Sun Control Window Films - Residential

Clearly superior window films for clearly superior homes

We understand you cherish the views and natural light that your windows let into your home, but it can come at a price. Strong sunlight contains harmful UV rays, creates excessive heat and fades valuable furnishings; 3M™ Sun Control Window Films allow you to let the light in and keep the heat and damage out.

Applying 3M™ Window Film also adds a valuable layer of protection to your home during extreme weather conditions or in the event of a break-in, as windows can be the most vulnerable points in your home. 3M™ Window films add another barrier ensuring potential danger from broken glass is minimised and impedes quick entry through apertures.

Discover how 3M™ Window Films can improve the safety and comfort of your home - without changing its appearance.

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Make 3M™ Sun Control Window Films work for you

An abundance of natural light is a great way to conserve energy, but sunlight can also create excessive heat, resulting in hot spots, faded valuable furnishings, and computer screen glare. Whether your buildings are high-rise or low-rise, 3M™ Sun Control Window Films can help you control energy costs and provide tenants with a more comfortable environment.

3M™ Sun Control Window Films

  • Reduce cooling costs by up to 89% and save energy.
  • Block up to 99% of harmful UV rays to reduce fading of furnishings and carpets.
  • Add comfort and maintain temperature consistency from one room to another.
  • Improve television and computer screen viewing by reducing glare.

    • Prestige Series

  • The ultimate in clear film high technology, with outstanding heat rejection qualities.
  • Designed not to change the appearance of your home.
  • Available in clear to lightly tinted finishes and allows up to 70% of the visible light through your windows.
  • Rejects up to 60% of the heat coming through your windows.
  • Reflectivity that's actually lower than glass

    • Ceramic Series

    • Nano-ceramic technology combines excellent heat rejection with amazing clarity.
    • Allows up to 50% of the visible light through your windows.
    • Rejects up to 59% of the heat coming through your windows.
    • Moderately tinted, providing additional glare reduction with minimal change to the appearance of your home.

    Night Vision Series

    • Dual reflective technology provides daytime privacy, while allowing easier viewing outside at night.
    • Allows up to 35% of the visible light through your windows.
    • Rejects up to 71% of the heat coming through your windows.
    • Additional tint provides excellent heat rejection and offers the best glare reduction.

    Silver 15

    • An excellent solution to reduce solar heat gain by 81%, keeping you cooler in the summer months.
    • Reduces air conditioning costs.
    • Reduces glare and disconfort.
    • Helps preserve the appearance of furniture and fabrics by reducing UV rays by 99%..
    • Abrasion resistant surface to maintain a great appearance for longer.

    3M Safety & Security Window Films


    3M™ Safety and Security Window Films can transform your windows from the weakest link to a source of strength, helping to protect your home and your family from the effects of extreme weather and break-ins.
    Our Safety and Security Window Films are designed to help hold the glass fragments together, reducing potential injury from flying glass during severe weather. In doing so, 3M™ Safety and Security Window Films additionally create a stronger barrier and impede quick entry through windows and glass doors.
    3M™ Safety and Security Window Films are available in clear, safety-only versions, or as a combination film with both sun control and safety features.

    • Crime prevention: impedes quick entry through windows and glass doors.
    • Severe weather and accident protection that helps hold panes in place to minimize flying glass due to violent weather or accidents.
    • Available in clear safety film or with a tinted sun control option.

    Ultra Prestige Series

  • • The ultimate in high technology, offering 28 micro-layers of strong, tear-resistant ultra safety film with the added advantage of Prestige Series sun control films.
  • Designed not to change the appearance of your home, allowing up to 70% of the visible light through your windows.
  • Holds glass together in the event of a break-in or severe weather.
  • Rejects up to 60% of the heat coming through your windows and reduces hot spots by rejecting up to 97% of the sun's infrared rays.

    • Ultra Series

  • Ultra technology offers up to 42 micro-layers of strong, tear-resistant safety film.
  • Superior performance over standard polyester films in blast and impact events.
  • Available in clear safety film finish or with a tinted sun control option.

    • Safety Series

    • 7 and 8 mil polyester films offering basic essential protection.
    • Paired with a special thicker adhesive to help hold broken glass together.
    • Available in clear safety film finish or with a tinted sun control option.

    3M Automotive Films

    A window tint that looks hot, and feels cool

    Providing quality protection since 1966, 3M™ have over 40 years of experience in automotive window tints. Our technologically innovative products improve comfort and increase the lifespan of car interiors, whether you're looking for breakthrough heat-rejection technology in a clear film, or simply to minimize the harmful effects of the sun. 3M™ Automotive Window Films ensure comfort and style, plus our non-metallised window tint options also help you stay both connected and protected with SPF factors exceeding 1000.

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    3M™ Crystalline Automotive Window Films

  • • Combines clear film technology with outstanding heat rejection qualities - the perfect film for high-end cars.
  • Maintains original appearance through lightly tinted films allow 40% to 90% of the sunlight into your car.
  • Rejects up to 97% of the sun's IR rays and rejects up to 60% of the heat coming through your windows to improved comfort.
  • No signal interference - our crystalline films are non-metallized.
  • Blocks up to 99.9% of harmful UV rays to reduce fading of your car's interior.
  • Excellent UV/Skin protection, which provides an SPF of over 1000 and is a Skin Cancer Foundation recommended product.
  • Never discolours; guaranteed for the life of the film.

    • 3M™ Colour Stable Automotive Window Films

  • • Patented 3M™ nano-carbon polyester technology provides excellent heat rejection combined with a tinted factory glass look.
  • Customisable glare reduction with a window tint allows from 5% to 50% of the light into your car.
  • Improves comfort by rejecting up to 57% of the heat coming through your windows.
  • No signal interference: 3M™ Colour Stable films are non-metallized.
  • Interior protection: blocks up to 99% of harmful UV rays to reduce fading of your car's interior
  • UV/Skin protection: provides SPF of up to 1000, a Skin Cancer Foundation recommended product
  • The name says it all: never turns purple, guaranteed for the life of the film

    • 3M Marine Solutions


    Protect and personalise with vinyl window finishes

    We supply long lasting, creative finishes to transform and protect any vessel both inside and out. Economical, attractive and fully customisable, vinyl finishing offers a fast and durable solution to boat maintenance and improvement. Whether you’re looking to protect your boat interior from the elements by reducing sun glare through windows, increase privacy and safety or keep cool below deck in summer, we can develop a unique solution for you.

    3M™ Crystalline Window Films

  • Combines clear film technology with outstanding heat rejection qualities.
  • Improves comfort: rejects up to 97% of the sun's IR rays and rejects up to 60% of the heat coming through windows.
  • No signal interference: Crystalline films are non-metallized.
  • Interior protection: blocks up to 99.9% of harmful UV rays to reduce fading of your boat interior.
  • UV/Skin protection: provides SPF of over 1000, and is a Skin Cancer Foundation recommended product.
  • 3M™ window film never discolours, and is guaranteed for the life of the film – even in the harsh marine environment.

    • 3M™ Colour Stable Window Films

  • Patented 3M nano-carbon polyester technology provides excellent heat rejection combined with a tinted factory glass look.
  • Glare reduction: window tint allows only 5% to 50% of light in.
  • Improves comfort: rejects up to 57% of the heat coming in through windows.
  • No signal interference: Colour Stable films are non-metallized.
  • Interior protection: blocks up to 99% of harmful UV rays to reduce fading of your yacht interior.
  • UV/Skin protection: provides SPF of up to 1000, and is a Skin Cancer Foundation recommended product.
  • 3M™ window film never discolours, and is guaranteed for the life of the film.


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