A TikToker has both inspired and infuriated viewers with a renovation hack about using Elmer's glue to add an opaque tint to her window

• A TikToker's video about tinting her window with Elmer's glue received over 41 million views in two days.
• Viewers are both infuriated and amazed. "Why not just buy a curtain?" some posed.

A TikToker has gone mega-viral with a video saga about using Elmer's glue to add an opaque tint to her window. While some people find the hack ingenious, others are confused, asking why she couldn't simply buy a curtain.

Helly's first video about her window hack has garnered 41 million views in just two days. In the clip, she demonstrated using a paint roller to smear glue across an entire window "to make it not see-through," she said, adding that she was inspired to try the hack from other TikTokers.

"Alright well I guess my naked neighbor duties are fully over," she joked at the end.

While some people were fascinated by the cheap and simple solution, many viewers were left perplexed. Top commenters seemed aggravated that she chose to glue her window instead of simply purchasing curtains; others wondered if the glue would come off or peel whenever she eventually tried to crack open the window.

"But... why don't you want to look through your window?" one commenter wrote. "Why don't you use net curtains?"

Helly has made numerous follow-up videos since, giving viewers constant updates on how the window looked and functioned, and trying to answer some concerns.

In one video, she showed how the window looked when the glue had dried at night. In another, she showed the view during the day (the glue appeared to filter the scene outside into a pretty blur of color). Helly showed viewers that she had left a tiny glue-less peephole on one end of the window so she could see outside if needed.

"I hope nobody peeps from the other side; That would be awkward," she said.

In another update clip, Helly showed how opening and closing the window didn't damage or scratch the glue coating at all.

Helly has made so many videos about her window that commenters say they're heavily invested — whether they'd employ the hack themselves or not. And not everyone is as upset or bewildered. Several commenters said they totally understand the appeal and they're inspired to try this themselves.

"I wanna do this with glitter glue. I think it would be so cute," a commenter wrote.

"I want to do this so my dogs can stop barking at everyone and everything that walks by our house," another added.

Insider has reached out to Helly for comment.