Stop the peak - garage door windows

[JamieK]

As a previous post mentions, you can get window frosting paint in a spray can from places like Hobby Lobby. I used it in a window in my Mom's front door. It worked great and seemed to be permanent - at least until I scraped it off a few years later to replace it with a stained glass panel I made. You can start with a light coat and, if you want it more opaque, just spray additional coats.

Where abouts in the hobby store do I look for this at? We have a Michaels near by, but not with very good service.

 

[61scout80]

Where abouts in the hobby store do I look for this at? We have a Michaels near by, but not with very good service.

I found it at ace hardware.

 

[viper522]

Ok my problem has been solved! I found some 'transparent clear' contact paper at Walmart for under $6 (24ft roll). When pressed against something, the material is clear. However, the texture is rough enough that you cannot see anything beyond that distance. And it still lets all the daylight in. So for instance, even with all the garage lights on and looking in from the outside at night, you can't tell there's a big red SUV parked in the garage. It just looks like a grey blob. At night the windows just look frosted white from both inside and outside. The mirrored look is only during the daytime.

Inside looking out

You can almost make out two palm tree trunks

Outside attempting to look in on a bright day, you see the palms behind you

 

[jmh21586]

Don't they make one way film?? Like the old highway patrol glasses?? See out but you can't see in??

 

[usmc_noma]

viper...what area in walmart did you find the contact paper?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Do you have a picture of what the doors look like overall?

 

[Fhunter1]

Viper, Can you share the brand and color you used?

Thanks

 

[viper522]

Here is the brand I used "Con-Tact" and I think this was the actual product. I still have a bunch left so I'll confirm later when I'm home. It was $5.62 at Wal-Mart in South Florida.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NPDFEY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[viper522]

Do you have a picture of what the doors look like overall?

I'll take a picture and post it up.

 

[adam728]

I too used the Gila films frosted stuff. It was easy to cut and apply, WAY easier than trying to tint car windows anyway. Lets in a lot of light, but try and you may you can't see diddly inside. I even have tried looking in at night with all the lights in the garage on, it's just a total blurr through the tint.

 

[viper522]

Ok here is the product:

Yes, I dug that out of the trash just for you all.

@ NUTTSGT: The last picture of post #43 is what it looks like from the outside on a sunny day. From further away there's just a little reflection and you can't tell there's any sort of film on the window - just looks like glass.

This is what it looks like tonight from the outside with two 4' T12 and two 4' T8 fixtures on inside the garage.

And if you want to come in for a closer look