Guide specifications for specifiers · CSI Divisions 08, 09 and 10 · 3M films, finishes and graphics installed by Epic
Specify the film. Specify how it goes in. Specify who.
Five editable CSI sections — attached security film, solar control film, decorative and privacy film, DI-NOC architectural finishes and environmental graphics — written so the project manual names the 3M product, the method and the installation standard in one place, with Epic as the basis of design.
Download the Word file, drop it into your manual, delete the bracketed notes and the options you are not using. Send us the draft and we return it marked for your glass, frames and threat or performance criteria, opening by opening, at no charge.
- 08 87 23 Security film, attached
- 08 87 13 Solar control film
- 08 87 26 Decorative & privacy film
- 09 72 00 DI-NOC finishes
- 10 14 00 Environmental graphics
- Word + PDF · free project mark-up
What the sections lock in
- The film by name and series, with the manufacturer’s published properties
- The attachment: 3M™ Impact Protection Attachment, bead by application (3/8" forced entry and windstorm · 1/2" blast and oversized glass)
- The method: gasket out, cork wedges in, bead tooled into the open channel — the Epic Method
- Who installs: the manufacturer’s highest-tier dealer, employee installers certified in-house, film cut in the shop
- The record: every opening logged and photographed at closeout; warranty registered within 30 days
- What it is not: no bulletproof, bullet-resistant or F3561-compliant language anywhere in the section
- Finishes and graphics: pattern-specific fire reports, shop drawings, full-size proofs and a mock-up before production; one certified provider for print, cut and install
Five guide specifications, Word and PDF.
Email gets you the PDF and a short series on specifying film. The editable Word file is linked under each section — no form.
Section 08 87 23 — Safety & Security Window Film, Attached
CSI three-part guide specification: 3M Scotchshield S2400 / Ultra S800 / S140 with 3M Impact Protection Attachment installed per the Epic Method — references, submittals, installer qualifications, film and sealant properties, bead by application, the five-stage execution, the installed-opening record and warranty. Epic as basis of design.
Editable version: download the Word file (.docx)
Section 08 87 13 — Solar Control Window Film
CSI three-part guide specification: 3M Prestige, Ceramic, Night Vision and Affinity by series and shade, with glass-compatibility review, the building-specific energy analysis, installer qualifications, execution and record. Epic as basis of design.
Editable version: download the Word file (.docx)
Section 08 87 26 — Decorative & Privacy Glass Film
CSI three-part guide specification: 3M Fasara and Dusted Crystal — full frost, the 24–84 in. privacy band, gradients, patterns and custom-cut frost graphics — with shop-cut graphics, installer qualifications, shop drawings and the installed-opening record. Epic as basis of design.
Editable version: download the Word file (.docx)
Section 09 72 00 — 3M DI-NOC Architectural Finish Film
CSI three-part guide specification for finish film over walls, columns, doors, elevator cabs and millwork: series schedule, pattern-specific fire reports, substrate prep and primer schedule, heat-forming, mock-ups and the 3M-trained, certified installation requirement. Epic as basis of design.
Editable version: download the Word file (.docx)
Section 10 14 00 — Environmental Graphics (window, wall & floor)
CSI three-part guide specification for printed wall murals, perforated and printed window graphics, floor graphics and wayfinding: media schedule, matched-component warranty, Class A and slip requirements, proofs and mock-ups, one provider for print and install. Epic as basis of design.
Editable version: download the Word file (.docx)
Why a security film spec has to say how it is attached.
Most security film specifications name a product and stop. The bid that wins runs a bead of sealant over the factory gasket, because nothing in the section said not to, and the owner finds out what that is worth on the day it is tested.
The 08 87 23 section closes that gap in Part 3. It requires the interior gasket removed in full, cork wedges driven into the open channel and cut flush, the bond surfaces cleaned with a solvent that actually removes gasket oil, and the structural bead tooled into the open channel so it bonds film, glass and clean frame and keys mechanically into the frame. It requires the installer to flag, in writing, any opening whose frame cannot take an adequate bead. And it requires the installed-opening record at closeout, so the building has a way to maintain the system for the life of the warranty. Those are the differences between a film job and a security system, and they are enforceable because they are written down.
The 08 87 13 solar section does the equivalent for comfort and energy work: the glass-compatibility and thermal-stress review before film is cut, shop-cut film kitted by opening, the visual quality standard, the manufacturer’s glass-breakage and seal-failure coverage, and — where the owner wants the number defended — the building-specific energy analysis and data-logger verification.
The Epic Method → · 3M IPA specifications → · The installed-opening record →
The Retrofit Gap: ASTM F3561 and retrofit security film
Epic’s position statement with the Intertek test summary — 3M S2400 + the Epic Method on commercial storefront framing, tested to ASTM F3561 Method A. What the standard was written for, what we tested, the Level 2 result on all four assemblies, and exactly what this is not.
Epic Method structural silicone spec sheet
The patent-pending 5-stage attachment method, minimum bead by application, what sets the process apart.
How the shortcut is installed — failure-mode analysis
The common industry install step by step, and where each step goes wrong.
Film spec cards for every 3M family are on the Resources page; 3M product data sheets are referenced by name in each section and available from 3M.
Specifier questions
What format are the guide specifications in?
Why does the security film section specify the installation method, not just the film?
Can a competitor bid against this specification?
Will Epic review a draft section for a specific project?
Which section do I use for frost, wall coverings or a branded wall?
Do these cover custom graphics from our own brand standards?
Request a project mark-up of the section
Tell us the project, the glazing types and the criteria you are designing to. A Solutions Advisor returns the section marked for the project — film and bead by opening — within a few business days, at no charge.
Specifying for a district or a federal building?
Epic’s Solutions Advisors have written security film sections into project manuals nationwide. Send the draft; we will make it defensible.
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