
Security window film · forced entry, blast & safety glazing
Keep the glass in the frame. Keep the threat outside.
Security window film is a thick polyester or polyurethane film bonded to your existing glass and — critically — anchored to the frame, so broken glass stays in place during forced entry, blast or storms. Epic installs 3M security film nationwide with the patent-pending Epic Method for schools, government, retail, healthcare, houses of worship and homes. Not bulletproof. Engineered to hold the fragments in the frame and deny the easy opening.
- 3M S2400 · Ultra S800 · S140
- Patent-pending Epic Method
- Selected in a district field evaluation
- Certified in-house crews
Every Epic Certified Installation Specialist is trained and certified in-house to the Epic Method — our film is never subcontracted. The badge on the shirt is the same one on the van and on this page. How Epic trains and certifies →
What “held” looks like.
The same panel of glass, before and after Epic’s live demonstration: 3M S2400 attached to the frame with the Epic Method, on a standard quarter-inch tempered double-pane unit. Drag the handle. The glass is destroyed. The film and the attachment keep every piece of it in the frame.
No rendering, no stock photo — two frames, four seconds apart, from one fixed camera at Epic’s demonstration at Royal Range, Nashville. See one in person →


What 24-mil polyurethane does under a forced-entry test.
A forced-entry simulation with real testing tools — a ram, not a hammer — on 3M S2400. Then imagine it attached to the frame with the Epic Method.

Six threats, one retrofit.
Forced entry & active threat
Keeps broken glass in the frame so the first strikes don’t create an opening. Time is the product: every second an intruder spends at the glass is a second for lockdown and response.
Smash-and-grab
Storefronts, pharmacies, dispensaries, dealerships. Film plus attachment turns a quick smash-and-grab into a loud, slow attempt — in the open, under lights, on camera.
Blast mitigation
Reduces flying-glass hazard — the leading cause of injury in an explosion — by holding fragments to the film. Rated to ASTM F1642 / GSA TS01.
Windstorm & debris
Attached film helps the glazing resist wind-borne debris and pressure cycling; a 3/8" structural silicone sealant bead meets windstorm attachment requirements.
Seismic & spontaneous breakage
Tempered glass can fail on its own (nickel-sulfide inclusions). Film holds the shards. Recommended on single-pane tempered glass where spontaneous breakage is a concern.
Safety glazing compliance
Retrofit existing annealed glass to meet ANSI Z97.1 / CPSC 16 CFR 1201 in doors, sidelites and hazardous locations without replacing glass.
The storm broke every window. The filmed ones stayed closed.
A windstorm lifted rock ballast off a Godley ISD roof and threw it through the glass below. The entry and lower windows Epic had filmed shattered — and stayed in their frames. The unfilmed windows blew out.
With the glass already broken, the district did what most people only talk about: it had its own police officers attempt a forced entry through the filmed openings, and Epic demonstrated the attachment alongside them. They went at the broken, filmed glass with tools and weapons. The district’s own words, in the letter it wrote afterward: “we observed a significant delay in forced entry.” Their conclusion, in their words: that level of protection “reinforces our confidence” — and the storm had already shown that the glass stays in the frame. Godley ISD’s signed reference letter is on the References page.
Security film does not make glass unbreakable or bullet-resistant. Attached to the frame, it keeps broken glass in the opening, making it more difficult for an intruder to break in.

