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On the glass this week.

Our crews photograph the work as they finish it. These are those photos — cleaned up, never staged — with the film, the city and what the building needed. New entries as jobs close out.

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A classroom door lite covered edge to edge in dark blackout film, the frame edge clean, dark from the corridorA classroom door lite with a sheet of blackout film laid on, edges still to trim

Monday, October 19, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Solar film

Blackout film on a classroom door lite — Aurora, CO

A school · Blackout film

The finished lite, dark from the corridor. The sheet laid on, edges still to trim.

“A classroom door lite at a Colorado school, blacked out. One frame is the sheet laid on with the edges still to trim; the other is the finished lite, dark from the corridor with the frame edge clean. The room keeps its light inside; the hallway cannot see in. Crew credit: A.B.”Epic crew note
Brick school wall at sunrise, the lower windows dark with exterior solar film, a basketball hoop beyond

Monday, October 19, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Solar film

3M Prestige 40 Exterior on a school's lower windows — Aurora, CO

A school · 3M Prestige 40 Exterior

Sunrise on the lower windows.

“Seven in the morning, Aurora. Sun on the brick, the cart at the curb, and the lower windows along this wall already filmed from the outside. From the lot they read dark; inside, the rooms keep their view. Crew credit: J.P.”Epic crew note
An Epic van parked at the curb of a school drive under a double rainbow, trees and a brick school building beyond

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · Colorado, CO · Security film

Fall break, done — Colorado

A school ·

End of fall break week. Van 9 at the curb, double rainbow over the school.

“Fall break week in Colorado ended under a double rainbow, van still at the curb. Breaks are the install window: the building is empty, the crews run every entry and classroom without a bell schedule, and the glass is done before the students come back. Crew credit: J.S.”Epic crew note
A tall school sidelite taped blue at the frame, lawn, sidewalk and trees outsideA finished school sidelite with the film on, a large tree and brick building outside, door number 10 on the frame

Friday, October 16, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Entry 10 sidelites, taped and done — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Morning: the sidelite taped at the frame for the bead line. Afternoon: film on, bead in, tape off.

“Entry 10 sidelites, taped in the morning and done by the afternoon. Blue tape run at the frame for the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead line, 3M S2400 on the glass, bead installed the Epic Method, tape pulled. The school across the walk is still right there through the glass. Crew credit: T.N.”Epic crew note
A dark glass corner of a school building in bright sun, trees reflected in the glass, a green hose on the gravel

Friday, October 16, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Solar film

3M Prestige 40 Exterior on a glass corner — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M Prestige 40 Exterior

Worked from outside, one lite at a time.

“3M Prestige 40 Exterior on a glass corner at a Colorado school: the crew works from outside, hose in hand, one lite at a time. From the lawn the glass reads as one dark plane; inside, the room keeps its view. Crew credit: J.P.”Epic crew note
Three school windows over a low counter, blue tape run around every frame, a split-rail fence and field outside

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Window counter taped for 3M S2400 — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Three lites along the counter, taped to the frame at golden hour.

“Window counter taped for 3M S2400. Three lites along the counter, blue tape run around every frame so the film goes on clean and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method, lands on the line. Shades down off the glass, chains out of the way. Crew credit: I.P.”Epic crew note

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Bead on, tape off — Colorado

An elementary school · 3M S2400

Three clips from one Thursday: the bead run, the tape pulled, the finished edge. Not just an attachment: a seamless transition and perfect edges, film and frame as one. 3M IPA, installed the Epic Method.

“Bead on, tape off. The 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead run along the taped edge, the tape pulled while it is still wet, the edge checked. One of our senior specialists put it on the clip: not just an attachment, a seamless transition and perfect edges, film and frame as one. 3M IPA, installed the Epic Method. Crew credit: Co.T. and Ch.T.”Epic crew note
A school library with its window band taped blue on two walls, chairs up on the tables, book bins on the floor

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Library taped for 3M S2400 — Colorado

A school · 3M S2400

Two walls of library glass, every lite taped.

