Clear tint – what exactly does it offer?

For most people, choosing to tint windows is a decision that is purely motivated by aesthetic reasons. Adding a thin layer of removable, colored film on the windows of your car, house or office is done mainly to keep the glare of sunlight out, provide additional privacy and to enhance the indoor ambience with color. Perhaps that is why users are usually unable to comprehend the very point of clear tint films. After all, if it’s not colored, what purpose will it serve? This article will give answers to all your questions about clear tint, giving you a clear idea of all the benefits it offers in different usage settings:

What are clear tint films?

Clear films are colorless, low reflectivity films manufactured using Nano-ceramic technology to allow users to naturally view through the glass it is installed on while providing them with all the benefits one can derive from window tinting solutions. Clear tint is generally used as an added protective layer on car windshields (owing to their colorless transparency) and other auto glass surfaces, however, these days it is also becoming a popular choice for residential and commercial buildings well, where the owner wishes to preserve the view they have from their glass windows.

What benefits does clear tint offer?

UV protection: Clear Tint Film can block up to 99% UVA and UVB rays that may enter your car/building’s interiors though its windows. These harmful sunrays are known to cause skin diseases like cancer, and are the reason why most sun-exposed surfaces like the sofa near the window or your car’s dash/upholstery tends to fade over time. Protection against these rays is a major benefit for any car/home owner.

Heat Rejection: Most people decide to tint their windows to prevent excess heat from entering their cars. But in the absence of clear tint covering, you will be leaving the biggest entryway for sun-heat exposed and uncovered – your windshield. Colored window tints cannot be used to provide heat reduction on windshields for obvious reasons. In such scenarios, clear tint emerges as the savior, providing 96% heat rejection without compromising on visibility.

Energy Efficiency: Homes and offices find clear tint to be an amazing accessory, simply because it helps in enhancing the energy efficiency of these structures. With its superior heat reduction capabilities, it is able to bring down the ambient temperatures inside a building without hampering light transmission. Users, therefore, enjoy cooler and brighter interiors all through the day, thereby reducing dependence on air cooling and artificial lighting.

Additional safety: Windows tend to be a safety hazard. After all, it doesn’t take much to shatter a glass pane into hundreds of pointed shards that can really harm any person standing nearby. Clear tint, just like any other window film, can improve the structural integrity of glass thereby preventing it from shattering in case of an impact.

Clear View: With all the above features and benefits, clear tint offers an ultra-clear, natural view as you would expect to see through a window pane without tinting. Clear tint is perfect for installation on windows where it is necessary to preserve vision quality like the windshield of a car.

There you go! Hope the information in this article has helped in answering your questions about clear tint.

Ramon Paneda is the sales and marketing manager of L.A. Window Films Philippines. Founded in 2003, L.A. Window Films Philippines is a leading provider and installer of window films in the Philippines