FilmTack

We hope that our window film tinters and loved ones are well amid the COVID-19 outbreak. FilmTack is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all our customers and staff. We have issued face masks to all our staff and increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfection in our premises. 
 
In these challenging times, we have consulted professional medical personnel and prepared the following recommendations for our industry’s automotive tinting facilities:
 
Provision of face masks for frontline staff who are liaising with customers in person. Use of United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered disinfectants that are leather/fabric-safe, to disinfect the driver's seat of vehicles before and after tinting. https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 Enforce simple visitor crowd-management by encouraging pre-bookings to avoid servicing queues. Ideally, customers should return to collect the vehicle at a later stipulated timing and not wait at the Rest-Area. Implement additional safety protocols in showrooms and tinting facilities: Contract-Tracing by registering visitors/customer’s name, contact number, arrival date and time. Provide hand-disinfectants for visitors and customers. Temperature-Taking. Regular disinfection of showroom, especially tint-meter and heat demonstration kits with EPA-registered disinfectants.  Disinfect the tinting bay after each vehicle is completed, with (low-cost) bleach solutions that are suitable for your facility’s floorings. Reduce or avoid off-site automotive tinting. If mobile tinting is demanded by customers, arrange for pick-up services by valets (with relevant insurance coverage). Facilities such as car dealerships with more tinters should consider staggering work shifts as part of internal Business Continuity Management (BCM).
The welfare of our staff and customers are of paramount importance to our industry. The above recommendations are by no means exhaustive. We can all, do our utmost to ensure business continues as usual and safe.
 
We wish you and your family the very best of health and continued well-being.
Please be safe.

FilmTack Pte Ltd
 

We hope that our window film tinters and loved ones are well amid the COVID-19 outbreak. FilmTack is committed to ensuring the health and safety of all our customers and staff. We have issued face masks to all our staff and increased the frequency of cleaning and disinfection in our premises. 
 
In these challenging times, we have consulted professional medical personnel and prepared the following recommendations for our industry’s automotive tinting facilities:
 
Provision of face masks for frontline staff who are liaising with customers in person. Use of United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered disinfectants that are leather/fabric-safe, to disinfect the driver's seat of vehicles before and after tinting. https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 Enforce simple visitor crowd-management by encouraging pre-bookings to avoid servicing queues. Ideally, customers should return to collect the vehicle at a later stipulated timing and not wait at the Rest-Area. Implement additional safety protocols in showrooms and tinting facilities: Contract-Tracing by registering visitors/customer’s name, contact number, arrival date and time. Provide hand-disinfectants for visitors and customers. Temperature-Taking. Regular disinfection of showroom, especially tint-meter and heat demonstration kits with EPA-registered disinfectants.  Disinfect the tinting bay after each vehicle is completed, with (low-cost) bleach solutions that are suitable for your facility’s floorings. Reduce or avoid off-site automotive tinting. If mobile tinting is demanded by customers, arrange for pick-up services by valets (with relevant insurance coverage). Facilities such as car dealerships with more tinters should consider staggering work shifts as part of internal Business Continuity Management (BCM).
The welfare of our staff and customers are of paramount importance to our industry. The above recommendations are by no means exhaustive. We can all, do our utmost to ensure business continues as usual and safe.
 
We wish you and your family the very best of health and continued well-being.
Please be safe.

FilmTack Pte Ltd
 

If there is a cap sheet, I imagine it's because the film has no SR coating and the cap sheet allows you to install without scratching the film. The Achilles heel of exterior films is its SR coating.. they no likely the elements. 

Mfrs hold their construction formulas pretty close to the vest. That said, Hanita was really the pioneer in the field, IMO it is primarily due to the fact that their large presence overseas required them to develop film that can be applied on the outside..because triple pane glass is far more commonplace in places outside the US. As well as other high performance glass types that are not receptive to interior film. 
 Companies like Eastman etc slap their AG coating on their films..and call it exterior film.. it may hold up longer than their standard SR coating..but is certainly not on par with Hanitas design. 

I wish someone would come up with a film that last longer! Maybe self-healing like ppf?

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Durability is weaker in the regions shaded yellow, orange & red. 
Technically, the same Windshield Protection Film can last longer in Northern Europe, Japan, US and Canada.
Science doesn't lie.

Yes sir, I tested several in recent years and it has been frustrating. 

Here is a vintage video that may inspire you to build a cool heat box demonstration.   
 

Sure ... Halogen bulbs are the closest match to the sun's energy (UV, Visible and Near Infrared) of any light bulb available at the consumer level. Bulbs used in labs to mimic the sun can cost in the thousands of dollar, making it impractical for consumer level film comparative displays.
 
Infrared bulbs (AKA french fry or heat lamp bulbs) have infrared output in the 95 percentile range and only 5% visible light. They may show a film perform better in the infrared range however, infrared only makes up about 48% of the sun's energy. Using this type bulb is very misleading when it comes to film performance.
 
All of the sun's energy becomes heat once it strikes a surface, whether it's a dashboard, and arm or a seat. Infrared is felt first because it goes deeper in and beyond the skin, causing inner moisture to heat up and nerve receptors in the vicinity pick this up. Water is a superior absorber of near infrared.
 
Visible light makes up another 48-49 percent of the sun's energy and it too will be felt as heat after striking and object's surface. UV also is felt as heat. These last two of the three are not felt as quickly since they are absorbed at the surface.
 
Hope that helps.

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That company is being honest. WPF can't last for many years as the windshield wipers will create minor scratches on SR and trigger the disintegration.
 

There seems to have been some success in reducing Haze/Hue in Ceramic based films over the past 3 years for some manufacturers.
 
Specifically those that own and operate particle grinding equipment. The ability to control the breakdown size of the metals/ceramics that are deposited into the films seem to have not just reduced Low angle Hazing, but also improved clarity and the overall performance of the film.
 
If you don't have the equipment to control particle size, then it would seem you are restricted to only working what is available.
 
Let's hope we see some break through products being produced over the next few years that will give the whole industry a boost!
 
Cheers.

Hi there Film Tack,
I just want to say that I enjoyed reading the information on this post. Every word of it. Thanks!
 
Particularly the Topic of 'UV 100'.
Lots of 'hype' words are used in our industry.. Carbon... IR... Nano Carbon... and so on...
You hit the nail on the head, and we can likely expect that the new 'hype' phrase will be UV100.
 
Like you stated, the window film supply market is tough. Any edge one can get is usually jumped upon, even if it is questionable.
 
I can see it now... "But madam, our competitor's product only cuts 99.9% of UV, and ours cuts 100%.
 
Once again, thank you for taking the time to put this information on Tintdude.
Take care, Cheers.
GTS 

I redid a window 3 times tonite my pattern kept coming out off...i had too much soap so it was sliding all over even though I squeegeed it down hard.any war stories of redos  from you tinters???

Nothing will go to waste.
These accumulated experience will come in useful in future.

3M Crystalline. You need an IR film on that windshield not a dyed film. Great clarity and equal to less reflection than glass itself. The 70% will block more heat than that 45% dyed film will ;)

Huper Optik DREI with Ceramic 70 on the windshield... The DREI looked amazing. I posted it on my facebook
 
https://www.facebook.com/naplestint/photos/a.483435731821621.1073741830.472730566225471/619507571547769/?type=3&theater

Didn't do this today, but just some recent stuff over the last week...
 
Externally applied Silver 20



Full protection pack on this thing...

Some Neutral ceramic 40%