Ok here are pics of my Garage window film>

If you didn't read my last post about he Garage windows go here and read this first>
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5366

This is what I came up with.. I caved and went with the nice window film from Home Depot, it was a little salty almost $20 a roll and I got 3 rolls to start with, I still need 2 more to finish..

It is almost dark in these pics, helps to show how it will look when it is fully dark..

From the inside


from the outside (close up, about 1.5 feet away)


from far away


and the other side 1/2 done, I ran out of film and HD was closed..


When I am done I will have just over $100 in film, is it worth it? Well I spend 90% of my time in the garage after dark, and I dont care to have all the nosy neighbors lookin in on my next over obsessed car project! I already had them call the cops because they thought I had a meth lab going in my garage.. LOL

Looks good.

ThX!

So you're giving him more reasons to think it's a meth lab? I like it!

Seriously, that's a nice setup. I didn't realize it was that easy to make the windows look like that.

Looks great!

I used the Wal-mart reuseable Limo tint. It makes the room very dark and keeps the a/c usage down but looks ghetto.

After summer, I plan on rolling it off and reusing next summer.

RCG,

Your new window film really does look nice, but I'm simply "too tight" to drop $100+ just to 'film' my windows.

What I did was scabbed together a light frame with some firring strips that I can pop into/onto my inside window frame. It's held in place by two small 90* turn stop-sticks at both sides. I took my time to do a nice, wrinkle-free job of stapling some white/clear polyethylene sheeting onto it and then covered the staples with another firring strip. The sheeting allows a lot of natural light in from outside, but a passerby can't see detail through it into my garage; just like your film. When/if I want to wash or open the window I simply turn the two stop-sticks & pull the frame down and, vola...I have my clear glass window again. In fact, in one window I cut a flap in the polyethylene "film panel" to allow me to pull back the flap and look out (such as, to see who pulled in the driveway) then push the flap back into place and it's 'peer-proof' again.

Agreed, it's not as professional-looking as your method, but it works for me and I've still got beer money left!

RW