No, it will give great privacy during the day. When you turn your interior lights on at night, you lose privacy from the exterior of the home. If you would like to have complete privacy day and night, your best option is a frosted film. However, frosted films will prevent you from seeing through your window to the outside. The third option combines using window film for daytime privacy and window coverings at night.

They’re all great for homes in the Pacific Northwest. The dual reflective films are great if you have a home with a green belt, forest views, or landscape views, while the V series is very good if you have water or sky views. When you’re looking at the harmony series, the 31, 41, and 51 have more earth tones. Those are great if you have a house out in the woods with a lot of greens and browns. They really make everything pop vibrantly. The 40% window tint is great for a high end apartment in Portland with a sky view, overlooking everything. It’s a great choice for an aerial view because it has a very neutral color.

It comes down to what your needs are. Many customers want privacy, but a lot of homes on the coast are west-facing, so glare-reduction is an important need. Dual reflective film is a great choice for the west side of the home, with a Spectra’s selective or a neutral film on the north or the east side. This allows them to still protect the home, but let light in.

Lumar and Vista use CDF adhesives. When installed and maintained correctly, your home can enjoy the film for more than 30 years.  

No, it will not. It will give you excellent protection for your personal belongings, as it slows down the fading process. Sun damage will become less noticeable, but nothing will eliminate fading a hundred percent.

If you put any residential window film on windows, it will void the window manufacturer’s warranty. Even if you hang window shades closer than four inches or the wrong type of window shades in your home, it can void your window warranty. As long as you have an existing window warranty in place, you will get a three-year seal failure and a five-year glass breakage warranty from the date of install of the window film. This will pay up to $475 for replacement and put the new film on the window. There is also a Vista gold warranty that you can purchase for an additional 40 cents a square foot. If you have a lifetime warranty that you want to maintain, this will duplicate your existing window warranty before the film is installed.

You’d want to contact Ultimate Film Pros directly; we’d be your first point of contact. We try to resolve anything you need, warranty or concerns. If, for some reason, we were unavailable, you still have the manufacturer warranty. You can contact Lumar, Vista or any of the other manufacturers that we use on your project to get warranty service directly through them.

We leave care instructions, letting you know what to expect and how to clean the windows. You will know what to expect from the drying process, then how you should care for the windows afterward. You will also receive a filled out warranty form and an email of the paid invoice.

On average, not counting ladder work, it takes about 20-35 minutes per pane to install the tint, depending on the type of window. For example, a 3,000 square foot home, two levels will take one to two days.

When picking out the shade, it’s all about what your needs are. Are you looking for heat reduction? Do you need privacy? Do you need glare reduction, fade reduction, etc? From there, once you’ve determined your needs, you can choose the best film type for you. Then, you can pick the shade of the film to determine how much light you want to let into your house.