One-way vision or dusted glass: what do you want to keep visible?
Both families go on glass, but they do different work. One-way vision film is perforated with small holes: printed on the street side, it reads as a solid image from outside, while from inside you carry on seeing out. The gloss white film with a black back is the one that does that work, its dark backing carrying the contrast. It suits a shopfront or a showroom, anywhere you want to cover the glass without shutting in the people working behind it. Dusted glass vinyl reproduces the look of sandblasted glass: it does not stop the light, it diffuses it. It suits a meeting room that needs privacy, the lower part of a window or a glazed partition. One-way vision keeps the view, dusted glass interrupts it without darkening the room.
The eight films and their widths
Six one-way vision films and two dusted glass vinyls make up the range. The gloss white film with a black back comes in 300, 329 and 336 g/m²: the heavier the stock, the stiffer the film and the easier it is to handle without creases on a large pane. The permanent adhesive version is for a long-term installation; the clear film with removable adhesive answers the opposite case, a promotion taken down afterwards. The anti-graffiti one-way vision film, at 134 g/m², is the lightest of the six and is aimed at ground-floor windows. The dusted glass vinyl is a thin film, 80 microns at 80 g/m², offered in two widths. Depending on the film, the width is 1370, 1372 or 1520 mm: it sets the printable width in one piece, worth checking before you compose a wide visual.
Do you need a laminate?
Lamination is an option, in 1370 mm width, with eight finishing films: PVC-free gloss and matt, cast films, monomeric and polymeric. Gloss lifts the colours, matt removes reflections under direct lighting. The monomeric film is meant for flat surfaces; the polymeric and the cast film, being more flexible, follow a less regular surface.
Preparing your file
Enter the width and the height in millimetres, measured inside the frame; the price updates as you go, and a PDF template at those dimensions is there to download. Export a 300 DPI PDF in CMYK, with 2 mm bleed and a 4 mm safety margin, fonts outlined. On a one-way vision film, avoid fine text and very light flat areas: the perforation takes away part of the printed surface, so the visual looks lighter from the street than it does on screen. On dusted glass, a simple motif and solid letters stay more legible than a gradient. The films are printed at our workshop in Manciet, in the Gers.