“Library taped out. Every lite on two walls, blue tape at the frame, chairs up on the tables and the book bins pulled back. 3M S2400 next, then the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method. Crew credit: C.K.”Epic crew note
Dark bronze double doors with glass and a transom above them in a brick alcove, narrow punched windows to the left

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Columbia, TN · Security film

3M S2400 on a church side entry — Columbia, TN

A church · 3M S2400

Side entry doors and the transom above them.

“Side entry at a church: double doors and the transom above them, 3M S2400 on every lite and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment installed the Epic Method. The film is near invisible on the dark glass; the difference is what happens when it breaks. Crew credit: J.T.”Epic crew note
Two pairs of black aluminum entry doors with dark glass, pink painted handprints and ribbons across the panes

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Pleasant View, TN · Security film

3M S2400 on school entry doors — Pleasant View, TN

A private school · 3M S2400

Two pairs of entry doors, filmed. The students' October artwork stays.

“Two pairs of entry doors at a private school, 3M S2400 on the glass and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment installed the Epic Method. The students' October artwork stays right where they painted it. Crew credit: J.T.”Epic crew note
A classroom window in a brick wall: the upper lite clear with trees and a field beyond, the lower lite finished in white 3M Privacy Matte frostClose view of the frosted lower lite of a classroom window, an even white panel inside its dark frameThe same classroom window before the film: both lites clear, the sidewalk and lawn visible through the lower lite

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Glass & wall finishes

3M Privacy Matte on the lower lite — Aurora, CO

A middle school · 3M Privacy Matte

Upper lite clear, lower lite frosted. The lower lite, finished. Before: the sidewalk looked straight in.

“3M Privacy Matte on the lower lite of a classroom window. The glass sits at sidewalk level, so the room was on view to anyone walking past. Frost on the lower lite, upper lite left clear: the daylight and the view of the field stay, the sightline from the sidewalk is gone. Crew credit: A.B.”Epic crew note
A tall entry lite taped blue on all four sides, stone benches and fall leaves in the courtyard beyond

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Entry 1 taped and ready for 3M S2400 — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Entry lite taped, glass cleaned.

“Entry 1, Wednesday afternoon. Vestibule doors and the tall entry lite taped at the frame and the glass cleaned, ready for 3M S2400 and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method. Crew credit: T.N.”Epic crew note
Entry 10 exit doors with the EXIT sign and panic bars, filmed lites either side, brick school building outsideA classroom window band of four lites looking out to a playground and fall trees, workbench and tool wall inside

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Entry 10, done — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Doors and lites filmed, tape off. Classroom window, filmed: 3M S2400 on all four lites, the playground still in full view.

“Entry 10, done. 3M S2400 on the exit doors and the lites either side, 3M Impact Protection Attachment installed the Epic Method, tape off, glass cleaned. The film is near invisible on the glass; the difference is in what happens when the glass breaks. Crew credit: K.B.”Epic crew note
A row of library windows taped blue at the frames, roller shades on the sill, courtyard and brick wing outside

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

3M S2400 on the library band — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Library band, taped for the bead.

“Library window band taped out, chains and shades pulled back, 3M S2400 installed and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method. Crew credit: J.P.”Epic crew note

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Mark, tape, bead — 3M S2400 on classroom glass, Colorado

An elementary school · 3M S2400

Three steps the crew filmed in one day: the window marked, the edge taped, the bead run. Film holds the glass together; the bead holds the glass in the frame. 3M IPA, installed the Epic Method.

“Tape it clean, run the bead, pull the tape. Every pane, same order. Crew credit: Co.T.”Epic crew note
Music-room windows and transoms taped blue ahead of 3M S2400, choral risers and xylophones in the foreground

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Music room taped for 3M S2400 — Colorado

A school · 3M S2400

Five lites and the transoms, taped.

“Class 03, taped. Five lites and the transoms over them, blue tape run around every frame so the 3M S2400 goes on clean and the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method, lands on the line. Risers back by morning. Crew credit: C.K.”Epic crew note
A glass office front and door with a custom frost pattern: a wide frosted field with thin clear horizontal reveals, ceiling and carpet visible through the clear bandsA row of glass-front offices with a frosted band pattern, open office and exterior windows beyond

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · Dallas–Fort Worth, TX · Glass & wall finishes

Custom frost on a row of office fronts — Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

A commercial office · Custom frost

One front, one door, one pattern. The whole run from the corridor.

