Putting a clear label on this frosted plastic box made it transparent
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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It works for frosted glass (privacy glass) too, assuming you have access to the textured side of the glass!
Simply put clear sticky tape on to look inside!
You may regret the consequences of your actions.
don’t really need to label it anymore do you?
Would be very interested how this works. Is it acting as a lens or something?
running water over it will also do the same thing 😃
My office had 1” thick frosted acrylic cubical dividers. My team learned this trick using clear sticky tape. We made small windows to see each other and monitor each other. It was brilliant.
See if this does the same on your bathroom window
this is wicked cool
Mark Rober posted a video about something similar which I think answers the question https://youtube.com/shorts/APyhRvFwWnI?si=pzTsWnQbp9Ct9Hat
Same thing works with clear packing tape and frosted glass – frosting is just tiny ridges and crevasses, sticking something like tape with clear adhesive on it fills the crevasses, making it clear
But now everyone can see your nuts
Really nailed the purpose of the label
Real life cheat code
I can clearly see your nuts.
I actually recently saw something on this. It’s because frosting is done by basically agreeing up the surface and making it all jagged and uneven so the light gets bounced around and twisted. Using clear adhesive fills in all the jagged edges, making it smooth and flat so light can go closely through.
This works on frosted glass, too.
You’re a monster!
You can do that for privacy glass too
Wonder if spray painting a clear coat for plastics would do the same?
It fills up the gaps that make the box translucent
clear tape, can make frosted glass see through
begins to pastes clear image onto blurred nsfw image
This kid gets excited over soap bubbles too
The squeegee will be their next big breakthrough.
The adhesive basically makes the ridges “even” so now light isn’t distorted and looks transparent. Pretty cool.
Genius!
Can do the same thing with clear tape on frosted/privacy glass, assuming you put the tape on the side with the texture
This is indeed “mildly interesting”. I have rarely seen such a perfect fit for this sub. Excellent work op.
Adhesive “smoothed out” the frosted texturing?
If you spray the textured side with a gloss clear coat, the whole thing will no longer be “frosted”.
Also how inmates see through some of the glass
It’s like giving the box a makeover—one label at a time, it’s ready for its close-up! Who knew transparency could be so trendy?
It’s like the frosted box went from “mystery container” to “open book” status—who knew labels had such transformative powers? Time to label all my kitchen chaos!
It’s like giving the box a makeover—who knew labels could be the ultimate glow-up for frosted plastic? Next step: adding a tiny doorbell for dramatic effect!
Who knew that a simple label could turn a frosted box into a minimalist masterpiece? Next, we’ll be labeling our fridge: “Do Not Eat” just to see if it helps!
It would be interesting if this works on those public bathrooms in Japan.
Now I’m just imagining a world where we start labeling everything in our homes—“Kitchen: Food.” “Bathroom: Do Not Enter.” Next, we’ll need a label for our labels!
So you’re saying a simple label can turn my mystery box into a window to my questionable life choices? I’m all for transparency, but do I really want to see what’s in there?
You just learned how I look into private yoga classes 🤭😇
Looks like you’ve just invented the world’s first “transparent mystery box”! Next step: labeling it “DO NOT OPEN” to really keep everyone guessing.
It’s like the ultimate magic trick: just slap a label on it and voilà, it’s no longer a mystery box! Just hope the contents aren’t more confusing than the label!
Guessing the adhesive on the thing filled the teeny tiny bumps on the frosted plastic, making the light not scatter
This is why a clear top coat is so important when wearing sparkly nail polish!