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Vinyl to stop window condensation?
Hello hope everyone had a good Christmas!
ive never heard of this vinyl or have any idea it even exists, but you can buy a vinyl for pretty much anything these days. from a google search ive found that replacing the glass with vinyl completely stops it.
my grandads coffee shop and the whole high-street suffers from condensation on there windows, so there’s a possibility of a lot of work.
just need to know does such a vinyl exist?
if where can i find it?thanks for any help.
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Condensation happens when moist air comes into contact with a cold surface allowing the water vapour to condense. The only way to prevent condensation is to either remove the moist air with a de-humidifier, or heat the cold surface (glass).
The only system I can think of that might describe what you found on google is a heating element of the type that used to be applied to car windows – this was a clear vinyl type of material with heating elements embedded. When a current is applied the elements heat the glass preventing it from misting up.
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Or similar to the ‘fog city’ inserts you can get for motorcycle helmets.
These stuck around the edges of the visor, and didn’t come into contact with the visor itself.
Phil’s right it’s all down to temperature.
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You can get an anti fog film for motor cycle visors, it doesn’t stop the fogging completely but reduces it a lot.
I guess the material encourages water to form into larger drops rather than as a thin film over the whole area.
I used to use a cloth with fairy liquid on and wipe it around the visor, this did a similar thing.
Also there are loads anti fog sprays available.
‘anti fog film’ in a google search brings up a lot of results.Steve
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Scuba Divers spit into their goggles then rinse in the water before putting the mask on. Something in the spittle stops the mask from misting up – so you could always try gobbing onto the coffee shop windows 😕
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Air temp and ventilation! A Positive input ventilation system will cure the problem they are around £350 and will do around a 2500 sq ft house
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I think Johnstone Window Films or LLumar do an anti condensation film 60 inches wide. Its very expensive but i have tested a sample on a bathroom mirror and it works great. Can’t remember who i got it from though… 😳
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Top House Wife Tip………
I Clean the bathroom mirror with a little washing up liquid, then buff clean/dry.
It stops the mirror from steaming up after all that action in the bath!!!!!
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Abode window films do an anti fog film, stops condensation on glass or mirrors when appllied but can work out to be expensive dependant upon quantity required
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quote Bob Scullion:Abode window films do an anti fog film, stops condensation on glass or mirrors when appllied but can work out to be expensive dependant upon quantity requiredSeems the Optimist film Adobe sold has now gone out of production. Only one I could now find is through a company called Vision Window Films who say their source is from Luxembourg somewhere.
http://www.visionwindowfilms.co.uk/anti-fog-window-film.aspxVery pricey at £65 a metre !!!
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