Do you know how many different types of film (tint) there are out there?

Want to take a guess??? 100.....200......400 maybe ...

Keep going - try about 700 and growing every year.

Tint is not just tint just like oils aren't just oils. Out of the 700 films on the market there are probably only about 6-10 that l would look at putting on my car. Not to mention the quality standards of some of these tints, but the rest have either doubtful warranties or a very limited warranty.

Today all tint shops and even the backyard boys shout out loud how they all have warranties.

However, care must be taken here. Always, check that fine print - that's the problem. You maybe surprised to see what is not actually covered.

Please remember a warranty is only one thing. The most important thing is if your tint shop is still alive and kicking if you were to have a problem with your tint. What happens then?

Unfortunately we see these problems too often. We get a larger than should be percentage of re-tints from customers who got their vehicle tinted by a 'professional' who gave them a great deal on the job.

Unfortunately when something went wrong with the tint, the tinter wasn't around anymore, couldn't or didn't want to fix it and so they come to us for help. It's sad to see as what sounded like a cheap tint job ended up costing a lot more than it should have.

Look for a company that is reputable and going to be around if you need them. We back all of our film with a Warranty. We can't afford to use cheap quality films. We are also the largest in Melbourne so our customers can be assured we will be around in the years to come.

Choose wisely and remember to always ask questions!!

Ric Mitchell - The Tint Professor

We are now finding the service of on-site car window tinting available in Melbourne.

Sounds ideal doesn't it. Although this is extremely convenient for the customer, it's at the expense of quality and unfortunately you wont have a leg to stand on in the warranty department.

The two biggest enemies of window tinting are WIND and DIRT. Can you imagine, out in the open or in a shed, garage putting on pieces of film that must have a perfectly clean surface to apply the film. Otherwise the minor problem creates bubbles and any imperfection stands out like the proverbial!!!!!!

We tint in CONTROLLED environments in our factories and we still get dirt and imperfections in about half the cars we do and these individual windows have to be re-done, its all done at the time with no problems and its all part of the wonderful world of window tinting but it gives you the example of why you just cannot do on-site tinting - no matter how convenient it sounds. It simply isn't worth it.

As we have found out from customers that have come to us and related their story to us, when they inform the tinter that they have problems with the tint job and can it be repaired they are told "what do you expect, it was done ON-SITE its hard to get the perfect job!!!!!!!! If only this problem was brought to the attention of the customer before the job was done their would be no issue, unfortunately this is not the case in most instances.

PLEASE believe me if l could stop leasing all my factories and tint on-site with no downside l would be the first to do it, would save me mega bucks per month!!!!!! WHERE DO l SIGN UP!!!!!!!! I would be there in a flash if I could do this.

With over 121,000 customers in the Victorian market l must and always will have a loyalty to QUALITY.

Ric Mitchell - The Tint Professor

Removing and Treating Acid Rain

We are finding that when we tint cars these days, there is a lot more ugly Acid rain marks appearing on our customer's windows.

Acid rain is pretty easy to diagnose, it looks like a cloudy or misty effect on the outside of the windows. This is created by rain sitting on the window and drying, the acid in the rain eats into the glass and leaves ugly marks.

To get it off and make your car look groovey again just follow these instructions:

Just get some car polish or cutting compound and some steelo soap pads and use as much elbow grease as possible, but first do a test patch on a small window.

Ric Mitchell - The Tint Professor