SSA INSTITUTE

Sloane Sound Advice (SSA) Institute is a car audio and window tinting training academy that prides on teaching , educating, and inspire student to learning to master the wonderful world of car audio and window tinting. This unique art form has been kept a secret for many years, and only the "best of the best" have been able to perfect their skills, mainly through trial and error...until now.

Our Master Installer/Instructor Sloane Pickney, who has been in this field for over 30 years, has perfected these techniques and will teach you these "tricks of the trade." He has tinted over 1000 of vehicles, boats, RV’s and has installed over 10,000 square feet of flat glass tinting with his well-known "near flawless" applications. 

Learn to tint at the most Elite Shop in Coastal Georgia. Our main goal and focus is to become the only private training course in Coastal Georgia that truly believes in passing on our Tricks-of-the-Trade and well kept secrets tips to those who wish to have a career and financial freedom doing something that they enjoyed doing and good at throughout the years. 

Day 1

• Cost Avg.: Install = $200, Materials = $40, Time = 2hr., Profit = $80 per hr! 

• Introduction: Goals, Training & Tinting Manuals and Course Agenda

• The Keys to being a Professional Window Tinter (a.k.a. "Secret Tips") 

• Tools: The Answers for the Perfect Tools w/ Description & Customization •Learn tools and their uses, terminology, tint etiquette and technique. 

• Proper Chemicals & Mounting Solutions: The Automotive "Secret Sauce" 

• Prepping Techniques: Cutting & Squeeging 101 and The Automotive "Process" 

•Starting an Installation: Things to Look for Prior to Tinting (a.k.a. "The 6-Pack")  

Day 2

• Review Secret Tips and The 6-Pack: Questions & Answer Time w/ "FUN" Prize Points

• Film History, Types, Properties and Warranty Deceptions 

• First Hands-On Day: Hands-on practice; picking what size roll to use and when, properly prepping, using tools properly, template making and handling film.

• Installation Techniques: Roll-ups, Quarter Glass & "Sun Strips" (aka Visors/Brow) 

• Door Panel Removal and Film Cutting Machines (a.k.a. Plotters)  

Day 3

• Secret Tips/3 Rules Quiz: Questions & Answer Time w/ "FUN" Prize Points

• Tinting Laws Clarification: Who Is The I.W.F.A.?

• Fading Factors of Film: "Competition Crushing" Selling Techniques

• Back Glass Installs: "One Piece" techniques by yourself... yes, by yourself! 

• Heat Shrinking: Hands-on practice with a focus on heat shrinking roll downs and back windows. Learn different heat shrinking methods and when to use them

• Shrinking methods: 4 Major Techniques with The Pro's & Con's of Each

Day 4

• Secret Tips/3 Rules Quiz: Questions & Answer Time w/ "FUN" Prize Points 

• Variables: Extraordinary Situations You WILL Eventually Find in the Field •Sources on Purchasing: Film & Supplies...Dealership Level Buying Power! 

• Installation Options: "Shaved-Edge" & Curved Side Windows (a.k.a. "Wet Shrink")

• How to handle the "Dot Matrix": 4 Customer Price Mark-Up Options

• Back Glass Options: The 4 Different Optional Installation Techniques •Optional Tools: Shop Supplies and Their Sources w/ Key Suggestions  

Day 5

• Secret Tips/3 Rules Quiz: Questions & Answer Time w/ "FUN" Prize Points 

• Common mistakes: Key Elements to Avoid and the Signs to Watch Out For

• Pricing Quotes: Structure, Sales Taxes, and "After the Sale" Concepts 

• SUV Back Glass Installs: Cut-Out Options, Tools and Painting vs. Opaque Pens

• Film Removal: Roll-ups & Back Glass with The Secret Amazing Results! 

• Repeat all Installation Techniques: Practice & Review Time (a.k.a. "Free-Day") 

• Graduation Ceremony: Certifications & Pictures   

Training Hours

The 5-Day Beginning Auto Window Tinting Training Course "starts" on the 1st & 3rd Monday of every month with a maximum of only 4 students per week and is scheduled from 8 am to 5 pm every day. NOTE: all course Start Dates are subject to change unless otherwise noted.

Tuition 

The 5-Day Auto Window Tinting Training Course is $1200. This included everything you need to become a professional auto window tinting. *All film and tools are provided for each class. Job placement upon completion.