blacksporty
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Painted mine black
Garage door window privacy
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Dustball
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Clopay GD2SU with the obscured insulated glass option.
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I'll probably do frosted film on my next doors. Have had window tint film (5%) for the past 20 years and it's worked well. Tinted some of my neighbor's windows, too. Good anti crime tool, really. And still lets light in.
Brian_WK
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We just did white 6 mill plastic with 4 rare earth magnets hot glued in the corners let's light in. Can't see in and move out if the way if you want to see out. Obviously only works on steel doors unless you attach something to the aluminum / insulation door.
Brian
Brian
4xdog
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This is what I'm going to do as the restoration of the six-light double-hung wooden sash windows (three of 'em) in my garage get completed. A lot easier than cutting thirty six small pieces of film.
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I just used the frosted spray in a can. It's far easier than cutting film. Just clean the windows cut a window the size of your door window out of a piece of cardboard to make a movable mask, and spray. Two coats a few mins apart and the whole door was done in less than 15 mins. If you don't like it, it scrapes off. I couldn't even see any overspray. If you scratch it, just respray the scratch. Fills in nicely. Now nobody can see in and it still lets a lot of light in.
e015475
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I made overlay panels from opaque acrylic sheet I bought from a local plastic sheet supplier and cut on a table saw. The doors to my shop are 8' french doors with clear glass to the outside and the acrylic overlay on the inside - I had curtains and mini-blinds and I like the overlay best. Here's what it looks like at night-
View media item 53666Has the additional benefit of having saved me a couple of times from breaking the glass in the door. They're held in with some screws driven into the plastic window molding. Have to take them down every 4-5 years to clean out the bugs and dust
View media item 53666Has the additional benefit of having saved me a couple of times from breaking the glass in the door. They're held in with some screws driven into the plastic window molding. Have to take them down every 4-5 years to clean out the bugs and dust
vettex2
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I got mine at Home Depot
chamoisfive
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I have a nosy nieghbour that love to snoop & tell what he sees. . . . . . When I'm pottering around in the evening i prefer not to have the two-level houses nearby peering in. My business is my business, just that and I value my privacy
The Gila film at Home Depot is what I used on our bathroom window that is shin high, faces the street, and clear as day 
even with blinds you could get a show from the street
its just like working with window tint so it can be frustrating depending on how much you have worked with tint
tried a cheaper film before that and it bubbled and peeled and acted just like a cheap walmart window film would
even with blinds you could get a show from the street its just like working with window tint so it can be frustrating depending on how much you have worked with tint
tried a cheaper film before that and it bubbled and peeled and acted just like a cheap walmart window film would
kaymccampbell
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Prevents "shopping" by pervy, thieving neighbor.
vtwinjunkie
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mirror tint would work....can you install blinds of some sort?
toolmiser
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I myself have had "neighbors" tell me that they were over, and looked in the garage window and saw the vehicle was gone. I think from a security point that makes it real bad, I know people could look in from one of the sidewall windows, but they are a little higher, and you would have to be more deliberate. A glass person told me to be careful about putting tints on the inside of "thermopane" windows, as it could heat up the inside of the two panes of glass and cause the seal to break.