Scotch Tape Makes Frosted Glass Transparent!?!

Tape-Making-Translucent-Glass-ClearOk. Someone has got to try this and report back if it works! I’m not sure if this is a video trick, or if it really works, and I don’t have any frosted glass to try it on. But according to this guy, if you put some of that clear box tape on frosted glass, you can see right through it.

I really can’t believe this works, but the darn video is so convincing! So again, I’m putting a call out for anyone and everyone who has the ability to give this a try and report back if it works!

Comments

  1. Chris Jean says:

    I’ve never tried it, but I don’t doubt it works.

    Frosted glass simply is regular glass with a textured surface to scatter light. So, if you place tape on the glass, it smooths out the uneven surface, thus causing the light to not scatter nearly as much. Think of it as using polish to fill imperfections in smooth surfaces.

    It seems that the glass in this video is only frosted on the one side, which is why it works.

  2. Spamboy says:

    The only way it could work is if it had the same effect as viewing through polarized glass. The imperfections on the surface of the frosted glass create glare — i.e. scattered light. The tape may be negating some of that glare and permitting light of the same orientation to pass together.

  3. Hans says:

    It’s not so much the tape negating the glare, but rather the adhesive on the back of the tape filling in the imperfections in glass, thereby letting the light pass freely.

  4. fas says:

    People do claim all sorts of crazy stuff to work but sigh it doesn’t work that way. Once there was this whole convincing article that you can unlock your car via your cellphone, utter crap.

  5. shaunjudy says:

    This trick will work. I use to do this at my old job to keep an eye on my employees. I think it like putting a piece of glass on the surface of water.

  6. Mircea nunti says:

    Who doesn’t love this Youtube ? You can find lots of crazy things people experiment. The last one i enjoyed was the “rice experiment”. Pretty cool.

  7. Matt Rude says:

    So dose it work, has anyone tried it?

  8. brendan says:

    yes it works. it’s called a ground glass. the light going through a camera lens, reflects onto the clear side of the glass, and the camera focuses on the frosted side which the light has been projected on to. with the right distance between the frosted glass and the lens and the camera, the camera will focus past the frost and onto the clear. but when the lens focuses the frosted side is what will create the blur….

  9. joseGregorio says:

    That is great! as said above you have to love youtube! you can find almost anything there! I will try this and get back to you guys with some pic!

    Thanks

    Jose

  10. Jac3q says:

    Heheheheheh! This one has definitely elicted some funny comments. Keeping eyes on employees? Hmmmm, the mind boggles ;-)

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