Category Archives: Commercial Window Film

Cooler Days, Tampa Bay Best Time For Window Tinting

 
A cold front will hit us one of these days- -right?
 
 

The SNOW BIRDS are back and this means great things for Advanced Film Solutions.

The holidays are here and many of our part time winter neighbors know that their Florida homes need solar and UV protection all year long!

 

Now is a particularly great time to get a free estimate.

 
Advanced Film Solutions is the only window film installation company that offers all of these industry leading window film solutions:
 
 

Grab the best deals this winter from the very best installation company in Florida.

Toll Free 877-575-3456
 

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Shatter Sun Control Window Film Tampa Gets Christmas Ready


Safety and security experts recommend the application of thicker (8ML+) shatter resistant window film for perimeter protection on retail stores, offices, government and financial buildings and most recently school facilities.

These films provide protection from forced entry, smash and grab crime, vandalism and blast events.

You might be surprised to discover that you can protect your home, business, religious center or non-profit with the exact same films that protect the US Capitol (Armorcoat) US Embassies (Madico) and high profile landmark buildings across the nation (LLumar.)

These films meet the GSA Level 3A and DoD requirements and the following independent testing criteria:

For example the world leading LLumar & Vista dual reflective 28/38 (Eastman Chemical) offers safety films meeting numerous certifications and test standards in the United States, Europe and around the world, including:

  • ANSI Z97.1 and CPSC 16 CFR 1201 Cat I and II
  • General Services Administration (GSA) and United Facilities Criteria (UFC)
  • ASTM Large Missile Level C and Small Missile requirements
  • Underwriters Laboratory UL972 Forced Entry requirements
  • Factory Mutual FM Approvals 4350 Small Missile
  • EN356, level P2A

Advanced Film Solutions provides more choices that match your specific requirements.

Solutions that provide the protection, privacy and safety along with energy cost savings, glare and UV rejection.

Levels of security protection and light transmissions including a full range of choices from silver, neutral, dual reflective, ceramic and clear.

Call today for a free estimate.

Toll free: 877-575-3456

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Lower Electric Costs, Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota Window Tinting Film

It’s tough enough out there without having to face monthly electric costs that can take your breath away!

 

Cooling costs during the long summer months and now rising home heating costs that have you hesitating before turning on your cooling system.


You recognize that home insulation can pay dividends in a short amount of time.

You may be considering replacing your windows with new Low E Glass as a long term solution.

Before you sign that contract- –Think about a window film retrofit for your glass.


Today’s thin film coatings are extremely effective in reducing heat gain as well as insulating your home during the colder months.

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Our coatings are optically clear and how dark or light you prefer your home to be is strictly up to you.In the past; window films had to be dark and reflective to factor out the heat.

Today our coatings remove invisible infrared heat so your windows can become effective heat barriers without any alteration in the appearance of your home.Our ceramic films are ideal for deed restricted, gated communities or condominiums with strict HOA rules.

While your investment pays for itself by lowering your monthly electric bill you will also enjoy:

  • The elimination of UV that contributes to faded furnishings.

  • Improved safety from flying debris or an errant golf ball.

  • Glazing strength that will delay, deny and deter home break-ins.
  • (There are thicker versions of our solar control films that offer additional impact resistance with the same solar properties as the thinner versions.)
  • Reduced glare and improved comfort.

  • The elimination of hot spots.
  • Privacy for bathroom windows or front door glass with our decorative films.

Call Advanced Film Solutions toll free: 877-575-3456

Free estimates and cost comparisons

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Tampa Glass Solutions. Ceramic Window Film Keeps Glare & Heat Away

Business owners want to do something about the heat, UV and glare hitting their windows, but they are concerned about preserving their curb appeal.

1. They don’t want shoppers thinking they are closed!

2. They want window shoppers to browse their displays and enter that store! This makes that cash register ring! That’s CURB APPEAL!

3. They want security and visibility in case there is a hold-up (sadly this is a major concern, just read the morning newspaper)

We have the solutions and we guaranty that it won’t cost you an arm and a leg!

Advanced Film Solutions offers Huper Optik ceramic non-reflective films that will cut the heat but never block your shoppers offering a clear unobstructed view through your storefront windows!

These films work differently than the darker, reflective films you might be familiar with.

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Lightly tinted but no metals, no reflection and no interference with wireless communications, Bluetooth or cell phones!

These Huper Optik ceramic eliminate 99.9% of the UV that damages your merchandise (clothing, carpets, cards, virtually any material that the Sun destroys over time.)

Ceramic Films block the heat by a factor of nearly 66% in some versions, less on the very modestly tinted selections like our very light transmission film.

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The Huper Optik color is pure, and optically clear. 

There are no color changes or shift to blue, that we  find in nano-layered films, and our cost is more than competitive.


We also offer security shatter film versions of our film that are 8 times thicker than their solar control versions. 

These thicker fragment retention version will help in smash and grab crime situations.

If you have a retail storefront or restaurant, we have the perfect solution for you to consider!

Have we made ourselves, clear enough??
 

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Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota- Bradenton
877-575-3456

Multilayer Film Vs. Ceramic Film-Why Prestige Homes Choose Window Film USA

You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you cant fool all of the people all the time.

The window film industry is a complex world and contradictory positioning of product solutions can quite often leave a prospective client with a pounding headache.

