Ensuring Home Privacy: The Importance of One-Way Window Films

What are window films?

Window films are designed to add a range of functional benefits to glass surfaces. These are thin, transparent, or tinted sheets made from polyester and vinyl polymers that serve a variety of purposes.  They enhance and alter the aesthetics from the outside while addressing heat transfer, security and most importantly privacy on the inside.

What are types of window film?

Window films are versatile and cutting-edge solution that are categorized into the following types based on the specific functional benefits they offer:

• Decorative Window films - Decorative films are used to enhance the aesthetic appeal of boring window panels. They offer a vibrant pattern, texture and colour to residential and commercial glass doors and windows. These films allow cost effective customization to suit different preferences and style.

• Security Window Films – Security films are specialized films that offer shatter resistance in case of impact on glass panels. They hold the shattered glass together in case of accidents or break-in attempts and mitigate the risk of injury and damage from glass shards.

• UV Films – UV protection films or UV blocking films filter out up to 99% of harmful ultraviolet rays coming in through your windows in form of natural light. They protect occupants from UV radiation indoors, a leading cause of skin cancer and premature ageing and prevents fading and rapid deterioration of interiors from extended exposure.

• Privacy Window Films – Privacy window films are the modern solution for addressing privacy concerns among commercial as well as residential property holders. They create a visually obscured surface on the glass, making it difficult to see inside from outside. They are highly useful in maintaining privacy and often come in various designs, patterns, and textures to compliment different aesthetic preferences.

What Is One Way Window Film?

One-way window films are a type of privacy film that are engineered to create a reflective surface on window panels from outside. They provide privacy during the day without compromising on visibility from the inside. These films have shiny metallic surface to reflect day light and enhance privacy.

How it works?

One-way window films are also known as mirror window films as they create one-way mirror effect on glass during daytime. These films have a reflective coating or thin layer of reflective material such as metallized particles or metal in between the top and bottom layer of the film.   When applied to a window panel, the films reflect more light than they allow to pass through to create a mirrored effect on one side.

However, it is important to note that in order to function effectively one way mirror films need ample amount of sunlight. The stronger the daylight the better the mirror effect.

Do one-way window films offer privacy at night?

One way window films or mirror films are excellent for daytime privacy but do not offer privacy at night when its darker outside compared to well lit indoors.  The one-way effect diminishes, and privacy can be compromised. 

To increase privacy indoors at night one must consider adding alternative solutions, such as conventional curtains and blinds.

How to install privacy window films?

Privacy window films can be installed on either side of the glass panel and is usually done with the help of a professional.

What Cosmo Sunshield offers?

Cosmo Sunshield is the new cutting edge, innovative and versatile window film solution that enhances privacy, increases safety, and adds a touch of elegance to all glass panels. It allows higher Window to Wall ratio, along with multiple benefits and lets you utilize maximum natural light, without having to think about increased energy consumption.  These window films are scratch resistant and can cut down UV rays by more than 99%.

Cosmo Sunshield is suitable for all weathers and can be applied on all types of flat glass used in façade, partitions & walls, doors, windows, and railings.