What's this green tint on boat windshield?

[salmonee]

I've seen some boats with a green tint on their windshield? What is the purpose, is it for glare?

 

[mphy98]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

You are correct. Just like a car windshield some have an anti glaring coating on them.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

you must be seeing some older windshields.

 

[cranksbait]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

My 2209 Lund comes with a tinted windsheild (side console). It is to reduce glare. I also like it because I can see it there as opposed to a clear one that I might hit with my rod or something.

 

[salmonee]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

you must be seeing some older windshields.

Around 2000 year. I guess the new boat windshields are transparent?

 

[superpop]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

Unless it is a really dark green then it is simply the curvature of the glass playing tricks on the camera. If you go and look at most boat windshields they look clear even the old ones. If the boat is newer than around 1980's then it typically has a film on the glass to prevent the glass from shattering when it breaks. Kind of like a car windshield. Some of the cheaper curved boat windshields will look distorted when looking through the curved part.

 

[ziggy]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

you must be seeing some older windshields.

yep, that'd be my windshield. 1975.
it truly is coke bottle green plexiglass. #2111 i believe.
no idea why aristocraft used colored Plexiglas. it does cut down on the sun though. which i personally like. in my case the green Plexiglas aslo matches the color of my boat. but i don't think that was the reason for the colored Plexiglas as i've seen different colored aristocrafts with the same color plexiglas as i have.

 

[scipper77]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

yep, that'd be my windshield. 1975.
it truly is coke bottle green plexiglass. #2111 i believe.
no idea why aristocraft used colored Plexiglas. it does cut down on the sun though. which i personally like. in my case the green Plexiglas aslo matches the color of my boat. but i don't think that was the reason for the colored Plexiglas as i've seen different colored aristocrafts with the same color plexiglas as i have.

I'd like to see a picture of your green windshield.

 

[ziggy]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

I'd like to see a picture of your green windshield.

sure....
a pic of a cracked in transit new center windshield panel from aristocraft, damaged by ups..

easy to see it's coke bottle green....

looking through the open center panel w/ some windshield visible for reference from looking through nothing, and looking through the Plexiglas..

a thread with pics of the boat in general in this thread... http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=222039
if ya browse through the aristocraft forum, i believe there's a few other pics of the boat in there too....

 

[boater for life]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

the windshields were produced from solex green glass the same glass used in cars

 

[ddrieck]

Re: What's this green tint on boat windshield?

Actually......

Older automotive windshield glass had the green tinting added to reduce ultraviolet sunlight rays to help reduce heat and also to keep the interior of a air conditioned auto cooler. Non-air conditioned autos had clear glass without the green tint. Remember back when A/C was an expensive option?

Newer windshield glass no longer has the "green" tinting added to it and are now polarized instead. You can really see the affect when you wear a pair of polarized sunglasses. From a short distance the glass looks modeled and blurry but up close its clear.

My .02