Does your house or car have high V.L.T.:
What is V.L.T.?
VLT stands for Visible Light Transmitted and is the percentage of visible light transmitted through the glass when the sun shines at right angles to the surface of the glass. The light transmitted through the any residential or automotive glass allows a percentage of light through that can hinder the areas of your house or the car that you are transported in. We offer a once off solution to the problem that hinders high quality living areas and car cabin space by reducing the Visible Light Transmitted (VLT). But do you know what they mean or how to calculate them? The answer, for most of us, would probably be no. This article will help to educate window tinting customers on what exactly VLT means, how to calculate the VLT of window tint, so that they can make sure they are purchasing the perfect one for their needs.
If you have ever looked at the possibility of purchasing a tinting film for your vehicle or house windows, you would have noticed that there are numerous VLT’s available. Our darkest auto films are 5% VLT. Our lightest films are 70% VLT and do an excellent job of blocking UV rays but allows more light to penetrate the glass.
Clear films, Blackout films, and Whiteout films do not carry a VLT rating.
When looking at window tints, you hear a sales person refer to the percentage of the tinting film; they are actually talking about the VLT, or visible light transmission of it. If a tint is being talked about as being charcoal 5%, it means that the tint is colored charcoal and it has a 5% VLT. Green 30% means that the color is green and it has a VLT of 30%, and so on. The number given, 30% for instance, actually means that 30% of visible light will be able to penetrate the glass from the outside (taking away and blocking 70%) . So to put it simply, window tints with a low number VLT will be darker than those with a higher VLT. Glass itself either filters light (tinted glass) or magnifies (non-tinted glass) the light being transmitted through the glass and damaging the living area or causing fading.
So the higher the percentage % on the film quality the more VLT it would keep out.
VLT stands for Visible Light Transmitted and is the percentage of visible light transmitted through the glass when the sun shines at right angles to the surface of the glass. The light transmitted through the any residential or automotive glass allows a percentage of light through that can hinder the areas of your house or the car that you are transported in. We offer a once off solution to the problem that hinders high quality living areas and car cabin space by reducing the Visible Light Transmitted (VLT). But do you know what they mean or how to calculate them? The answer, for most of us, would probably be no. This article will help to educate window tinting customers on what exactly VLT means, how to calculate the VLT of window tint, so that they can make sure they are purchasing the perfect one for their needs.
If you have ever looked at the possibility of purchasing a tinting film for your vehicle or house windows, you would have noticed that there are numerous VLT’s available. Our darkest auto films are 5% VLT. Our lightest films are 70% VLT and do an excellent job of blocking UV rays but allows more light to penetrate the glass.
Clear films, Blackout films, and Whiteout films do not carry a VLT rating.
When looking at window tints, you hear a sales person refer to the percentage of the tinting film; they are actually talking about the VLT, or visible light transmission of it. If a tint is being talked about as being charcoal 5%, it means that the tint is colored charcoal and it has a 5% VLT. Green 30% means that the color is green and it has a VLT of 30%, and so on. The number given, 30% for instance, actually means that 30% of visible light will be able to penetrate the glass from the outside (taking away and blocking 70%) . So to put it simply, window tints with a low number VLT will be darker than those with a higher VLT. Glass itself either filters light (tinted glass) or magnifies (non-tinted glass) the light being transmitted through the glass and damaging the living area or causing fading.
So the higher the percentage % on the film quality the more VLT it would keep out.