“Four office fronts, one pattern. Custom frost cut by Epic for every lite and door, lined up across the whole run so it reads as one piece from the corridor. Private inside, daylight kept, nothing demolished. Crew credit: Ch.T.”Epic crew note
The Epic Precision cutting head over the bed with 3M Ultra S800 on the table, rolls of film racked behind

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · McKinney, TX · Security film

Epic Precision cutting 3M Ultra S800 for a Texas school district — McKinney, TX

An Epic headquarters · 3M Ultra S800

Cutting head over S800, Wednesday afternoon.

“Wednesday afternoon, McKinney. Epic Precision, our proprietary cutting process department, working through 3M Ultra S800 for a Texas school district: every opening surveyed, every piece nested in software and cut by machine, because a hand-cut nick in the edge is where security film tears when the glass breaks. Labeled by room and lite, kitted in install order before the truck leaves. Crew credit: M.V.”Epic crew note
A sheet of frost film on a gray floor with its size and the words CUSTOM FROST printed on the liner

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Custom frost cut and labeled before it leaves Aurora — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400 · Custom frost

Cut to the opening, labeled for the room.

“The cafe glass on deck, and the custom frost for that cafe already cut and labeled back at the Aurora facility. Each piece is cut to its opening and marked before it ever reaches the school, so there is no field cut and no nick at the edge waiting to become a tear point. 3M S2400 goes on the glass first. The frost goes on the opposite side of the glass. Crew credit: H.K.”Epic crew note

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Morning start outside the schools — Aurora, CO

An elementary school · 3M S2400

First light in Aurora. Vans staged, carts out, glass numbered before the first bell.

“Set up before the building opens so the hallways are ours until the kids come in. Crew credit: Co.T.”Epic crew note
A blade run along the edge of a white window frame next to the glass, a school gym floor and backboard visible through the window

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Morning prep on gym office glass — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Frame edge cleaned before the film goes on.

“Four crews, one district, one Tuesday. First stop: gym office and library glass prepped and taped in the morning. Every frame edge gets cleaned before 3M S2400 goes on the glass, because the film is only as good as the surface under it. Crew credit: J.P.”Epic crew note
The round window beside the entry door with the 3M IPA bead run and the tape pulled, playground beyond

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

3M S2400 and 3M IPA on a round-window entry — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Round lite, bead in, 7 p.m.

“Taped at two, beaded by seven. The round lite gets exactly what the doors beside it get: tape the line, film the glass, run the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method, pull the tape, inspect. Film, glass and frame now perform as one system, and the glass breaks but the opening stays closed.”Epic crew note
Two school windows with blue painter's tape run around the inside of each frame, brick building and gravel bed outside

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Taped and ready for 3M S2400 — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Taped out, waiting on film.

“Same Tuesday, same district. Windows taped out in the morning so the afternoon is all film. The tape protects the frame and the sill; the cleaned glass behind it is ready for 3M S2400. Crew credit: J.P.”Epic crew note
A Certified Installation Specialist in a red Epic shirt kneeling at a school vestibule door, working film onto the glass below the push bar

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Vestibule door filmed by lunch — Aurora, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Film going on the vestibule door glass.

“A vestibule door filmed by lunch. The door is the glass that gets tested first, so 3M S2400 goes on the glass and the specialist works it edge to edge below the push bar. Crew credit: R.O.”Epic crew note
The sill corner of a dark classroom window frame with the glazing gasket removed and the glass filmed, grass and a fence outside

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Gasket out, 3M S2400 on, ready for the 3M IPA bead — Colorado

An elementary school · 3M S2400

Gasket removed, glass filmed, bead next.

