[screenman]

I feel there are too many variables to answer this question, whilst I agree sometimes with a low price screen replacement may be an option. Some of the windshields we repair cots in excess of $2,500 and a lot of this glass due to its size is well away from the drivers vision, in this case long crack repair is a very good alternative to expensive replacement. Now if resin is sold and tested to be stronger than the glass when it is fully cured why should we not do long crack repair in areas that cause no distraction. Using the methods we do most long cracks 18 inches plus should only take a couple of minutes to fill, with the long UV lamps about 15 minutes to cure. The longest part is drying out but again this is something I feel we have mastered and most cracks this lenght will take about 10 minutes. All in all about 40 minutes finished, now there are guys out there that cannot do a bullseye properly in that time so add on skill as another variable. I judge each job as I come to them and have nothing set in stone. We have BS standards over here that are exactly that BS. Using Magnibond has in my mind made long crack repair failure a thing of the past, since changing over we have not had 1 failure.