Yep, plexiglass is tintable, but.....
greghale said:
I know that auto tinting film will not adhere properly to plexiglass, but I heard there was someone in Florida that has a system for properly installing tint film to plexiglass windows. Has anyone heard of or no a way of doing this?
Greg...
Well dudes and gals,....I am in business (airline industry scares me to put all my eggs in one basket) for myself and pretty much do and fix anything. This includes among MANY things, auto and car window tinting. Specifically hurricane/security films. In my apprenticeship learning the film business, I found out from my supplier that there is an intermediate, thin film, that acts as a bonding layer to allow normal film to adhere to plexiglass. Now, before we all get too excited, one needs to be aware that these films are 2-dimensional and plane windows are 3-D. For instance, the back window on the older Camaro windows are a nightmare to install due to the excessive curvature.
If one is able to get 2 or 4 mil window film to "conform" to whatever plexiglass one desires, one can get great results by first applying this intermediate film and then any (preferably thin) tinted auto/home window film.
As far as price, my rep. indicated it is fairly expensive, I am guessing maybe 5 bucks a sq. ft. Any width up to I believe 6 ft. is available. IMHO, if one desires to put a "shade" for example at the tops of the window/canopy, one can put, I think a several inch wide strip at the top, or possibly "piece in" strips...... say at the top of your canopy.
I will sometime before summer be replacing the skylight in my Kitfox with the above mentioned and I assume it will go pretty well.
PM me if anybody wants me to supply the film through my supplier.
PS, I am in Fl., but am sure other states have the film as supplied by my supplier.
Glen
