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Permanent window paint for both commercial and residential uses

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Permanent window paint for both commercial and residential uses

Permanent window paint for both commercial and residential uses

Windows play an important role in the design of interior spaces, but not all windows are created equal. Ideally, a window offers a beautiful view, transmits a lot of visible light and generally improves the look and feel of the interior space. The reality is that some windows are badly placed, don’t transmit much visible light or offer a less than stellar view. Permanent window paint can help remedy defective windows in both commercial and residential settings.

Permanent window paint in the urban setting

Buildings go up in urban settings all the time. That makes urban construction denser. It also impacts the benefits of windows. Side windows that once offered a pleasant view of the street may be hopelessly blocked by a brand new building. Storefront windows may never get much direct light exposure. That reduces the amount of natural light that can penetrate a space. The nature of the business might also impact the desirability of a direct view into a building. In all of these cases, permanent window paint can help transform the utility of windows.

Permanent window paint applied to a commercial store front can open up new advertising and branding options. It can also eliminate the need for window displays, or generate additional privacy for the building occupants. That might be desirable in a restaurant space, or a space that offers personal services – like a salon, fitness center or a clinic.

Permanent window paint is easy to apply, and will not chip, fade or peel. If you use glass paint, which is designed to bond directly to the glass surface, the paint will perform flawlessly for years. Glass paint works well in challenging environments – those that have strong variations in temperature or humidity. Unlike ordinary paints, the changing environmental conditions won’t cause the paint to delaminate.

Glassprimer™ glass paint is also UV resistant, which means that the paint colors will stay bright and beautiful, even in direct sunlight.

If you’d like more information about Glassprimer™ glass paint, or how to use permanent window paint, please visit the rest of our site.

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Permanent window paint for commercial and residential applications

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Permanent window paint for commercial and residential applications

Permanent window paint for commercial and residential applications

Glass and painted glass are emerging as decorating trends. Beyond trendiness, however, painted glass can be a real solution for light control, privacy and energy efficiency. Permanent window paint, like Glassprimer™ glass paint, can play an important role in all of these applications, all while looking great!

GlassPrimer™ makes permanent window paint

If you intend to paint glass, you want to use the right paint for your application. Whether you’re painting glass in a commercial space, or windows in your own home, you want to make sure that the paint looks good both now and in the future.

Using a specially engineered glass paint will produce the best results. Ordinary paints require a porous surface to cure properly. As you can see, glass isn’t a porous surface! Ordinary paint will dry onto the surface of the glass, but everyday “insults” like sunshine, humidity and mechanical contact will change the way the paint looks and performs.

Humidity can reconstitute the dried paint! Your previously dry paint can turn into a soft, sticky mess quickly when the moisture content in the air rises. Sunlight can cause paint to fade, crack and peel, leaving your glass paint project looking more than a little rough around the edges. Even mechanical contact against a painted glass surface can cause the glass to chip. Your good looking glass paint will not look so good once the paint begins to chip off.

GlassPrimer™ avoids these problems

To avoid these problems, Glassprimer™ glass paint has been specially engineered to bond permanently to the surface of the glass. By changing the surface of the glass itself, Glassprimer™ glass paint can bond to the surface, while providing a look that’s guaranteed to last for 10 years! That means you can be sure that sunlight, humidity and normal “wear and tear” won’t harm your beautiful painted glass.

Glassprimer™ glass paint is rugged enough to be used in commercial environments for signage, decoration, light control and privacy. In addition, Glassprimer™ glass paint can be tinted to match the paint palette of any major paint manufacturer. That means you can put your desired shade of latex paint on the walls and trim in your space, and perfectly matching Glassprimer™ glass paint on glass and other non-porous surfaces.

If you’d like more information about Glassprimer™ glass paint or you’d like to place an order, please visit the rest of our site.

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Permanent window paint and the effect of value

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Permanent window paint and the effect of value

Permanent window paint and the effect of value

In the last post, we looked at hue, the first of the chromatic properties that’s used to describe color. Hue is the correct term for color, so when you name a color, you’re actually referring to hue. The second chromatic property we’ll look at is value. Value comes into play when you’re choosing permanent window paint because it describes the “lightness” or “darkness” of a color.

Another word for value is “tone.” Value is independent of hue. You can best understand value by thinking of a color photograph whose color has been removed. The picture effectively becomes a black-and-white photo. You can still see the image and depth, but the color has been replaced by “grayscale.” Various values of gray help determine the contrast between objects in the image.

Permanent window paint can be a brilliant solution

Value is important because variations in value can create depth. If you intend to undertake a permanent window paint project, using colors with various values can create a beautiful, eye-catching look.

Any paint project can be transformed by using paints with various values. Whether you’re painting a wall or painting on glass, the value is what gives the paint its contrast. If you choose two or more colors that have the same or similar value, your finished project will have a “flat” look. The similarity in the value of your colors means that your colors have different hues, but they don’t contrast very much. If you work with colors with visibly different values, your finished project will have significant depth. The colors will “pop” off the surface of your project.

In a permanent window paint project, depth can really add something unique. If you’re working with a paint palette that includes a variety of colors, keep “value” in mind when you’re choosing your paint colors. A palette that has a range of values will be vibrant and pleasing to the eye. A palette whose values are all similar will produce a flat – and perhaps uninteresting – look.

In the next post, we’ll look at the third chromatic property – chroma – and how that rounds out the description of color. In the meantime, if you’re looking for permanent window paint, please visit the rest of our site at http://www.glasspaint.com.

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