Carl
Firstly Films do not develop an orange peel effect as you put it. In our testing of all films they all (Including VS, although I understand they have revised the film 3-4 times since intial launch, so it may be different now) had some Orange peel to a greater or lesser extent, this is caused by the backing sheets used and is not inherent in the film itself, the effect (as it was then) is variable between rolls of film. In theory resorting to a plastic backing Sheet would resolve this however Llumar tried this and still ended up with orange peel. Therefore as it can be a function of the manufacturing process there is nothing to warranty (as you well know) as it is not a defect.
Secondly This kind of disinformation is exactly what I am talking about from you guys. Incidentally the New SGH Film from 3M is vastly improved in this regard, as all our customers have noted, so again you are out of date in your contention. Our data On VS showed many things not least of which was significant gloss loss over twelve months and tendency to discolour (data on our website). To restore the Gloss meant Using a Heat Gun at very high temperatures and use of a cleaning solution, 3M did not need any Maintainence, Llumar had similar problems (which they admitted to at Sema last Year) and are reputedly releasing a Top Coated Film at Sema this year. I prefer to sell a maintainence free product to our clients.
I will re-itterate we are fully independent of any film manufacturer, to produce product we can use ANY film we choose (as Ventureshield know this, I have a standing offer from them to get their film if I want it), however to use Ventures patterns I understand you have to use their film (unless this has changed).
We use the 3M film in our process because it is consistently the best out there and as our warranties actually work and mean something (Like no failure guarantee) IF Venture, Llumar, Madico, Avery, or Bekaert, or any of the others came up with a product I was confident was truly better, it would make solid business sense to switch.
On a Global Basis. We currently install more cars more widely than any other independent world wide ,France, Greece, Italy, GCC, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and quite a few other places. Each of our regional Centres is free to use any film they like (Like US) They also continue to use the 3M film (no accident).
Maybe when you have spent the money we have verifying this nonsense from the various Manufacturers and done as much testing as we have, you might have a better feel for the facts and stop making these sort of unfounded allegations.
We will have The Black 997 that I have posted on this very Forum that is completely covered at the front, on our Stand at The PCGB weekend at Eynsham hall so anyone from the forum can come along and form their own conclusions about this so called defect you mention!
Cheers
Tom
PS Sorry Mods but this sort of gross misdirection needs correcting as with all statements on the net they can quickly become fact if allowed to fester
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