i recall someone tinting there windows , I'm currently in the progress of doing the same. 1 out of 8 completed today . What boat posted tinting windows? Can't find it on "what did you do to your boat today" ?
Select to expand quoteAzureF305 said..
Me!
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Good , I have just done 4 out of 8 in the past two days! What a job but worth it.
Massive difference in climate control and privacy. Can see out clear and can't see in, can leave the curtains open day and night and not get blinded by the pesky sun.
What product did you use? I used altrex dark smoke 20% vlt.
I bet you're glad you did it! 
Makes such a difference eh?.
I used a 30% VLT, I think it was a 3M film. Same as used on cars.
Select to expand quotesouthace said..AzureF305 said..
Me! Page 154 in "what do you do...."
Good , I have just done 4 out of 8 in the past two days! What a job but worth it.
Massive difference in climate control and privacy. Can see out clear and can't see in, can leave the curtains open day and night and not get blinded by the pesky sun.
What product did you use? I used altrex dark smoke 20% vlt.
Did you go sailing in between each window ?
Select to expand quoteDAMA said..
External tint more scratch resistant than the acrylic
What product is that?
The main windows are done with Hanita pacific brand tint , purpose made tint for Perspex and acrylic.suppose to be sealed on leading edge , but has been a year without being sealed so far...
The only thing that you need to be careful of is that there is not a huge temperature difference between interior and exterior, due to expansion of the acrylic ( we had boat shut up while on hard stand getting some repairs done for 3 months over summer , when we took covers off the old tint was like crazy crack glass).
and the stbd hatch( i only went up to the handles ) I am trialling another acrylic tint from USA
Was thinking to use internal tint on mine but the perspex was already pitted and scratched with one of the windows cracked so I bough a sheet of dark smokey grey perspex and used the old windows as templates. A bit more pricey but no film to bubble or crack. Only downside is the limited choice of colors and no mirror finish.
I used altrex dark smoke 20%vlt it has a 5 year warranty from crazing or bubbles. $41 per roll.
the problem I have now is when I purchased a second roll it appears to have a blue tinge. So I returned it to the store and found the other rolls had the same blue tinge. Smoke 35%vlt didn't so we thought maybe someone had changed the tint in the packaging box but now after applying to a couple more windows I see it's lighter! So I will be ringing the manufacturer tomorrow to try to confirm why it's blue and not the dark smoke in the 20% vlt range as advitised.
I'm guessing you either bought a very small roll or your boat has more windows then the average house ? 
When I did the house I bought the commercial 30M roll of 20% and a 10M roll of 35% for the windows and sliding doors fronting the neighbors window to avoid any mismatch issues problems and 1.5M wide to reduce wastage as most window heights were in the 1200-1500 range. Even if there are 2 different batches and may not be an exact match they should still be close enough not to notice the difference with naked eye.
When you compared them did you compare 2 pieces of window tint with backing still on them or did you compare the new roll with backing still on against the tint on your window in which case could the backing account for the blue tinge ?
Select to expand quote... but now after applying to a couple more windows I see it's lighter!
Southace have another look after the '2nd round' windows have dried properly - I thought mine were different from port to stbd when I finished, but the next time aboard I looked and I couldn't pick it. (It was off the same roll, but applied 2 days apart)
I spoke to the Australian distributior yesterday and they confirmed some suppliers sell old and new stock, the problem arises when the distributior changes brands of tint but obviously renames it's there brand again , they have happily sent me another two rolls that hopefully will match the original but if it doesn't I will have enough to do all 8 windows again.!
