Window Films

Window tint film has finally found its application in private houses throughout the country. Originally, it was only popularly used in automobiles and almost all cars that belong to dignitaries or VIPs would have it tinted. Naturally, it was dark in colors only. Nowadays, newer designs are being added every month. This results in tough competition among window film producers and each will come out with their own claims that their product is superior.

Window tint film is made of vinyl and its thickness is in millimeters thick. It is manufactured using very precised engineering technology to give a very good product finish. Many home owners uses window tint film due to its ability to reflect certain ray from the sun. Two rays that home owners are most concerned with is the infra-red spectrum and the ultra-violet ray which causes heat gain and destroy the color of upholstery.

It is common to find glass tinting film that can filter up to 80% of infra-red ray and 95% of ultra-violet ray. There are many range to choose from, and each have its different property. Needless to say, the higher its ability to filter out harmful ray, the more expensive it will be. Generally, a window film that can filter out 80% of infra-red ray and 90% of ultra-violet ray is considered good enough for home use. Some double-glazed window may crack when you apply window film with too high a solar resistance capacity and you should be careful about this.

Functions

Different home owners would install home window tint film for different reasons. Common usage includes to add privacy, as solar guard film to filter out harmful ray, for decorative purpose and for security purpose. One popular application of window tint film is as privacy window film to add more privacy to a bathroom window or shower enclosure.

Frosted window film is excellent for this type of usage. When applied, the tint film will obscure view but it will still allow natural light to comes in, hence, there is no necessity to turn on more lights. Usually, home owners will install opaque film on bathroom windows and semi-opaque window film on shower doors. Semi-opaque window films are the lighter version of a fully opaque ones, and it allows shadows to be seen behind the screen.

To add privacy, you need not limit yourself to just using frosted effect glass film. You can be more creative by using colored window film or stained glass film. Colored window films comes as a full window tint film with single color. When installed, it immediately brightens up the atmosphere of the room. Stained glass films consists of pieces of broken glass effect being held together and its effect on bathroom windows are beautiful.

Stained glass window film is also popularly applied to large windows in your home. It works excellent whether you install them on a large window or a small window. If you have a large window, you can also try out those with art scape designs. Usually these type of design will have a motif as its center piece. This can be huge bird or a mammals such as an elephant or gigantic animal.

Window tint film application on home started out as being used as solar window film that reduce glare and to make the entire house more energy efficient. It can achieve this as it can filter out heat gain. During the day, heat is kept outside the house. Then, at night, heat is kept within. This way, both your air conditioner and heater works more efficiently and its maintenance cost is greatly reduced. Over the period of one year, the savings on your electricity bill may be significant.

Today, home owners do not use window film purely as solar window film. They are also using them for decoration. There are many types of decorative window film that is suitable for this purpose.

Self-Adhesive or Adhesive-Based: Which is Better?

There are many designs available, but in general window tint films are either adhesive-free or adhesive-based. The traditional window tint films are all adhesive-based, meaning that you will need some form of adhesive in the form of glue to stick it to glass surface. The installation of this type of glass film is usually carried out by skillsmen as it can be a messy project and it takes experienced workers to put it up nicely. The installation is also permanent as in that it is not so easily removed.

Recent trend of the window tinting film industry is to produce window films that can stick to glass surface without the usage of adhesive. The self-adhesive window film stick to glass surface through static action and it is easy to install and remove this type of films. The advent of this type of film had evolutionalise the entire window film industry as now any home owners can easily put them up as a DIY project without the need to employ expensive builders.

Installation and Removal

Installation of self-adhesive window film takes just minutes and require very simple tools. Many merchandiser even package in the tools when you buy the films from them. You can find many guides on how to install them successfully on glass windows. When it comes to time to redecorate or if you wish to remove the window film, you just need to peel it off. It is that simple!

Window tinting film that is self-adhesive may be purchased at many stores throughout the country. You may also conveniently purchase them online. Always buy your window film from trusted merchandiser. Many of these merchandisers are also able to provide you with warrantee of at least three years. The life span of glass film usually lasts twice as long as its warrantee.