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Anti-ice windshields
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 17, 2005 3:21 PM
Question:

Now I've got some ideas of my own, but I'm wondering if anybody's reproduced the green/blue/yellow/purple transparent color of the anti-ice windshields on Blackhawks or even Pave Pigs?

If so, how'd you do it?
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  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:39 PM
Never used these, but how about something similar to sunglass coatings or auto window tinting
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  • From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)
Posted by oldhooker on Sunday, June 19, 2005 11:21 PM
Yes, John, I've used windshield tinting material to achive the affect with good results. Smile [:)]

I remember the old "A" Model Chinooks had the gold laminate windshields, which made them look like gold mirrors from the outside:


...and on at least one occassion, was responsible for an enemy bullet missing it's target!


Ed Zaber was copilot for Carl Vertrees answering a call to go to Soc Trang for troops to help defend Can Tho during the first wave of ground attacks of the 1968 Tet Offensive. Ed was leaning slightly to the left to monitor engine starting, when a bullet came through the center of the windshield! (note the label-maker tape message along the panel lip... including the "cost" to replace the windshield! [:0])


Ed Zaber, 31 Jan 68.
Here is a man who is happy to be alive, and a little lucky too! Note the bullet hole in his helmet and the blood just right of his mouth, where a piece of plexiglass from the windshield made a small cut. Photo taken in the Hillclimber Can Tho Ops.

The tinting material is what I would recommend, Smile [:)]
take care,
Frank

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 19, 2005 11:44 PM
Does it give that translucent kind of purple/green/yellow sheen?? I'll have to pick some up and try it on a piece of clear scrap. Thanks guys.
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  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Monday, June 20, 2005 12:01 PM
Sal
Shop around you should be able to find the color you want and in a thickness that will work for you
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Posted by ronald305 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:35 AM
 does any one know where to get the tint for anti-ice windshields look so I can avoid driving allover town for it-thank you 
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  • From: phoenix
Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:59 AM
Call any tint shops in town and see if they have what you need. Leftover scraps may work, but make sure you talk with some one who is in charge of things
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Posted by ronald305 on Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:16 AM
 thank's I will give them a try
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