We just moved into a new house with lots of windows. The front door (shown) was an issue for glare watching tv and the house is all LED lights so basically at night with any lights on it’s like you could land an airplane in the living room – and probably see what we are watching on tv from space. So getting some privacy filters that didn’t destroy the look of the room was priority!
My fiancé suggested curtains for the doors but i was opposed. I’ve used window contact paper before for privacy in our old home. It was a pain (which is why he didn’t want me bothering.) It took forever for me to install. I could not get corners down, air bubbles, left residue when moved, etc. NONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS with this product!!!!
Because it’s truly attaching by static cling, you can realign several times without losing the adhesive ability of the cling. This means you can rotate to get better angles, lift up areas where an air bubble has occurred and reapply it, etc.
The thing I found difficult with installation was sizing the cling. I don’t know if this was all user error, but I just could not get a straight line. I used a ruler, I use a permanent marker (use only on the non textured sized which has the plastic you will pull off.)
I have one of those cutting things (name of it escapes me but I usually use it to cut down cardstock) and finally used that to try to get some straighter edges and it was a success!! Unfortunately the one I was able to locate in the move the only cuts up to 11 in width so I have to precut before which results in a lot of waste. I did try using a utility knife to cut once in the window but the cling slid. I think the textured aspect made more difficult too.
The ones I applied in the kitchen are appearing to come off and roll at the corners, but it’s like 100° and pure humidity outside and I’m thinking that applying them with that weather on the other side of the door may be affecting its ability to stick.
With 1 roll I was able to do the bottom half of the bathroom window, the 6 small front door squares and the bottom of the living room side door. I didn’t order a new roll for the kitchen. I may also end up fixing some of the others that were more uneven depending on how much is left. Again, I’m having cutting issues so it’s been a bit wasteful. At the price I have no problem spending the money for 2 but I’d just rather not have to purchase a third! When I purchase more, I’d like to be trying a new design…
Lastly the light diffusion and privacy – why I bought these. 1. Look: they are beautiful when the light is on them. Inside, outside, they have a gorgeous sparkle and refract little rainbows. It’s very pretty, particularly in the sun. Inside when in direct sun they can create rainbow lights on floors/furniture in the house. I’m fine with this, but did try to clean up what I assumed was juice on my new white carpet. It was a small pink light. Also, some dogs are super uncool with this. 2. Privacy: They absolutely obscure the vision of anyone trying to look through either side of the cling. Because my lines were perfect there are small areas where someone could see in around the cling, but you’d basically have to have your face next to the window. You can still see if we have lights on in the house, but you can’t tell at all what is going on in there. Personally – didn’t consider this with the front door, which doesn’t have a peep hole. For now I have to pull curtains aside to see whose there (usually amazon delivery) 3) Light: it does block a decent amount of direct light coming front the windows. As mentioned in #1 however, it does cast refracted light into the house. For us, this is still better than before because the light is not directly hitting anyone’s eyes as they look at the tv, or the tv screen directly. The film definitely breaks down enough of the light to generally take care of the “sun is coming from everywhere in here, I can’t see, trip face first into box” Issues. It still lets a good amount of light in, and because it’s not solid white, it just feels like a textured glass, not like the windows have been removed.
As you can see, I’m pretty thrilled. I would buy again, and I have recommended to friends!
(Attaches pictures are front door day and night, pls forgive any boxes. Literally moved last week. If I Think abt it I’ll try to take a picture of the door from the outside.)
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