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            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, John Rodgers wrote:

> My son runs a window tinting business and does commecial and military
> contracts. On one recent military contract he installed bomb-blast proof
> window tint on some  military buildings. The plastic film that was used
> will stop a 45 caliber bullet fired from ten feet away. Thg glass under
> the film will fracture, but the film - like all tint films - is glued to
> the surface of the glass and holds the glass together to prevent glass
> shards from becoming shrapnel and flying  everywhere  hurting people and
> causing other damage. To prevent the entire pane of glass from coming
> out of the frame during a blast and flying across a room like a frisbie
> and cutting off heads, the edges of the tint are sealed to the window
> frame with a 3M industrial tape that has a glue strength and fabric
> strength like nothing I have ever seen. Amazing stuff!!! This tape in
> this application is two inches wide - 1 inch over the tint film, and one
> inch over the window frame. It is heated to 400 degrees to trigger
> curing. Once cured, the window frame, the tape and the tint are all like
> one continuous piece, and a blast would virtually have to blow the
> window frame out of the wall to  damage the area on the opposite side of
> the glass. The main point being though, to control flying glass.
>
> So, anyone see any application for this tape on the Vanagons?
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>