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Covering Windows

ifti
ifti Posts: 349 Forumite
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Hi,

we are doing some house work and have taken off all the curtains and net curtains,
we want to cover the windows are we have very very nosey people on our street.

can someone please tell me what i could put on it, i have seen house with some white stuff on the windows but i havent a clue what it is

thanks i advance.
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  • fluffymuffy
    fluffymuffy Posts: 3,424 Forumite
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    How about some mirror glass film? It looks like a mirror from the outside (in daylight) but you can still see out. At night you'd still need to close the curtains.
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  • chris_n_tj
    chris_n_tj Posts: 2,659 Forumite
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    I tthink you mean while you are decorating? If so use windowlene just smear it on an leave. It will dry white/pink and no one will be able to see through the window. Once you have finished you just polish it off,
    RIP TJ. You my be gone, but never forgotten. Always in our hearts xxx
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  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Greenhouse whitener or watered down white emulsion.

    Cheers
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  • ifti
    ifti Posts: 349 Forumite
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    window lene seems expensive to use on the whole house

    what about a cheapy cif watered down will that be ok too.
  • chris_n_tj
    chris_n_tj Posts: 2,659 Forumite
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    ifti wrote: »
    window lene seems expensive to use on the whole house

    what about a cheapy cif watered down will that be ok too.

    Water the windowlene down a bottle should do the whole house. Or even a cheaper substitute would do the same job. Cant say about ciff as I have never tried it.
    RIP TJ. You my be gone, but never forgotten. Always in our hearts xxx
    He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
    You are his life, his love, his leader.
    He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
    You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    I'll say it a bit louder then:
    keystone wrote: »
    Greenhouse whitener or watered down white emulsion.

    :D

    Cheers
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  • chris_n_tj
    chris_n_tj Posts: 2,659 Forumite
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    keystone wrote: »
    I'll say it a bit louder then:



    :D

    Cheers
    Lol keystone I just heard you. I will remeber that one for next time. But watered down emulsion paint would be a !!!!!! to wash off I would have thought?

    PS oer i got a telling off for a rude word lol. It was only b-gger as well
    RIP TJ. You my be gone, but never forgotten. Always in our hearts xxx
    He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog.
    You are his life, his love, his leader.
    He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
    You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    chris_n_tj wrote: »
    Lol keystone I just heard you. I will remeber that one for next time.
    :D
    But watered down emulsion paint would be a !!!!!! to wash off I would have thought?
    Should have specified - my bad. NOT a vinyl one. Something like Supermatt - just washes off.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • tanith
    tanith Posts: 8,091 Forumite
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    My Dad used to put Newspaper up at the windows when he was decorating...
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  • ifti
    ifti Posts: 349 Forumite
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    tanith wrote: »
    My Dad used to put Newspaper up at the windows when he was decorating...


    i have done that but it doesnt let in alot of the light so its hard to see how the paint has come out!

    might just use newspaper and masking tape

    should be cool

    thank everyone for the tips
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