Graphics, numbers & frost over security film · an Epic process
Frost it, number it, brand it — without touching the security film.
Every building that installs security film asks the same question a week later: now how do we put the room numbers back? Epic prints frost bands, door and classroom numbers, security decals and graphics on a removable film-safe layer that goes over the installed film — and peels off clean when things change. No residue, no lifted edge, and Epic stands behind the layer and its removal.
- Removable · no residue, no lifted edge
- Cut on Epic Precision · printed at VisuFlare
- Installed by the crews that installed the film
Real glass. Real security film underneath.
A county government building in Albuquerque and a Colorado school district — the security film went on first, then Epic’s layer over it. Photographed by the crews that did it.
Anything stuck to security film pulls at it on the way off.
The most common way filmed glass gets damaged in a school or an office is not a cleaner — it is a sign. Tape, a laminated notice, a vinyl door number, a security decal: when it comes off, it pulls at the film, and a lifted edge on security film is a service call and a warranty question.
So the industry answer to “can we put the room numbers back?” has always been “no.” That leaves buildings with secured glass and no way to number a door, screen a workstation from the sidewalk, or post the visitor rules — or, worse, with a custodian and a roll of tape.
A second layer, made to come off.
We print and apply a film-safe layer on top of the installed security film: a custom-printed frost or privacy band, a printed graphic, door and classroom numbers, security and visitor decals, logos, hours — on a removable-adhesive PET film Epic developed for exactly this. It bonds to the security film without affecting it, holds up to daily use and cleaning, and when the room changes or the sign is retired it peels off clean — no residue, no lifted edge, the security film underneath exactly as we left it, and Epic stands behind the layer and its removal.
It is cut on Epic Precision, printed at VisuFlare, and installed by the same crews that installed the security film.
Every installer who touches the layer is an Epic employee trained in-house on the film-safe process — the same crews that installed the security film under it. What the badge means →
From the room list to the glass.
Send the list
Room numbers, decal wording, where the frost band needs to sit, the logo file. A brief is enough to begin — a Solutions Advisor confirms the glass and the film underneath.
Proof
Sizes, fonts, colors and placement proofed against your standard — the district’s numbering convention, the brand guide, the privacy height — before anything prints.
Cut and print
Cut on Epic Precision, printed at VisuFlare on Epic’s film-safe media, kitted by campus and by door so the crew is placing, not sorting.
Install over the film
Epic’s own Certified Installation Specialists apply the layer over the security film — after hours or over a break when the building needs it.
Change it when you need to
A new room number, a retired decal, a new floor plan: the old piece peels off clean and the new one goes on. A quick visit, not a film replacement.
Ask about graphics over security film
Tell us the building, the glass and what it needs to say — numbers, frost, decals, a logo. Attach the room list later; a brief is enough.
Six things buildings put back on the glass — the film-safe way.
Schools · campuses
Classroom & door numbers
Double-sided room numbers that read from the corridor and from the parking lot — what first responders and bus drivers actually need. Cut to the district’s standard.
Government · offices · clinics
Frost & privacy bands
A custom-printed frost band at screen height over the security film: privacy from the sidewalk, daylight above and below, and it lifts off clean if the floor plan changes.
Schools · government
Security & visitor decals
“All visitors must check in,” weapons-free zone, camera notices, compliance decals — updated without re-filming the glass.
Any secured entry
Wayfinding & hours
Entrance IDs, directional arrows, hours of operation, accessibility marks on filmed entries and vestibules.
Schools · retail · corporate
Brand, mascots & color bands
Printed graphics and logos on secured glass — the mascot on the vestibule, the brand band across the storefront — without putting anything in contact with the security film but Epic’s layer.
Schools · public counters
Reusable flyer holders
Holders on the same film-safe media, so a school can post a flyer for a day, a week or a month, take it down and use the holder again. Tape never touches the glass.
Nothing sticks to the film. Ask us instead.
Once Epic has filmed the glass, the rule is simple and worth putting in the building’s standards: nothing is applied directly to the film by anyone but Epic. Not tape, not vinyl, not a laminated notice. When you need something on the glass, there is a film-safe product for it — send us the list before anyone reaches for the tape.
Two problems on one pane of glass.
A county government building in Albuquerque, New Mexico needed 3M security film on its street-level glass for forced-entry and blast mitigation — and the workstations behind that glass carried sensitive information on their screens, in full view of the sidewalk. Film alone solves one problem and leaves the other. Epic installed 3M Scotchshield S2400 with the Epic Method, then a custom-printed frost band over it at screen height: privacy from the street, daylight above and below, and a layer that lifts off clean if the floor plan ever changes.
The same process has since numbered every classroom window and entry across a Colorado school district, over the security film — double-sided numbers that read from the corridor and from the parking lot, the district’s security decals in the entry glass, and reusable holders for flyers on the same media.
Graphics over security film — questions
Can you put graphics, numbers or frost on top of security film?
Does putting a graphic over the film void the 3M warranty?
What happens when a room number or a decal changes?
Can the frost band be printed with a logo or a pattern?
Who installs the graphics layer?
Does it work over solar or decorative film too?
We already have security film from another installer. Can you still do this?
Four ways in. Pick the one that fits today.
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