Training
Window Tint Training
Hands-on window tint classes in small groups, on real cars, in English and Spanish. Every class is taught in Modesto, California — students travel here from other states.
Programs
Choose your program.
Certification
Finish the program, take home the certificate
The last day of every program is hands-on. You work on real glass with your instructor watching the whole job — the prep, the cut, the heat, the squeegee and the edges — and telling you what to tighten up before you go.
When you finish, the school issues your Certificate of Completion in your legal name, signed by your instructor. It arrives in your student account as a PDF you can download, print or send to a shop owner, and anyone you hand it to can check it online.
- A hands-on final dayReal glass, real vehicles, your instructor beside you.
- A Certificate of CompletionIssued in your legal name and signed by your instructor.
- Digital and verifiableDownload it from your student account; anyone can check it online.
Window tint training in Modesto, California
California Tint Academy teaches window tint installation in person, in small groups, on real cars. Every class is taught at our shop in Modesto. Students drive in from across the Central Valley, and others travel from other states to train here.
How a class runs
Training runs in small, fixed-date classes — not a rolling enrollment, and not a self-paced video course you can put off indefinitely. You pick a date, you show up, and for the length of that course you are working on real vehicles with a small group of classmates.
Classes run over consecutive weekdays. The exact days can shift around a holiday, and how many days depends on the course. Daily start and end times are set for each class and shown on that class's page.
Hands-on from the first day
You are not watching demonstrations on a panel bolted to a wall. Every student works on real vehicles, every day, corrected in real time. That correction — the angle of the squeegee, the pressure, the moment film starts to lift — is the part a video cannot teach. Read how a class goes, day by day →
In person, plus a student portal
Training is in person at our Modesto shop, backed by a student portal with video lessons you can revisit after class. The hands-on days are where the skill is built; the portal is there so what you learned doesn't fade the week after you go home.
Four programs
Automotive Window Tint is where most people start. Flat Glass & Architectural takes the same skill to homes and commercial buildings. Vehicle Wrap adds vinyl, from partial wraps to full color change. Paint Protection Film teaches the clear film that protects a car's paint.
What it costs, and what you leave with
Automotive Window Tint is $2,550, and it includes a professional tool kit, take-home practice film, daily lunch, a final hands-on evaluation and California Tint Academy's certificate of completion. Tuition and payment options → · What the certificate proves →
Taught in English and Spanish
Most of our classes are bilingual, in English and Spanish — not as an accommodation, but because that is who is in the room. Se enseña en español →
Coming from another state
Fly into Sacramento, San Jose or Fresno and drive to Modesto, and plan to arrive the day before your class starts. We hold a discounted student rate at the DoubleTree Modesto. Plan your trip →
Before you book
Frequently asked questions → · How to become a window tinter → · Starting a tint business →
Coming from out of state?
Every class is in Modesto. Here is how to get here, where to stay and what the week costs.
Plan your tripAlready run a shop?
Detailers and shop owners add tint to what they already sell. Here is how we train you and your crew.
Add tint to your businessSeats are limited
Start your next chapter
Whether you are building a new career or adding a service to a business you already run — this is where it starts. Seats are limited and classes do sell out.