Cuz the paint thing worries me too. It would basically double the number of surfaces to adhere, thus doubling the chances of failure.
I wonder about maybe sanding the area to be adhered. That would certainly result in greatly reduced see-through ...?
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im not sure why the paint thing is so worrisome for people.... IF you are using the
correct paint.
make sure its a paint formulated for painting plastics.
dont peel the protective paper from the sheeting until you are ready to stick the finished window to the window hole....
after cutting out the new window lens and with the paper still in place, hold the newly cut lens piece it up to the hole, in its proper place, and trace around the hole with a pen or pencil onto the paper.....
then lay the lens down and use a razor blade to gently cut the traced line... then peel the paper off around the edge that will be painted, leaving the paper in the center... if there is any over spray on the remaining paper, it will be peeled off later anyway...
using a scotchbrite pad to scuff the area that is going to be painted is a good way to insure better adhesion...practice is to use a paint made for painting plastics.
all the sanding and beveling of the edges can be done before removing the paper, but the
flame polishing must be done AFTER removing the paper... if not it can catch fire and scorch the plastic. at the very least it will be very difficult to get the melted paper adhesive off of the acrylic...
so, cut to lens size.... bevel and sand edges.... trace hole in cabin on to lens paper..... cut trace line, peel edge paper.... scuff and paint, let dry
very well... flame polish..... add adhesive tape and install.