Services
What window film can do
Six services, each explained in plain terms, with a documented project for each. Every one starts with the glass you have: the film is matched to the glass type and the direction it faces, with the manufacturer’s written approval when it is required.
Forced entry
Safety and security film
Holds broken glass together and, when attached to the frame, keeps it in the opening longer, which can delay forced entry. Used on school entrances, storefronts, offices and public buildings.
No film makes glass impossible to break through. The result depends on the glass, the framing and the attachment, not on film thickness alone.
Also: School safety · Storefront security film systems · Video gaming locations · Anti-graffiti film, a replaceable layer that takes scratches and etching so the glass does not have to.
Nine school district buildings, 1,205 panels. Solar Gard Armorcoat 8 mil clear on about 9,000 square feet of exterior glass, with a DOWSIL 995 structural silicone attachment on every panel. Our crews did all of the work during summer breaks. Read the School District case study
Heat and glare
Solar control film
Reduces solar heat, glare and UV through your existing glass, with the film matched to the glass type and the direction it faces.
Not every film suits every glass: we check the glazing, the sun exposure, the appearance you want and how the glass can be reached before recommending one.
AIT Logistics, Palatine, 2024. Limited access to the north glass from inside called for Solar Gard Sentinel Plus DX 15 applied to the outside; the west glass received Panorama Slate 10 on the inside. Before installation we put a film mockup on the building’s glass so the appearance could be judged in place. Read the AIT Logistics case study
Privacy
Privacy film
Frosted, gradient and reflective privacy films for offices, conference rooms and partitions. Frosted and gradient films keep their privacy day and night.
How much it conceals depends on the film and its coverage. After dark, the lighting on each side of the glass matters too.
Also: Casper cloaking film, which hides screen content behind glass walls while the glass stays clear.
City of Naperville Municipal Center, 2024. Frosted privacy film on the inside face of 16 door and sidelight panels, so the city’s logos on the corridor face stayed in place. Read the Naperville case study
Bird collisions
Bird strike film
Patterned film that makes glass visible to birds, to reduce collisions on glass-heavy buildings.
For new construction, we install the film to the project’s specifications; on existing buildings, we evaluate the affected glass and recommend a pattern.
Red Apple School, Racine, Wisconsin, 2026. Solar Gard WingSafe Black Dot, specified by the project’s architects, on the top four rows of the new school’s curved glass wall: 204 panels and about 1,895 square feet, from an 85-foot boom lift. Read the Red Apple School case study
Summer heat, winter heat loss
All Season Low-E window film
Rejects solar heat in summer and reflects room heat back inside in winter, on existing glass without replacing windows.
Which Low-E film is right for your building, and when it is not the answer: the Low-E page explains both.
Clear Channel Outdoor, Chicago. Low-E film on single-pane office glass. Read the Clear Channel case study
Appearance and branding
Decorative film
Logos, branding, patterns and etched-glass looks on existing partitions, entries and storefronts, and removable when the space changes.
Frosted, patterned, gradient and custom logo films, and why film instead of etched or sandblasted glass.
Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin. More than 80 separate privacy and decorative film installations, requested one area at a time. Read the Advocate Sherman case study
