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Best Skins Ever - Matte or Glossy?
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I have the glossy skin on my jet black iPhone plus. I love the way it looks! You won't notice it's on there! Only problem I have is that the material feels soft. It scratches easily and you see all these small little bumps and scratches on the film. If you press your nail into it you see the dent of you nail and i am not pressing very hard..
I put the glossy skin on the screen and the matte on the back of my black iPhone 7. Looks great.
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I installed the glossy skin on my matte black 7+ yesterday. I chose the "simple install" one, but that wasn´t as simple as I though and the resault was not that great, looks like I will have to take it off 
The overall look and feel is nice, but it´s a bit too large for being a simple installal, as you still have to bend the sides and the corners. One of the corners did not stick as it shold and it will eventually peel off. Shame, they should have made it just a bit smaller
The overall look and feel is nice, but it´s a bit too large for being a simple installal, as you still have to bend the sides and the corners. One of the corners did not stick as it shold and it will eventually peel off. Shame, they should have made it just a bit smaller
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BSE doesn't come with a solution. It's just water with a drop of dish soap or baby shampoo.
10 oz. water 1/4 teaspoon dish soap
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So hard to get pictures of black
Thanks mate - Looks great! Can't really tell you've got a skin on until I look up close!
Does it look anywhere like a Jet Black? I ordered the matte version but was wondering if the glossy version would make it look like a JB lol
My back skin is matte, but I bet the glossy would make it look more like jet black.
Jet Black 7 Plus with glossy Slickwraps Naked on it - picture taken about 20 inches away with an iPhone 6 Plus and you 99.9% can't tell the difference between this and the phone without a wrap.
With a macro lens on my 6 camera you can see the seems and cutouts but these pictures are taken about 3 inches from the devices.
With a macro lens on my 6 camera you can see the seems and cutouts but these pictures are taken about 3 inches from the devices.
I have to say the matte skin looked much better on my gray iphone 6 than my matte black 7 plus. It doesn't blend as well on black.
I've got this one waiting at home for me for my matte black, can't wait to get home and attempt it. How was installation for you, easy?
easy enough, I have done many of them so pretty simple.
few things I do
-I always just get the case optimized
-The edges usually don't go down at first, I will concentrate on the back and let it site for about 15 min, then finish the sides, if they still pop up I wait another 15 min.
Alright guys I need help.
This is the horrid skin installation I did on my moms iphone. I have tried to squeeze out the water bubbles but the skin started to become very "lumpy" 15 minute after installation. I think it's from the water bubbles inside. What can I do at this point? Will they evaporate in time or am I screwed and should rip it off.
This is the horrid skin installation I did on my moms iphone. I have tried to squeeze out the water bubbles but the skin started to become very "lumpy" 15 minute after installation. I think it's from the water bubbles inside. What can I do at this point? Will they evaporate in time or am I screwed and should rip it off.
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That's more than will evaporate from my experience. Probably too late now but if you reinstall definitely squeegee with a credit card or something so there isn't liquid under the skin. Air is fine in small amounts but I wouldn't leave liquid under there.
I used to install these at my old job. From your picture it looks like it's been sitting a little too long already. By the time you see my post it's definitely too late. If you attempt to remove it, it will probably stretch a bit and probably won't be reusable.
How much of the solution did you spray onto the film, guessing not enough. That's the only reason I can think of that caused all those bubbles. One or two bubbles might come up if you did the installation correctly and those can be removed, but definitely not as many bubbles as you received. You need to begin the squeegee process as soon as you can after placing the film on the screen/phone.
10 oz. water 1/4 teaspoon dish soap
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How does the screen protector feel compared to tempered glass?
I'll wait to see if they will go away tomorrow morning
so the reason I am having a lot of bubbles are because I used too little solution? Isn't that suppose to be too much excessive solution that's causing the bubbles? If they remain ill have to rip them off tmr and try again with new ones.. I am losing a lot of confidence though