i would imagine you could sand it down tbh, but i dont know what would happen if you went too coarse and got the glass...

   pretty sure i;ve read somewhere on here a few tinters have scrapped the black dots off with stanley blade.
   but way i did mine was to cut tint off short just after bubbles and it seems to release the air better so hasn;t done that bubbled look your on about
6. neil_PCS L-plater Joined: Jan 2010 Cowdenbeath, Fife Posts: 78 Too many to list!

   #6 11th October 2010, 10:44

   i wouldnt sand them, it'll leave marks that will show through mate. contact your local tinting place if your in doubt if it will work, they will be able to tell you what is best to do, saves you wrecking a set of windows or the tint!
7. Stevo123 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Redcar Posts: 1971 2000 Posi Blue vtr

   #7 11th October 2010, 18:46

   Maybe there is a chemical solution - along the lines of paint stripper?
8. user_42401 Established Member Joined: Mar 2010 Cupar Fife Posts: 1712 1600 16v VTS 1600 8v VTR 1400 16v Clio Sport

   #8 11th October 2010, 23:59

   yes im on about the rear side windows and the line you get left with not the bubbles lol, im gona give it a go, let u know how it goes lol
9. f13sta Established Member Joined: Sep 2010 loughborough Posts: 2229 1988 ford fiesta mk2 1.4- 2001 black saxo furio (d

   #9 12th October 2010, 20:01

   if they are just like a sticker could try some t-cut?