When you’re considering installing window film in your home or commercial space, it can seem as if there is a lot of terminology to brush up on as you begin to research and weigh your options. We hope to make the process a little easier for you by compiling a list of important relevant terms and their definitions. Ambient The …
How to Prevent Fading of Floors, Art, Rugs and Furniture
Has the sun left your home overexposed? Beautiful rugs, art, photographs and furnishings all need protection from the sun. The first step in protecting valuables is to understand how the energy causes damage in the home. Light affects art and other materials in two main ways. It fades colors and it weakens and discolors materials. Over time sun damage is …
How Well Do Safety & Security Window Films Perform in a Blast?
Blast Protection Standards and Independent Testing Several years ago, the General Services Administration (GSA) mandated a universal standard for measuring the level of blast protection. The GSA developed criteria for evaluation of acceptable levels of protection for the glass fragment hazard. This criteria is part of the comprehensive security criteria (GSA Security Criteria, Final Working Version, January 1997) developed by …
3M™’s Ultraflex Window System
With 3M™’s Ultraflex Window System, you can enhance the overall performance of 3M™’s Scotchshield™ Ultra Safety & Security window films. This unique system combines the elasticity of 3M™’s Scotchshield™ Ultra Safety & Security window film (140%) and a Dow Corning® 995 Silicone Structural Adhesive system (160%) to create a more stretchable membrane that helps capture and absorb the impact energy. …
Window Film Attachment Systems
Security films have traditionally been installed using a technique known as a daylight application. The film is applied to the window and bonded to the glass when the pressure sensitive adhesive is activated by a mild solution of dishwashing detergent and water. Excess film is then trimmed to fit against the window’s gaskets to create a finished product. After the …
Window Film Thickness
Thickness Is No Substitute for Technology The 3M™ understanding that thickness is no substitute for technology was the motivation behind the development and production of the latest generation of Scotchshield™ window films. It was generally accepted that protection increased as a film’s thickness increased. As other manufacturers sought to produce films in excess of 10 mils (.010 inches), 3M™ understood …
Selective Wavelength Window Films
Technology has changed since 3M™ invented window films in 1966. Back then, increased sun control or heat gain reduction performance resulted primarily from depositing heavier levels of metal on a polyester film. However, this increased performance sacrificed the film’s visible light transmission. Since then, 3M™ has developed films that manage the solar spectrum selectively. What this means is that selective …
The Best Bond
While there are several adhesive systems used on window films today, only one is developed and made exclusively for window film by the world’s best adhesive innovator – the 3M™ Company. 3M™ window film uses a unique pressure sensitive adhesive with over twenty-five years of performance success unmatched by any other adhesive system. The truth is that window film is …
Truly a 3M™ Product
What makes Scotchtint™ and Scotchshield™ window film really a 3M™ technology? Is it the superior adhesive unmatched in the industry? Or perhaps the clarity and consistent quality of the film? Scotchtint™ and Scotchshield™ window films are truly 3M™ products because they are based on five core technologies that have been the cornerstones of 3M™’s success in many diverse global markets. …
Architecture and Construction Press Release
PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 4, 2001–A free CD that demonstrates how Scotchshield™ ultra safety and security window films from 3M™ can help lessen the danger to humans when glass is shattered now is available. These protective films, professionally applied directly onto glass windows throughout the world in buildings from skyscrapers to private homes, can mitigate damage from industrial explosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, …
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