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Born To Tint with The Miller Brothers
Inside Film Fest 2026 | Competition, Community & the Best in the Business
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For our audio listeners — this one is extra special on YouTube! Head over to the Born to Tint Podcast YouTube channel to catch all the visuals from Film Fest 2026. As always, thank you for listening and for the continued support — it means everything. 🙏
This week we're doing something a little different. Ricky Miller takes you along for the full Film Fest 2026 experience — the window tint and PPF conference and competition held in Duluth, Georgia. From arriving at the venue to the awards ceremony, this vlog captures the energy, the competition, the conversations, and the community that makes this industry special.
Huge thanks to Solar Gard and TintWiz for sponsoring Ricky at this event — and a big shoutout to Autobahn for the support! Thank you to everyone involved in putting Film Fest together. Kash, Thomas, and the whole crew built something the industry needed.
🎯 What You'll See in This Episode
🏕️ Ricky and the team set up TintLab's first-ever vendor booth at a competition event
🔧 Ricky competes across all four disciplines — Auto Singles, Auto Teams, Flat Glass, and PPF
💼 Real business conversations on the vendor floor covering flat glass pricing, commercial film strategy, glass meters, and scaling your shop
🎓 Ricky takes the main stage alongside some of the best in the industry to present the TintLab flat glass training program
🔥 Head-to-head Heat Shrink Battles — Ricky draws Fernando in round one and breaks down the strategy in real time
🤝 Non-stop networking with top installers, trainers, reps, and shop owners from across the country
🏅 2026 Film Fest Winners
🏆 Auto Singles
🥇 Fernando Sainz | 🥈 Jeremy Swanson | 🥉 Joshua Reeves
🏆 Auto Teams
🥇 Elite Boys — Gerardo Barreto & Joshua Reeves
🥈 Team Formula — Fernando Sainz & Gaby Adorno
🥉 iTint — PJ White & Boni Bravo
🏆 Flat Glass
🥇 Fernando Sainz | 🥈 Johnny Blades | 🥉 Alexis Figueroa
🏆 PPF
🥇 Efrain Romero | 🥈 Gerardo Barreto | 🥉 Carlos Olazaba
🏆 Gauntlet Winner (All 4 disciplines) — Fernando Sainz
🔥 Heat Shrinks — Darnell Thomas
💪 Reps Competition — Dustin Hall
Congratulations to every competitor and everyone who showed up and put in the work. Film Fest is the real deal — and we can't wait for the next one.
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00:00:00 – Welcome to Film Fest 2026
00:00:33 – Arriving in Atlanta & Heading to the Venue
00:01:36 – Setting Up the TintLab Vendor Booth for the First Time
00:03:09 – Picking Up the Competition Mercedes & Maseratis
00:05:11 – Networking With the Solar Gard Rep on the Floor
00:07:45 – Exterior Film, Commercial Flat Glass & Pricing Breakdown
00:09:40 – Why You Have to Replace Yourself to Scale Your Business
00:10:26 – Ricky's Pricing Formula — Material, Labor & Marketing Percentages
00:12:19 – Smart Film, Decorative Film & Knowing What NOT to Take On
00:15:00 – The Value of Partnering With the Right Manufacturer
00:28:08 – Auto Singles Competition Kicks Off
00:29:46 – Flat Glass Round 1 Begins
00:30:08 – Using a Glass Meter to Become the Expert & Close More Jobs
00:32:04 – Building Your Network in the Flat Glass Market
00:33:41 – TintLab Program Breakdown — What's Included
00:36:09 – The School Community, SOPs & Growing Installation Library
00:45:41 – Ricky Introduced on the Main Stage With Top Industry Trainers
00:46:34 – Ricky's Speech — Second Generation & Giving Back to the Industry
00:50:52 – TintLab for Flat Glass — Landing $250K+ Commercial Jobs
00:53:11 – Selling on Emotion — How to Connect With Every Customer
00:54:33 – PPF Competition Finals | Strategy & Execution
00:59:11 – Day 3 Flat Glass Finals — The Wood Curveball
01:05:23 – Glass Meter Giveaway at the TintLab Booth
01:06:09 – Heat Shrink Battles — Ricky vs. Fernando
01:07:04 – Awards Ceremony | Full 2026 Film Fest Results