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What we learned on the glass.

Short articles written from Epic’s own installations, tests and service calls — not brochures. Each one leads with the footage or the photos, then the detail for the people who want it. New article every week. Subscribe to the RSS feed to get each one in your feed reader.

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The 3M Impact Protection Attachment bead run along a window frame, the attachment stage of the Epic Method

Protect · October 20, 2026

What a 3M window film warranty covers, and what Epic does so it holds

3M film performance warranties run 10 to 15 years on commercial glass, with glass breakage coverage for 5 years. Here is what voids them and what Epic does so yours holds.

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EPA Federal Triangle headquarters, Washington, D.C. — one of the federal buildings protected under Chris Eder’s early blast-mitigation work

Craft · October 5, 2026

The 1%: why Epic started as a safety-film company

Nobody teaches security film as its own trade, so most of it is installed like a window treatment. Epic was built the other way around: safety film first.

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Finished office at a county government building in Albuquerque: a custom-printed frost band over 3M S2400 security film at screen height

Protect · October 4, 2026

Frost it, number it, brand it — over security film

A county building in Albuquerque needed blast and forced-entry film on its street glass, and privacy for the screens behind it. One layer solved both.

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Epic’s precision cutting table in the Colorado cutting department with a roll of 3M security film loaded

Craft · October 3, 2026

Shop-cut from day one. Machine-cut since 2023.

Epic has never trimmed film to your glass by hand. What 3M filmed in 2023 was our manual cutting machine; Epic Precision replaced it that year.

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Godley ISD entry glass after the September 2023 windstorm: broken but held in the frame by 3M security film

Protect · October 2, 2026

What the film did at Godley

A windstorm broke every window on one side of a Godley ISD building. The filmed ones stayed closed — then the district’s own officers tried to get through.

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Conference room glass with film installed, clean and clear

Protect · October 1, 2026

How to clean filmed glass (and keep the warranty)

The 30-day cure, the cleaners 3M actually recommends (yes, Windex Original), the tools, and the short list of things that should never touch window film.

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