tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70210869410730276292024-02-20T16:35:52.646-08:00DIY Windshield Repair KitsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399274442218135336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021086941073027629.post-55152630966881147622010-09-21T10:54:00.000-07:002012-10-15T23:21:13.810-07:00DIY Windshield Repair Kits (Dont Work)<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"> </span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <strong><u>DIY windshield repair Kits</u></strong></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">These things are JUNK waste on time and money. All they are good for is screwing up a windshield</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">repair . sure you may get lucky on a small percentage of breaks. but 95% of the time they will mess</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">the repair up. WHY? three reasons off the top of my head 1. inferior low grade resin 2 .no drill bit that</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">many repairs need to create an opening so the resin can flow in 3. they cannot pull a proper vaccuum to remove air from break .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.cprautoglassrepair.com/windshield-replacement-installation-crack-rock-chip-repair/"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <u><strong> Super glue and Windshield Repair</strong></u></span></span></span></a></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Occasionaly a customer will ask me. Is that super glue you injecting in the windshield? My reply is</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Ya super glue on steriods, just kidding . super glue is way to thick to make its way into tiny cracks.</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">you need a special formula made for windshield repair call UV resin its comes in many viscosity for</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">diff types of windshield repair. Never use super glue it will just clog the repair up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <u><a href="http://www.cprautoglassrepair.com/rock-chip-crack-repair-info/"> <span style="color: white;">SURFACE CHIPS on WINDSHIELDS</span></a></u></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Every now and them i get called out for surface chips unfortunately there is nothing i can do for these.</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">a surface chip is when a rock hit a windshield and takes a small piece of glass out of the windshield</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">usually these are superficial, most common are about the size of a tip of a inkpen to a 1/8 inch in dia.</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">unless there is a small crack or a dark black area under them dont sweat it they should be fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <strong><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: white;">RainX</span> <span style="color: white;">and</span> <span style="color: white;">windshield</span> <span style="color: white;">repair</span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">If you have a chip in your windshield do not apply rainx over the top of it. it will contaminate the repair,</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">many rock chips are open to the elements rain,dirt, washer solvents, water repelants [rainx] etc the </span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">best thing to do if you get a chip in your windshield is to put a small piece of UPS box tape over it</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">to keep it free of moisture and dirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="color: white;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.cprautoglassrepair.com/rock-chip-crack-repair-info/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">This Windshield</span> <span style="color: white;">repair Tech Is</span> <span style="color: white;">suppose to know</span> <span style="color: white;">what he is doing</span></span></a></u></strong></span></span></span></span><span class="size10 Helvetica10"><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">To start off he needs to learn how to drill his drill bit moves all over the point on impact making the finished repair more visilble.</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Second he takes his probe and creates more damage {trust me this is NOT needed} then was there in the first place. Heath fly into St. louis i will train you properly.</span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><strong><u><a href="http://www.cprautoglass.com/about_us.html"> <span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: white;">Black area around Windshield (Frit Band)</span></span></a></u></strong></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Think of the black area around your windshield like trim on your house, it finishes it off. It also keeps the UV rays of the sun from breaking down the factory seal (urathane). The most interesting fact is </span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">that 75% of windshields that crack get hit by rocks in this area. </span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Two reasons for this is 1, you never see a chip in this area unless you look really close. It is a good idea every now and then to focus in this area, if you see a chip, look close to see if it has a star or dark shadow under it. If it does, call your windshield repair professional.</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">2, alot of stress is put on the windshield the closer to the frame making it more breakable</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">Every now and then when i arrive to do a rock chip repair i see that my customer has put clear nail polish</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">on the repair thinking that it will stop the cracking process.Not True this will only hinder the repair process</span></div>
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<span class="size10 Helvetica10" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">nail polish is way to thick to make it down in side the chip, not to mention it is not formulated for windshield repair.</span></span></div>
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