Whiteout on top of frosted factory tint

Internal closet doors... they have a factor white frost on them currently... but the home owner doesn't want to be able to see anything... right now, as with frosted film, you can see shadows/outlines of what's behind the doors.

So they are looking to use whiteout.

I've gotten a yes... it's a ps film and will be ok ontop of the factory frost, and a no... it will act along the same lines as when you put tint over the matrix on a car.

Has anyone ever done this before???

It's not super rough... the surface... but more then smooth glass. Hmm... I have a glass top desk which is frosted on the underside.... it's not as smooth as that, but along the same lines.


Yes? No? Maybe so?

It would probably look OK when you put it up, but I think as it dries air would creep in, just like rough matrix frit.

Think TD is right, assuming its rough on the inside where I guess you will fit the film?

I've done it. Looks fine, just make sure you use PS.

Might be a different situation - but had problems the one time I installed a tinted film atop 3M Frosted Crystal. Going on top of the gritty surface of the Frosted Crystal the tinted film never dried out properly.

no problem doing that. i've used various films on this type of glass over the years with no callbacks.

do a test piece and give it some time to do whatever its going to do cause all frosted glass is not equal,i did several reception desks ,tops and fronts to try to match existing glass .the others were ordered wrong. put a sample piece on and after about a week it lifted all over. it was cleaned with a pad and isopropyl and dried before putting the film on. resorted to using the glue for dot matrix and tht helped .and yes it was ps.
can you film the smooth side of the glass.

I'll have to check, but when I was talking with the guy he said they wanted the backside filmed.

When I talk to them today I'll double check....

Have done them before. Some worked, some did'nt. The ones that failed, the film lifted off because the adhesive could'nt bond to the surface properly. Good Luck with this.

what about just putting frosted film on the front side. same effect x 2 might = no shadows.

I don't know what to do.... I talked with a friend of mine the other day about it... he basically said the same thing as everyone else... some times it works, some times it doesn't. If it doesn't, it's going to be very hard to get off.

Film rep said to use Rapid Tac..

I'm going to suggest putting frost on the front... or maybe one of 3M's deco films... while not ideal, I wouldn't mind having to remove something from the front side... but I really, really don't want to have to deal with film not adhering and having a mess cleaning the back side of the glass.... or maybe even ruining the glass.

Here is a pic from my phone... sorry for the crappy quality... but I have an old phone and I didn't have my camera with me.

I'm standing in the closet... doors are on the right... wall on the left. TV stand is sitting in the middle half way down.

They said the client (I'm working thru a builder) wants the film on the backside.. ie. the frosted side. So I explained everything and they want to give it a try. So I'm going to hang a couple and see how it works out.