6. Will acrylic yellow or crack?

Window grade acrylic, which is available at most hardware stores and home centers contains no styrene or other monomers that will deteriorate, causing yellowing, cracking and checking. Through both laboratory and actual outdoor testing, over the last 20 years, 100% Window-Grade acrylic has been proven again and again not to yellow, crack or check.

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7. How are Magnetite® Windows cleaned?

The acrylic glazing and frames may be cleaned with Magnetite® acrylic cleaner or a mild detergent (3% in lukewarm water). Dry with a clean, damp cloth or chamois. We provide a complimentary bottle of acrylic cleaner at the time of installation. Additional Magnetite® brand cleaner may be ordered through our sales department, or the customer may purchase other brands of acrylic cleaner at most grocery stores.
IMPORTANT: Do not use Windex or other brands of glass cleaner which contain ammonia to clean Magnetite® Windows, as the ammonia may damage the acrylic panels.

8. Why is acrylic used in place of glass?

Although Window-Grade acrylic costs considerably more than glass, our acrylic provides many benefits:

• Four times more energy-efficient than glass: Acrylic has four times the thermal resistance as the same thickness of glass.
• Lightweight: acrylic is less than half the weight of glass.
• Stronger than glass: acrylic has up to 18 time greater impact resistance than ordinary glass in the same thickness.
• Safer than glass: when subjected to a blow beyond its resistance, the hazard of injury is greatly reduced because acrylic breaks into large, relatively dull-edged pieces which scatter at a low speed.

9. What about maintenance?

Our windows provide a Maintenance-free, air-tight seal, year after year. You can count on a lifetime of dependable service from the high quality components used in manufacturing our windows. Cleaning is the only care that is required.

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10. Why are Magnetite® Windows a better investment than replacement windows or storm windows?

Our patented window system will out-perform every replacement window or storm window system on the market today. There is no system available that is more thermally efficient, which means the energy cost savings with our system will be greater than any other.

• Magnetite® Windows eliminate both hot and cold air leakage. Our system, tested without a prime window, in a simulated 25mph wind, exceeded the U.S. Department of Energy standards for storm windows by 200 times!
• Since acrylic has four times the thermal resistance of glass, our windows alone already insulate better than all other systems available. When you combine our air-tight magnetic seal, acrylic that insulates four times as well as glass, the dead air space between your current windows and then consider that all of this is added to the insulating value of your current prime windows, no other window system even comes close!

  Magnetite® Windows eliminate all of the common problems which other systems will suffer over the years, resulting in substantial air leakage and lowered efficiency.
  
  Our windows will never suffer from other window problems:

• We have no frame and sash to shrink or warp.
• We have no side tracks to loosen with repeated use.
• We have no weather stripping to deteriorate, requiring periodic replacement.
• We have no caulking to deteriorate, requiring periodic repair.

  Our windows are much more efficient, resulting in lower heating and cooling cost, than any other system.

11. Will Magnetite® Windows make our home quieter?

YES! Another advantage of acrylic is its sound deadening properties which allow this window system to reduce outside noise by as much as 90%. Now, you will not have to be disturbed by loud music in the cars that drive by, the neighbor's dog barking, or by someone else's lawnmower early in the morning.

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