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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 11:02 AM
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Last Thursday 7/30 I had a clear bra installed on my Car. The installer told me that there would be a few air bubbles but would disappear in a few days. All I had to do is leave the car in the sun. Well it’s been a few days and I still have air bubbles and I have left it in the Sun from the time it came up till the time it went down. It’s mostly on the hood, which I had covered all the way up. I have one on the bumper too. How long should it take to get rid of the air bubbles?
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Last Thursday 7/30 I had a clear bra installed on my Car. The installer told me that there would be a few air bubbles but would disappear in a few days. All I had to do is leave the car in the sun. Well it’s been a few days and I still have air bubbles and I have left it in the Sun from the time it came up till the time it went down. It’s mostly on the hood, which I had covered all the way up. I have one on the bumper too. How long should it take to get rid of the air bubbles?
Air bubbles will not go away on their own. Water bubbles will but air wont. Its an easy fix though. Take a tiny needle and pierce the bubble from the side and then lay it down with your thumb. Really the installer should take care of this for you but if he is far away or not accessible thats the fix he will use.

If you wouldnt mind, post some close up photos of the edges so we can see the install.
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Suppliers problem.

Air bubbles have to be pushed to the edges so the air can escape or pierced. risk with piercing is if the bubble is large, you wind up with a lot more "skin" than can lay down. if it were me, I'd make the supplier make it right. His responsibility to present it to you as a finished product. If he normally expects it to "take a few days" for an expected result, i guess he should have told you that to do the job right, i need your car for 4-5 days and then give you a finished product. I would have suggested that my check "might" clear in a few days if you leave it in the sun! Sense?
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