Today it’s a luxury to get into your car and not have sweat rolling down your back from the heat penetrating through the windows and heating up the inside of your vehicle. Most vehicles, homes and businesses have tinted windows, but it wasn’t always this way.
Clear glass was first used by the Romans for architectural windows in 100 A.D. The windows were typically draped with a cloth to prevent heat from getting inside, but this defeated the window’s original purpose. Over time the transparency improved in glassmaking. The Venetians designed “sheet glass” around the twelfth century and then glazed windows. These were typically found in churches, and were highly expensive for commoners.
Next, mirrored glass coatings were designed for decoration. Irving W. Colburn was responsible for patenting sheet glass and making it possible to manufacture large quantities with the help of machinery. Around World War II the most popular window tinting manufacturers were EZ Eye factory tint. You can find the sleek 1940 Mercury Romango from Detroit and the 1958 Chevy Impala carefully designed with window film adding a sense of luxury and mystery.
Before window film was invented some people were getting their windows tinted at factories, while others tried to apply their own version of window film with a spray-on tinting. You can imagine how difficult it must have been to administer spray to windows at home; most turned out uneven, dark and messy.
Window film has been around for a little over a century and was first invented in 1966 by the company 3M after receiving their first window film patent. 3M offered protection against bombs and flying glass through the attachment systems by anchoring the film to the glass. Their window film also offered protection from sunlight and deterred theft. 3M continues to pave the way in window film technology; since then they have designed and manufactured their own polyesters and adhesives.
In the early nineties a new wave of window film emerged and was assembled with metal fused dye. The dye was integrated to reduce the amount of heat reflected from the sun.
Today Brian Schauder is the proud owner of Solar Solutions and has been specializing in tinting windows in Brevard County and St. Lucie County since 1994. We offer automotive, residential and commercial tinting in Vero Beach and surrounding cities. If you want a professional, precise and affordable window tinting, Solar Solutions is the place to go. For more information about our services, please call us today at 772-633-6795 and we will be happy to assist you.