Coloured & Tinted Glass
Tinted glass
Tinted float is produced by adding metal oxides during float glass production. The most common colours are grey, bronze, green and blue. Apart from its visual appeal, tinted float is also used to reduce solar heat gain, UV and glare inside a building.
Tinted float glass achieves its performance by absorbing solar energy and so is sometimes referred to as heat absorbing glass. This heat absorbing quality means the glass is thermally stressed so some thicker or darker products may need to be toughened to avoid thermal stress breakage.
Tinted float can be processed into heat strengthened, toughened, laminated, curved glass and insulating glass units (IGU's).
Tinted glass colour selection
Tinted float glass samples are available by request from Metro Glass. Due to the significant variance in lighting conditions, it is recommended to view tinted glass samples in light conditions as close to the installation conditions as possible, before selecting a tint colour.
Green tinted float glass
Modern green tints offer better solar performance with superior light transmittance then traditional bronze tints. Green tints can be useful to enhance the appearance of greenery in the surrounding environment.
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Low E glass + tint
The advantage of Low E + tint, is that it can provide better solar control performance than standard tinted float glass, while allowing more visible light.
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