Insight

My buddy keeps his boat at a slip in Alviso and was constantly dealing with the brutal California sun baking his cabin. The interior was fading fast, the electronics dashboard was getting sun damage, and being inside the cabin on sunny days felt like sitting in an oven. He tried using curtains but they blocked…

My uncle was spending close to $600 a month on electricity during summer trying to cool his house in Almaden Valley. His place has huge south and west-facing windows that he loved for the views and natural light, but they turned his house into a greenhouse every afternoon. The AC ran constantly from May through…

My parents lived for years with their west-facing living room being completely unusable from about 2pm until sunset. The afternoon sun turned it into an oven, created terrible glare on the TV, and was fading their furniture and carpet in weird striped patterns where the sunlight hit. They kept the curtains closed most of the…

My coworker bought a used Honda from someone in Evergreen and the window tint looked fine when she bought it. About a month into ownership, she noticed small bubbles forming along the edges of the back window. Then the driver’s side started peeling at the bottom corner. She ignored it thinking maybe it would stop,…

My neighbor just bought a brand new Tesla and was showing it off in the driveway. Beautiful white paint, looked absolutely perfect. Two weeks later I see him outside staring at the front bumper looking frustrated. Rock chip from highway driving. Then another one. Then a scratch from a shopping cart in a parking lot.…

My friend opened a yoga studio in Willow Glen and wanted something special for the front windows. She needed privacy so people walking by couldn’t watch classes, but she also wanted to maintain the calm, welcoming vibe of the space. Plain frosted film felt too corporate and boring. She worked with a custom window tint…

My neighbor bought a used car from someone in Milpitas and the tint job looked decent at first glance. Three months later, bubbles started appearing on the back window. Then the edges on the driver’s side started peeling. By six months, the tint on one window had this weird purple tint like it was aging…

My cousin works in a dental office in Almaden Valley and last year they had an earthquake that cracked a bunch of their windows. Glass shattered everywhere – in the waiting room, exam rooms, all over equipment. Nobody got seriously hurt but it was pure luck. Patients waiting for appointments had broken glass around them.…

My friend owns a small shop on First Street downtown and used to deal with graffiti constantly. Taggers would hit his front windows every few weeks – spray paint, etching, markers, scratches. Each time meant either living with it looking trashy or paying a glass company $300-500 to replace the window. He was spending thousands…