[Brent Deines]

Welcome to the windshield repair forum Matt, and thank you for clearing up the fact that you won the competition. I'm sorry I didn't mention that, but frankly I did not remember who won. I should have checked before making the post, but sometimes I get in a hurry, especially around dinner time. Congratulations on your victory!

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one as we prove to trainees every month that the moisture evaporator "does" work in only 20 seconds on all but the largest repairs, and even the largest repairs can be dried out with a 2nd 20 second application after the glass cools for a few minutes. If you ever care to attend our free training class I am confident you will change your opinion. You are welcome any time.

Although I started repairing glass in Montana over 20 years ago, I moved to western Oregon about a year after that. I'm sure you are aware that western Oregon has a nearly identical climate to western Washington. I have also had the privilege to observe repairs being done in just about every state in the country, and every climate imaginable. I too have seen my share of lousy repairs, and I do not teach short cuts. However I do teach efficiency and techniques that I believe provide the best possible results. Time is always secondary to quality, but if we can achieve both I believe it would be foolish to do it any other way.

I have tried your method and prefer the moisture evaporator. You have tried the moisture evaporator and prefer your method. It's a simple difference in preference, nothing more. As long as you get your repairs completely dried out before you inject your resin and you are comfortable with the time spent doing so, I have no beef with you.

Just because we disagree on a few things doesn't mean we can't still be friends. If that were the case none of us on this forum would be friends. Please accept my humble apology if I offended you in any way. That was certainly not my intention.

Again, welcome to the windshield repair forum. I hope we will heae more from you in the future.