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The following analysis is geared toward our more technically oriented prospective clients.

It assumes that your research and ultimate decision will be based on solid factual information as opposed to a brand belief in unrelated products like filters and sticky notes.

Rather than adding to a confusing scenario here are highlighted the key advantages to the ceramic technology compared to our competitor’s multi-layer optical films (MOF)

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1. The ceramic film color and hue is natural and neutral. The 3M prestige film has a blue shift that alters the light streaming through your windows. Simply tilt their sample cards at a slight angle and you will observe this blue shift. This color shift has a direct influence on the colors of your fabrics and furnishings. This is why a neutral color is preferred by interior designers who are acutely aware of these issues.

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2. The multilayer films also produce a rainbow effect on the glass at an angle, and the resulting light projected onto the floor and walls, carpets, etc. (in particular white colors or lighter beige walls or furnishings) has an oil slick iridescence appearance. This is readily observed. Our ceramic films do not produce this unintended effect since the light is not being filtered through the prismatic lens of the micro-layers.

3. The color or chemical composition of the ceramic films are stable and there are no dyes, contrary to false statements by some obviously ill trained or simply misinformed competition. The 3M film has dyes which will wear down during its life cycle.

The prestige competitor has modified their 70% VLT films with surface level coatings that do not have the durability of a ceramic film. In other words, the tint surface layer is removed quite easily.  This can have long term implications for clear areas of film directly adjacent to darker areas because of their inherent limited hard coat protection.

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3M Film top left pane. Huper Optik ceramic film on the balance of the panes. This is a typical appearance for 3M window film.

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4. We have previously highlighted the “incredible” in the dictionary sense, of statements promoting a superiority in  “on angle” performance. This purported advantage is not an accepted standard by the NFRC.  This is simply the natural outcome of wave and particle physics and EM (electro-magnetic) performance of glass at angle. The NFRC has certified Vista as well as the Huper Optik ceramic films.  This is the “level playing field”

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5. Infrared rejection is typically quoted as a “be all and end all” of spectrally selective window films.

I’ll admit that while I was hawking their prestige film, I sincerely believed that the film could eliminate 97% of the invisible, infrared spectrum. This seemed to be confirmed when the technical types produced a IR heat lamp and a BTU meter that amazingly reduced the “heat” beyond the capability of a silver reflective 20% film or a very dark 5% limo film.

What was not communicated was the fact that the “test” was rigged

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The film does perform effectively between 850-900 NM but the IR lamp coincidentally produced IR at that exact same narrow wavelength; thus producing this “magical” effect.

The IR wavelengths are much broader than this extremely narrow window. The actual IR rejection across the broader spectrum is quantifiable much less than the 97% figure they so frequently tout (the accurate IR rejection across the entire wavelength has not been published to date.)  (Note that anecdotal data indicates an 84% IR Rejection)

IR represents about 50% of what we experience as heat.

The ceramic films, like Huper Optik eliminate over 90% of the entire IR wavelength.

The visible portion of the sun’s energy requires a tint, or some chemistry (metals, dyes, pigments,nano dots)  to reduce the light. Thus a 30% ceramic film will reduce nearly 70% of the visible light while also factoring out the previously mentioned 90% plus of the IR.

So- -aside from the surface color on our competitor’s film, why wouldn’t they simply produce a 30% prestige like nano technology, multi-layered film to meet the rebate standard requirement of our local power companies?

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The solar absorption of a multi-layered optical film is quite dramatic. Those 200 nano-layers may be quite small but they produce the unintended consequence of a dramatic increase in heat on the glass surface. This means the glass with their film on it gets extremely hot.

This heat absorption can produce “thermal stress” on the glass unit.  The solar absorption rate of even their 40% film is borderline for IG units (restricted?)

6. Huper Optik ceramic films meet TECO rebate requirements where the 3M prestige film DOES NOT. The Huper Optik film earns $2.00 per square foot where the repackaged 3M ceramic films can not.

Let’s be blunt for the non window film educated consumer home depot shopping novice.

Electromagnetic energy from the sun can either be reflected, absorbed or transmitted. Obviously a low reflective ceramic film will reflect a small percentage of the EM as will the glass itself. Some energy will be transmitted (Total solar energy rejected) and some will be absorbed (glass/film surface gets hot) The key number to look for is the SHGC

Our Huper Optik Ceramic Films meet the SHGC threshold of the utilities for total heat rejected. That’s the bottom line!

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This is problematic and we will choose our words carefully. The multi-layered light has to pass through an adhesive layer. This is also the case with our Vista and Huper Optik Film. Obviously a clear distortion free adhesive is recommended. 

The various sample cards shown by our competitors does not include their adhesive layer.  The Huper Optik sample card does. You will also note that the Huper Optik sample includes the clear liner.

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The prestige sample card does not.

Aside from the black border framing their sample card that tends to trick the eye to see their film as lighter (candidly many film companies use this same effect!)

We will simply note that a comparison made between sample cards pressed against a window may be seriously flawed. A much better comparison would be for a mock up done, side by side comparison, on a window (your window?) Before you make a hazy choice- –

Call Advanced Film Solutions!

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We’ll take that challenge any day of the week!

Advanced Film Solutions believes we offer the superior value as well as the superior performance and price/solution equation.

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Toll Free: 877-575-4356
 

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