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? Or the privacy band, the visitor decal, the mascot? The industry answer is "you can't" — anything stuck to security film pulls at it when it comes off, and a lifted edge is a warranty problem. Epic worked out a better answer.
We print and apply a second, 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 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.
- Frost or privacy band over security film on offices, conference rooms and classroom doors
- Door and classroom numbering and wayfinding, cut to the district's standard
- Security, visitor and compliance decals that can be updated without re-filming the glass
- Printed graphics and branding — mascots, color bands, logos — on secured glass
- Removable: changes and renewals are a quick visit, not a film replacement
How it started. 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 on the same media so a school can post a flyer on the glass for a day, a week or a month, take it down and use the holder again.
The story: frost it, number it, brand it → · Why nothing else should touch the film →
Every window has a record — and initials on every step.
Each installer logs every window in Epic’s app and initials each step — cleaning, gasket out, wedges, film, solvent wipe, tape, the structural bead, cleanup. Every building we have worked on is cataloged by room and opening with its measurements and film code, so a repair starts with a photo and a room number, not a re-survey. With your permission, a one-inch Epic tag in the corner tells whoever runs the building next who to call. How the record works →
Expertise. Precision. Innovation. Credibility.
Expertise
Inventor-led · 100% in-house certified crewsPrecision
Epic Precision cutting · the Epic MethodInnovation
Patent-pending method · proprietary softwareCredibility
3M Dealer of the Year, years running · references on fileChoose by threat, not by price list.
Start with 3M S2400: the most advanced security film the industry has seen, and the only polyurethane one we know of — every other manufacturer’s security film is polyester (PET), which tears where polyurethane stretches. Every film below has an Epic spec card you can download. Each one is installed by Epic’s own certified teams — and for forced-entry, blast and windstorm, always with the Epic Method.
3M S2400
The only polyurethane security film we know of — every other security film on the market is polyester (PET). About 4X the elongation (560% vs 130%) and two-thirds more Graves tear resistance (24.6 vs 14.8 lbf·in) than a 22-mil PET security film, by 3M’s published data — and installed anchored to the frame with the Epic Method, never film-only.
Specs & spec card →3M Ultra S800
The 3M security film tested for blast, impact and seismic events — installed anchored to the frame, never film-only.
Specs & spec card →3M Ultra Prestige
The Prestige solar stack bonded to a micro-layered safety film — one installation for heat, UV and glass retention.
Specs & spec card →3M Ultra Night Vision
Night Vision solar performance on a micro-layered safety film — for buildings that need both and do not want a mirror.
Specs & spec card →3M S140
14-mil security film for smash-and-grab, vandalism and accidental breakage — sized to the risk and priced to the budget.
Specs & spec card →3M Safety Series
Clear 4-, 7- and 8-mil safety films for human-impact codes, spontaneous breakage and everyday glass hazards — interior and exterior grades.
Specs & spec card →Seven questions to ask before you sign.
Ask them of us too — and see what the wrong answers look like in the buyer-beware photo set. Our answers are on the Epic Method page, in the district reference letters and in the Colorado district field evaluation.
- Which film, exactly — brand, product, thickness? (“Security film” is not a spec.)
- Is it attached to the frame? With what? Show me the data sheet.
- Do you remove the gasket, or run the bead over it?
- Who installs — your employees or subcontractors? Who certifies them?
- What test standards does the film carry, and from which lab?
- What does the manufacturer warranty cover, and is your company authorized to offer it?
- Will you put in writing that this is not bulletproof?
Epic spec card: 3M S2400
Ratings, physical properties, test standards, Epic Method note.
Epic Method spec sheet
5-stage structural attachment, minimum bead by application.
Security film on a commercial building? Add the energy number.
Ultra Prestige and Ultra Night Vision put safety and sun control in one layer. Epic’s Facility Energy Analysis shows what that layer saves on your building, by elevation, before you choose.
Security window film questions
Which security film should I choose?
Is security film bulletproof or bullet-resistant?
What makes a 3M security film different from a standard safety film?
Film alone or film with attachment?
What about ASTM F3561 — does Epic’s film meet it?
How long does installation take?
What warranty comes with it?
Request a free security assessment
Tell us the building type and the openings you’re worried about. A Solutions Advisor will survey, recommend a film and attachment scope, and give you a written estimate.
Before Epic, Chris Eder’s prior company worked on federal buildings, embassies and the Smithsonian.
Before Epic, Chris Eder’s company was the one the federal government and the State Department called when the glass had to hold — and when it had to stay invisible: every EPA facility across the nation including the entire Federal Triangle, agency headquarters throughout Washington, the Smithsonian, and complete U.S. embassies and ambassadors’ residences on three continents — Rome, Malta, Luxembourg, the Vatican, Kazakhstan. The buildings named below are a sample, not the list. It is why a school district or a building owner can trust the same hands and the same standard today.



Diplomatic & executive
- U.S. Department of State
- U.S. Embassy, Rome
- U.S. Embassy, Malta
- U.S. Embassy & residences, Kazakhstan
- American Consulate, Florence
- Ambassador’s Residence, Vatican City
- Ambassador’s Residence, Luxembourg
- Villa Taverna, Rome
- Amerika Haus, Frankfurt
Federal Washington, D.C.
- EPA — every facility nationwide, incl. the Federal Triangle
- Internal Revenue Service
- Department of Commerce
- Department of the Interior
- Housing and Urban Development
- Office of Personnel Management
- E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse
- Walter Reed Army Hospital
- Watergate Complex
- Metro Building
- Inter-American Development Bank
Smithsonian & cultural
- National Air and Space Museum
- National Museum of Natural History
- Hirshhorn Museum
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- National Museum of African Art
Military & commercial
- Sheppard Air Force Base
- Tyndall Air Force Base
- Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey
- Fountain Place, Dallas
Pre-Epic federal, diplomatic, cultural and military work was performed by Chris Eder as an owner of a prior company. It is presented as founder history that carries into Epic’s installation standard, not as Epic project experience.
Four ways in. Pick the one that fits today.
Request a free assessment
On-site survey, film recommendation, written estimate. No obligation.
Request a free energy audit
Every 3M film ranked on your building’s glass, rate and climate — then verified with data loggers.
Download a spec card or guide
Fifteen Epic spec cards, the Epic Method sheet, and the buyer’s guide — free.
Talk to a Solutions Advisor
866.EPIC.117 · Monday–Friday 8–5 Central. A person, not a phone tree.







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Real installs, real tests, real schools. Pick the feed you actually open — same crew, same standard everywhere.