[A] Airplane Windshield (Perspex?) tint film

[Let'sgoflying!]

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Question:
If you have used a windshield tint film successfully or not, I'd like your input - please respond. Auto or aircraft.

 

[Gary Ward]

Many years ago I was using it on my cars and garage windows. Although I never used it on a windshield.
None of it lasted forever.
Not a fan of it today.
I do like factory tint.
My windscreen in the airplane is tinted green it looks?

 

[TCABM]

I’ve used film tint(s) on autos in the past. What’s the question?

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

i did not include the preface “[NA]” in the title because I am asking about using it on an airplane.
Sorry for the confusion.

I’ll make an addendum.

 

[iflyvfr]

Based on another poster's experience on this board, I went to Lowes and bought a roll of film and installed in on the rear windows of my 172G. They were tinted quite dark and I never had a problem flying in mostly day VFR. The glass was in excellent shape as I had replaced it with smoke tinted a few years prior, but once installed they may as well have been clear glass. Doing the rear window was the hardest because of the curves and my results were far from perfect, but they stayed on and I never had an issue with them coming unstuck. I would do it again and give serious consideration to doing the front sides as well.

 

[Gary Ward]

I can't imagine applying it to a aircraft windshield because of the complex curve of most.
Then removing it years later when it breaks down give me the willeys.

 

[iflyvfr]

I can't imagine applying it to a aircraft windshield because of the complex curve of most.
Then removing it years later when it breaks down give me the willeys.

Definitely not the windshield. When I sold my plane the tint was still in place, I don't know what happened after that.

 

[TCABM]

i did not include the preface “[NA]” in the title because I am asking about using it on an airplane.
Sorry for the confusion.

I’ll make an addendum.

No worries; when I’ve worked with film tint, flat surfaces return the best results. When you get to curves and/or compound curves, the film I’ve worked with just isn’t really suitable because you can’t just “heat shrink” it to the form you need. You end up slicing the film to get it to the right form.

That’s tedious enough in and of itself, but you usually end up doing this while the film and surface are still wet, so alignment goes out the window anytime then film moves.

The best analogy I could give is imagine trying to wallpaper the surface. If that wouldn’t he easy to do, neither would filming it.

 

[Lachlan]

Chuck LIndbergh laughs at your windscreen tint, and raises your challenge to periscope depth.

 

[Hang 4]

Use cling film, not automotive tint. I have it on my rear windows in my Cherokee. Works well and keeps heat down on hotter days. Would not use it on a window I need to see through (windscreen or front side windows).

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Looks like there is a thin tint film available for plexiglass (the auto is permanent, may damage the acrylic).
So far have not seem any amounts less than bulk.
Also, difficult to apply to a concave surface (interior of the windshield).