to those who say they dont drill

[mafsu]

I don't have any problem with pit resin falling out or being scraped out. The only times I had that problem was with the junk resin I used when I started in this business.

[Wright Fix]

I wanted to add my .02 here. I only drill about 5% of my repairs and have a system that works very well for me. The first thing I do when I have actual line cracks in a break. I will define line cracks as star cracks or any break that causes a single or multiple lines, legs, whatever you want to call them.

The first thing I do is probe the point of impact or opening to see if the glass will move and open up the cracks. Now, if you are still unable to read the glass I would be very careful because you may increase the break. If you notice the cracks open ever so slightly you will not have to drill this break. However, you will still need to let the injector do it's work. Don't rush the repair. If the break will not move at all and there is a bullseye at all I will apply the injector and then probe the legs. Again, these will almost always fill if you are patient.

If one or more crack(s) will not fill, here is my process:

1. I look very closely inside and out to make sure it did not fill, some fill but it is not noticable at first glance. If you continue to mess with these they may run.

2. I briefly heat the glass if it is a cool day on the vacum cycle and then reverse it and add a small amount of pressure as it cools (ie no thumb pressure on a Delta Injector.)

3. If it still does not take resin I will drill a hole and pop a bullseye if it does not already have one.

I have yet to find one that will not fill with this method and I am doing about 15 repairs a week. I also take pride in my work and would never send an unfilled crack away with a charge. I give a lifetime guarantee and some people would call me on it and I would be back out there again with a line crack that I have to drill to stop.

Just my .02 and I am sure some will disagree. No drill holes definatly look better in the end. Patience.......

Heath

[mafsu]

I want to clarify that we are talking about drilling in the pit. I do not see any ill effects from drilling in the pit asthetically or otherwise.

[CV Windshield Repair]

It has been my experience that what determines if you should drill or not drill should be the type of break that you are repairing. If you have a break that should be drilled and is not, then you have to use a lot more pressure to get the resin to fill the break completely. This not only takes longer to repair the break but if too much pressure is used on a hot windshield the possibility of causing the break to spread is great.