Grass melting

Flibertad · June 30, 2015

Got a call from a turf guy that has an untinted upstairs window that is melting his synthetic grass. I know I have read about this on here somewhere but nothing came up during my search. Anyone have a solution? He wants me to apply frost on the exterior but that wouldn't be my first choice. Any help is appreciated.

RecklessReflections · June 30, 2015

How far is the grass from the window? And why exterior? Is it not accessible to tint from the interior? I figure by just saying it's a window upstairs it's still in some sort of room. I would think a one way mirror is going to keep the synthetic grass from melting. But that would also mean cutting down on a lot of natural light.

I'm sure someone else will come up with a better solution to this, but I'm just curious as to the specifics. Distance from the grass to the window, dual pane/single, and if they want to still keep natural light coming in or not. Him wanting frost seems that he doesn't care too much about seeing out.

Ocala · June 30, 2015

Tell him to get real grass. My yard reminds me every weekend when I have to mow it on how much it enjoys the light! :lol

pulsar2000 · June 30, 2015

Rofl :lol on this one, thought typo....

H.G. · July 1, 2015

For the sun to have that much reflection on a piece of glass to melt plastic, it seems that it's probably a low-e glass. If thats the case any film applied to the inside will increase the reflectivness . Exterior frost would work . Another alternative would be----------- Ugh----- a shade screen :lol

tintmeister · July 1, 2015

Shade is the best option. We get a lot of these calls. A window film is designed to reflect heat on the outside. A film will make it worse.

Tintguy1980 · July 1, 2015

Most likely hi-performance lowE on # 2 surface of dual pane involved here. Dual pane units are made with a negative bow or concave; ) (, by removing the air in their spacing. A vacuum enough to cause the glass to bow inward slightly when not exposed to the sun. This is to allow for the dead air (or gas filled) to expand when the sun is heating up the unit to the point it is convex rather than concave, ( ) or flat | |. In rare instances where the sun's angle is just right on the glass that is in this state; ) (, the reflection off the outer pane's surface concentrates the sun's energy like a heat ray.

The way to neutralize the effect is to install a IR absorbing exterior film (such as LLumar's THE 80 aka exterior AIR 80) or fashion a screen to mount like a storm window over the entire window area. Film applied to the internal will not change or impact this phenomenon.

Flibertad · July 1, 2015

Thank you, I just wanted to make sure i was leading the customer in the right direction. As always this site provides great knowledge from the members.