update on (problems with pit resins)

Just wanted to add an up-date to the problems I was having with my pit resin looking cloudy and brown.
I went ahead and tried the procedure that Dustin had suggested about using a towel (in this case I used a paper towel) to clean out the pit before adding the Pit Resin. The two repairs that I tried this way came out about 98% clearer.
I also want to add that Delta Kits went ahead and sent me a new vial of Pit Resin to try.
So I want to say thanks to Dustin for the tip.

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Glad I could help out. My brother had noticed the same dark pit problem a while back when I was training him in windshield repair. He didn't soak up the residual resin before using pit filler and found it wasn't clear... he had to drilling out and redo it.

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so you guys fill your pits after you do the repair, is that what your saying. but before you cure your repair you soak up the repair resin and then put in the pit resin to finish the repair and you get discoloration.
not saying your wrong, but if you would use your pit resin first, and put it into the pit and then cure it, then drill into the original break and then repair as normal you would see a big difference in your repairs.



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Huh?

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say what?

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You're kidding, right?<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek">

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no your kidding! huh! what!
what is pit resin, resin to fill pits. if you did a repair right, even if you had to use an expander on your injector you would'nt have any pit left.
once you remove all broken glass in the impact area, dryed out any moisture, and there's a hugh area what would be called the pit area, why would you repair the break and then pull out all the resin by you soaking it up with a towel.
all I'm saying is that if you have a large pit area fill it first the cure it, and then drill and fill like you normally would.

your way you can't even cure it while it's under pressure. why even use any kind of equipment in your repairs just squirt in some resin then fill the rest with pit resin and you finished.

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"so you guys fill your pits after you do the repair, is that what your saying" ....umm, yeah... I think that's pretty much the industry standard, right?

Sprinter, I think I see what you are talking about... and it's not what this thread was about. You are referring to a break with a really large pit... too big for the injector seal to cover. Yes, in this case, you could fill the pit first and then drill into the break and fill. Then, of course you have to fill the "new" pit, which is the drill hole.

btw, In most cases like this, I don't actually fill the entire pit area, but only enough of the perimeter so that the injector seal will do it's job. This way, the pit resin does not have a chance to soak into the break before I do the repair. Hopefully I described that good enough...

Now, if you are talking about a typical repair with a normal, small impact pit... you are sadly misguided. Also, if a repair is done correctly there is normally no need to cure under pressure. Sometimes this works well for a stubborn break, but most shouldn't need it.

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Maybe you should read a thread before you post anything. If you did, you would see that the problem was eliminated by soaking excess resin from the pit before curing... it was not caused by doing this. So why try to trash on it?

btw, I am no rookie or part timer, in case you wondered.

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if your pit resins and break resins worked hand in hand you would'nt have to soak up your resins in the pit area. I don't know any manufacturer of repair kits that have this in their manuals or teach it in their trainnig classes.
you take things way to seriously if you think I was trashing this topic.
I never implyed you were a rookie, or part timer.

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