With the pattern cut put it back on the glass so you can clean up any rough edges that may not be cut smooth. It’s always a good idea to ever so slightly round any corners to keep them from catching on anything and causing them to peel up.

 

 

 

 

In the next picture you will notice that the window is rolled down about 1 inch. That is the best way to start with the window rolled down so you have a good clean edge to align your top edge with.

 

 

                                                 

Take a knife and split the layer of clear away from the tint at the corner only, wet the tint underneath. This will allow you to just pull the corner back and not have to spend time trying to get the two layers separated when you are ready to tint the window.

 

 

Begin by liberally spraying the window with the soap and water solution making sure to spray just the window and not the surrounding areas and contaminating the window.

 

 

 

Taking the corner of the tint that was just peeled and sprayed, peel it back and pull the clear layer off about 80% of the way towards the bottom (don’t remove the layer of clear all the way yet). And spray the tint liberally; use plenty of the solution to moisten. The water activates the glue and the soap or solution allows you to move the tint around and get it into position.

 

 

 

Once the window and the tint are good and wet put the tint on the inside of the window.  Put the exposed side of tint where the clear was, against the glass. Then spray the tint on the side facing you with the water and soap solution, this will help your squeegee slide without grabbing the tint. It works as a lubricant.

 

 

 

Position the tint so there is about a ¼ gap between the top of the window glass and the tint. This will allow the window to be rolled up without peeling the tint off for years to come. Begin by gently pushing the water out from underneath the tint with very light pressure and again checking to make sure your tint stays positioned where you want it to be. Push as much of the water as you can out, then wet the tint and repeat one to two more times, each time putting a little more pressure to get all of the water out. You don’t want to push too hard but hard enough that the majority of the water is removed otherwise when the solution dries you will have bubbles if too much water is left under the tint. If you have a soft and a hard squeegee use the soft one for the first couple passes and the hard one for the last to help remove the water.

 

 

 

With the top portion tinted you can now roll up the window and get ready to do the bottom.

 

 

 

Now holding the clear liner that was still attached and hanging down lift it up so you can liberally spray the glass, once the window is wet pull the clear liner off and wet the tint liberally again as well. Now it is time to tuck the bottom edge of the tint under the weather strip so it doesn’t have an edge to grab every time you roll the window down. This will keep the tint from getting peeled off in the future. Your tint should only be about ¼ inch under the weather strip edge. Too much will make it hard to tuck in and just be a frustrating waste of time trying to get it all under the weather strip.

 

 

 

As done with the top it is now time to wet the tint and work the water and soap solution out from under the bottom half of the window working outwards and down, do not push the water up into the area you already worked, down and outwards making sure to take it all the way to the edge so the moisture is all removed from under the tint. Be sure to get under the weather strip edges.

 

 

 

Once that is done and you have visually inspected the window from the inside and out to make sure there is not any water that was missed you can dry the door. If you do see an air bubble or pocket of water slightly wet your tint and work the bubble or pocket of water out.  That’s it.

 

 

 

Now the window is back as it should be and matches the old tint and looks uniform once again.

 

 

 

Here I want to show how much of a difference tinted windows make in the comfort and appearance of the vehicle.