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Answered a couple of customer email’s yesterday about bubbles and the potential for bubbles when applying our lighting protection kits and thought I would share some thoughts.
Air bubbles or water bubbles are usually a result of one of (or a combination of) three things: Insufficient water on the lens / adhesive side of the material, insufficient squeegee pressure, or getting the material too hot during application. If you see a bubble during the application process, no need to worry. All bubbles can be removed during the application process by lifting the area past where the bubble is, re-spraying with water and re-squeegeeing with additional squeegee pressure. The material and adhesive are pretty forgiving all things considered.
After the fact, if you do notice see you left some bubbles, again no need to worry too much, most of the time the bubbles will settle out over time. If it looks like they are small bubbles you can press them down little by little over time (daily) and they can be flattened out. We left a quarter sized water bubble for a dealer display a while back and had them do the same so they could explain the process and show the results to customer who came into their shop. I would really give it a few weeks as almost all we have seen have worked themselves out over time. How long will depend on how hot it is and the overall humidity level. Cold and damp is going to take a while longer than warm and dry.
Patience is key, no worries really.
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