sticking gel to a window

[ProgrammerInTraining]

Idk if im being tested but I was asked if I can apply gel to windows using soda and a squeegee to knock down light coming into a room for a shoot. anyone done this? I figured cutting and taping would be easiest but I guess there's other ways to do it?

 

[Jamyo]

Idk if im being tested but I was asked if I can apply gel to windows using soda and a squeegee to knock down light coming into a room for a shoot. anyone done this? I figured cutting and taping would be easiest but I guess there's other ways to do it?

Water works just fine too, I have a window that has been 'stained glass' with a Rosco swatchbook for several years now using only water.

 

[DuckJordan]

I could see soda working, (sugar being the binding substance) But taping would be an easier (Less costly) way of doing it. and you could use the gel after.

 

[Edrick]

We use water doing it for film / tv.

 

[ProgrammerInTraining]

Water works just fine too, I have a window that has been 'stained glass' with a Rosco swatchbook for several years now using only water.

did you wet the window then apply the gel? or what the proper way?

 

[Van]

I've used soapy water before, never soda. Just a speck of water in some dawn or "bubble juice", works great.
Make sure you squeegee it well and Molecular Cohesion does the work.

 

[Brandofhawk]

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[StNic54]

Hairspray on glass will cut down the light just like a gel would. Also, scotch tape on the gel to the window. Even Scotch itself will make the light blurrier. If you are being tested, maybe ask them if they use a metric c-wrench.