Plastic windows will serve effectively and for a long time if the necessary care rules are followed during their operation. This will provide an opportunity not only to ensure their durability, but also to have reliable protection against wind, cold, dust, moisture and noise, while maintaining their aesthetics.
Protective film on plastic windows is an integral part of activities to ensure their quality and excellent appearance. It belongs to complex high-tech products, performing various functions.
Types of protective films
Films are divided into several types depending on the purpose. Each of them is made on special equipment from high quality materials. The technology of their production is a process consisting of several stages, since the films have a multilayer structure, and each type of them differs in the special chemical composition of its layers.
The protective film on the windows, which is applied to the finished window products, protects them from damage during transportation and installation. After installing the windows, you need to remove it.
In addition to this type of film, there are those that are subsequently glued to the glass of plastic windows. They protect them from mechanical damage and wind gusts, a double-glazed window acquires safety and impact resistance, and also significantly reduces heat loss through the glass.
Another type of film makes it possible to regulate infrared and ultraviolet radiation, as well as the degree of visible light penetrating through the glazing.
There is also such a type as a protective film on the windows, characterized by high fire resistance. It prevents the spread of fire and forms safe areas in the room.
Timely removal of the protective film after installing the window
After the plastic window is installed, a number of measures should be taken to ensure its effective operation. This primarily relates to the removal of the protective film covering the entire structure.
To facilitate this task, the manufacturer usually places instructions on the film itself, which details how to remove the protective film from plastic windows. As a rule, this is done immediately after the installation of the window. Moreover, they remove it from glasses, plastic frames, window sashes, slopes, window sills and low tides.
If you tighten the removal of the film, then in the future this will cause additional difficulties. This is due to the fact that the glue with which the film is attached to the window can penetrate deep into the plastic, and getting rid of it using ordinary detergents will not be easy. It is the untimely removal of the protective film that contributes to the rumors about the so-called “dirty PVC profile”.
How to remove the protective film yourself?
Those who do not dare to carry out this procedure on their own can contact a cleaning company that provides these types of services. If you want to do this yourself, but are in doubt about how to remove the protective film from the plastic windows, a simple guide will help you.
To remove the film you will need:
- wallpaper knife;
- scraper for stripping glass-ceramic plates;
- building hair dryer.
Cut the film with a blade at a shallow angle of 45 ° and, pulling the edge, begin to separate from the surface. If it cannot be removed or torn in small pieces, then use a construction hairdryer, slightly softening it. The protective film on the windows will come off much easier when it is hooked over the edge with a scraper. In this case, the probability of damage to the plastic is minimized, and the whole process is much faster.
An effective method of cleaning glue from a plastic window
So, you figured out how to remove the protective film from the windows, and successfully completed this stage. Now it remains to remove the remnants of the adhesive from them.
To do this, you can use a cloth (microfiber) soaked in soapy water. Flushing is carried out carefully in several steps to preserve the outer coating of window plastic. If the soap solution does not wash off the adhesive well, then more effective products can be used - a light solvent or a special cleaning spray for Cosmofen plastic windows.
Special protective films - thermal protection
To provide additional comfort for your home, special films can be glued onto plastic windows. They combine various consumer characteristics and ease of use. A protective film on windows of this kind, on the one hand, reliably protects the glass from scratches, and on the other, it strengthens it well, reducing the risk of injuries from flying fragments when the glass is damaged. In addition, such films significantly reduce heat loss through the window.
As a rule, these include colorless reflective polyurethane or polystyrene films, or products consisting of a lavsan metallized base coated with a layer of colorless polymers. Metal spraying (bronze or silver) applied to the base of such a film creates a surface that is able to reflect thermal radiation directly into the room.
Films of this kind (reflective) are not only colorless, but also tinted. In this case, a protective coating is applied to the film after its base is painted.
Special Screen Protectors - Dimming
To regulate the amount of sunlight penetrating the premises through the windows, a special tinted protective film on the windows from the sun is used.
This applies to infrared and ultraviolet radiation, as well as visible sunlight. Getting into the premises through windows, such radiation contributes to the fading of interior items and wallpaper, as well as its heating in the summer.
Tinted films of this type, including mirrored ones, effectively absorb solar energy, protecting from the sun. They prevent burnout of objects in the interior, and also create additional comfort and the desired microclimate of the room.