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Here are my thoughts after having done this in two houses and having paid a pro to do a couple LARGE windows in our old house. First, there are a few things worth pointing out that make this job a little easier: 1. wear pants with pockets or a loop you can use. I found it easier to keep the bottle of solution with the trigger hanging in my pocket, and therefore always available when I was us in the window vice anything else. 2. keep your fingers moist with solution while handling the film. 3. realize that when the film comes out of the box it is rolled up with the plastic protection TO THE OUTSIDE. Do NOT lay anything heavy on the film side facing up when you unroll it, as the side facing up (i.e. the inside of the curl) is the film and it scratches VERY easily, even with a kink or fingernail (in fact, you should probably remove all jewelry and have short nails for this job, just a thought) 4. you CAN mark on the film with a standard ballpoint pen. No issue to do this if you cut the film larger than the frame as intended (the marks will come off in the refuse). 5. work top to bottom on the windows for both cleaning and applying the film. That way you aren't leaking down on recently applied film if you start on the bottom. 6. don't do this in bright sunlight, it dries the fluid too quickly. 7. don't fight the film. If it's wet and so is the window, it will pretty much stick itself... LET IT. 8. keeping the film wet is tantamount to success. use LOTS of fluid, or when it sticks to itself you'll never get it undone. The fluid is cheap and even cheaper to make. 9. same goes for the squeegee part... keep it wet on the outside, or you'll scratch the film. 10. start in a upper pane typically above your POV so if you mess up in the corner a little bit, it won't matter. a little tear in the corner will NOT keep the film from working. 11. don't stress over little bubbles, you can't get them all out and most of them will disappear in a couple of days 12. don't put tape as far onto the pieces to separate as they show in the picture. It's a bear to get off afterwards, and you only need the smallest corner to separate the two. So try and keep the tape outside of the field and in the part you'll cut off. 13. Watch the videos on their site. 2nd it's good to establish a protocol or pattern to how you do this, so you can get faster and get more consistent results as you go. Here is a quick outline of the one I used: 1st. clean the upper window panel(s) and wipe them down with a lint free cloth or a microfiber towel (no paper towels allowed in this operation AT ALL.. too much dust). 2nd cut the film for the panel, being sure to leave 1/2"-1" overlap all around, especially if you don't have a factory edge 3rd apply the tape to the corner 4th wet the film on the upper side (curl in side) 5th. wet the window 6th using a helper if necessary, wet your fingers, and then start to SLOWLY separate the film from the backer (your helper can help here if needed) and soak it as you go with the fluid using your wet hands to hold the film, hand the sprayer from you pant pocket 7th. hold the film roughly over the window so it covers all the side and then move it slowly closer to the window. The film should at some point 'pull' toward the window like metal to a magnet. 8th. wet the outside of the film again 9th squeegee from the middle to the left and right working you way up the window from the center, then from the center down to the bottom. 10th if you see anything behind the film as you go, keep your fingers wet, peel the film back, remove the material (keeping the film wet). Then rewet the window, place the film back in place, rewet the outside, and then squeegee again. Then repeat for the lower panel. Let it stand for about 10 minutes and then come back and check it for major air bubbles, etc. Fix it if you need to, otherwise leave it alone. :) This stuff works... and no, you can't grow plants that need sunlight behind it very well.