“Classroom windows, mid-sequence. The glazing gasket has been pulled from the frame and the glass is filmed with 3M S2400, edge to edge into the channel. That open channel along the sill is where the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead goes next, installed the Epic Method, so film, glass and frame perform as one system.”Epic crew note
A black-framed office front with frosted glass, seen from the stair landing

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Nashville, TN · Security film

Frost and 3M S2400 at a downtown office — Nashville, TN

A downtown office · 3M S2400 · Custom frost

Frosted office front from the landing.

“Security film first, privacy second. 3M S2400 and 3M IPA, installed the Epic Method, on the office-front glass, then a frost band on the second surface, the opposite side of the glass, so the stairwell cannot see in. The frost is its own layer: it can change with the tenant and come off later without disturbing the security film underneath.”Epic crew note
Two stories of dark, filmed curtain-wall glass at the corner of a new distribution building under a blue sky

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · Wilmer, TX · Solar film

Blackout film on a front-office curtain wall — Wilmer, TX

A distribution center front office · Blackout film

The corner, every lite.

“Two stories of front-office glass on a new distribution building in Wilmer, blacked out edge to edge, every lite. Film is installed on the exterior of the building. From the street it reads as one dark plane; from inside it is a private office.”Epic crew note
The Epic Precision cutting head poised over a sheet of clear 3M Prestige 40 on the cutting table in Epic's Aurora facility, the warehouse reflected in the filmA long sheet of clear solar film laid out across the cutting table in Epic's Aurora facility, the cutting head at the far end

Monday, October 12, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Solar film

Cutting and labeling 3M Prestige 40 — Aurora, CO

An Epic facility · 3M Prestige 40

Prestige 40 on the table. You can barely see it; that is the point. The full sheet, laid out for the next solar job.

“Cutting and labeling 3M Prestige 40 for the next solar job. Not for the faint of heart: Prestige is thin and clear and shows every mark, so every piece is cut, labeled by opening and wrapped before it moves. Crew credit: H.K.”Epic crew note
Frame corner at a Belton ISD school with blue tape on the jamb and sill and a taped line on the glass

Saturday, October 10, 2026 · Belton, TX · Security film

Taped for the 3M IPA line, installed the Epic Method — Belton, TX

Belton ISD · 3M Ultra S800

Blue tape on the jamb and sill marks the line for the 3M IPA bead, installed the Epic Method.

“Tape the line, film the lite with 3M Ultra S800, run the 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method, to the frame. Door after door, same line every time.”Epic crew note
Silhouette of a Certified Installation Specialist squeegeeing solution from a glass wall in a lit school library after hoursBlue tape run along a window frame over the blinds, a roll of tape in hand

Saturday, October 10, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Night shift in the library — Cherry Creek, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Squeegeeing the slip solution out of a glass wall, after hours. Blue tape run along the frame over the blinds: the line for the 3M IPA bead, installed the Epic Method.

“After hours, lights on, building empty. Squeegee the solution out, tape the line for the 3M Impact Protection Attachment, installed the Epic Method, keep moving. The building opens in the morning like nothing happened.”Epic crew note
Attachment bead running down a window mullion at a Dallas ISD school, seen from below

Saturday, October 10, 2026 · Dallas, TX · Security film

3M IPA bead, installed the Epic Method — Dallas, TX

Dallas ISD · 3M Ultra S800

The 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead, installed the Epic Method, run down the mullion onto the frame.

“A great example of 3M IPA installed the Epic Method. 3M Ultra S800 on the glass, then the 3M IPA bead down every mullion and across the head. The film is anchored to the frame, so film, glass and frame perform as one system.”Epic crew note
Kraft-paper packages of cut security film, banded with blue tape and labeled, on a white cutting table in the Aurora warehouseA cut sheet of security film lying on kraft paper on a long packaging table, racks of boxed film behind

Friday, October 9, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Kitting film for the crews — Aurora, CO

An Epic Aurora facility · 3M S2400

3M S2400 cut to the opening, wrapped in kraft and banded, labeled by room and lite. One sheet on the packaging table before it is wrapped.

