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Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:59 pm
by rodimusminor
My wife wants to leave the windows in my son's room open all the time. His room is Batman themed and I have put shelves in there with a ton of mostly Batman, DC and Marvel toys (yes, TFs too).

I'm thinking of putting clear, UV blocking window film on his windows. Would this be enough to prevent the windows from damaging the toys?

Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Blocking-Wi ... h_di_t_dup

Thoughts or suggestions?

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:21 am
by fenrir72
It may minimize the yellowing process but that's just it, it will eventually degrade/corrode or whatever term is available.

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:59 am
by RhA
I recently realised that my BT Meister has yellowing. I'm a sad panda.

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:37 am
by rodimusminor
I wasn't clear, by open I mean open the curtains/blinds, not the actual windows.

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 2:57 pm
by GuyIncognito
rodimusminor wrote:I wasn't clear, by open I mean open the curtains/blinds, not the actual windows.


My understanding is that it's the UV light that yellows the plastic, so UV protection should do the job.

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:20 am
by rodimusminor
My understanding as well. Hence, I was really surprised I couldn't find anything online where anyone had tried this before. I will be trying, but obviously I won't know if it worked for a long time..

Re: Window tint (home) to protect toys against yellowing?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:34 am
by CBratetron
If it's UV light that's the problem, you should consider minimising any fluorescent lights as well