“Every piece cut to its opening, labeled by room and lite, wrapped for the truck. The crew opens the kit on site and installs in order. Nothing Epic installs has been cut by hand since 2023: a hand-cut nick in the edge becomes the tear point when the glass breaks, and the machine takes the human error out.”Epic crew note
Certified Installation Specialist in a red Epic cap scraping a classroom window from inside, trees and a parking lot beyond the glass

Friday, October 9, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Glass prep before the film — Cherry Creek, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Scraping the glass out to the frame edge before the 3M S2400 goes on.

“Scrape, clean, dry out to the frame edge. Nothing goes under the film that should not be there. Then the 3M S2400, then the 3M Impact Protection Attachment, installed the Epic Method.”Epic crew note
Lower lite of a classroom window with blue tape run around the perimeter marking the line for the 3M IPA bead; courtyard, picnic tables and a shade structure outsideGloved hand holding a red block tool at the corner where the glass meets the dark window frame

Friday, October 9, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Taped for the 3M IPA line — Cherry Creek, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Blue tape marks the line for the 3M IPA bead, installed the Epic Method. The frame edge is the whole point. Working the corner where glass meets frame, one lite at a time.

“3M S2400 on the glass, line taped for the 3M Impact Protection Attachment, installed the Epic Method. One lite at a time, same line every time.”Epic crew note
Two Epic vans parked at a school entrance at first light

Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Crews on site before sunrise — Cherry Creek, CO

Cherry Creek · 3M S2400

Epic crews on site at Cherry Creek, the largest project in 3M’s history. Installations done right…every time.

“On site before sunrise.”Epic crew note
Office glass with blue painter’s tape along the frame and a frost band at desk height, work in progress

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · Albuquerque, NM · Security film

Blue tape marks the IPA line — frost band over 3M S2400, Albuquerque, NM

A county government building · 3M S2400 · Custom-printed frost on Epic removable PET over-film

Work in progress: the blue tape marks the line for the 3M IPA bead — IPA installed the Epic way — before the frost band goes on.

“Tape the line, tool the IPA, pull the tape. Then the privacy band.”Epic crew note
Cutting head over a 3M S2400 panel with the opening number and size scribed on the liner

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Security film

Epic Precision — scribing a 3M S2400 panel in Aurora, CO

An Epic Colorado cutting department · 3M S2400

Every panel leaves Epic Precision — our proprietary cutting process department — labeled with its opening and size, so the crew never guesses on the glass.

“A nick on the edge is a tear point under load. The cut edge is clean, the panel is numbered, and it goes on the glass once.”Epic crew note
Five Epic crew members at the open rear doors of a van at the McKinney shopCrew loading a boxed roll of 3M film into the van

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · McKinney, TX · Security film

Kitted and loaded for a Colorado school — McKinney, TX

An Epic headquarters · · crew of 5

Headed to a Colorado school. Film in the van the night before.

“Load-out, McKinney. Crew credit: Ch.T.”Epic crew note
Classroom window 1102 with a double-sided room number applied over the security filmSchool entry with door number, security decals and a flyer in a reusable holder over the security film

Thursday, September 24, 2026 · Aurora, CO · Graphics over security film

Classroom numbers and entry decals over the security film — Colorado school district

An elementary school · 3M S2400 · Epic removable-adhesive PET over-film

Double-sided classroom numbers — readable from the corridor and from the parking lot — on Epic’s film-safe layer over 3M S2400. Door labels, the district’s security decals and a reusable flyer holder, all over the film and all removable.

“Numbers in, decals in, holders in — nothing touches the security film but our own media.”Epic crew note
Finished office with a frost privacy band over 3M S2400 at screen heightStreet view of the corner glass with the frost band — the security film is invisibleTwo Epic Certified Installation Specialists installing security film on tall office glass

Saturday, September 12, 2026 · Albuquerque, NM · Security film

3M S2400 with the Epic Method, then a custom-printed frost band — Albuquerque, NM

A county government building · 3M S2400 · Custom-printed frost on Epic removable PET over-film

Forced-entry and blast film first; privacy for the workstations second — the band sits at screen height and lifts off clean if the floor plan changes. From the sidewalk: the screens are gone, the film is invisible. The security film going on first.

“Street-level glass, sensitive screens behind it. Film for the threat, band for the privacy, one crew.”Epic crew note
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