Adding WS Repair

[swalt]

Adding WS repair to my services. For the last 4 years all of my work (Paint Touch Up and Interior Repair)has been at the dealership level. Any advise or tips would be helpful

[AGSS]

Welcome Swalt, a great add on choice for your current services. That being said, have you chosen a kit yet? It is my opinion that if you are adding this service and this is not your mainline service, I think you only need a one injector kit this will save you some bucks. boy I may get flamed for that one.

Select a kit such as Delta that offers training and great tech support, do your research on this.

read through some of the old posts by some of the senior techs like coitster, screenman and many others here (too many to name).

upsell your new service and charge what you are worth!

- Chris

[swalt]

I have the single bridge 12V Delta kit. Doing a few repairs with my dealers now. About 45 repairs so far. No training just the DVD. Repairs look pretty good. Seems like some of the star repairs are tougher than others. Like when the leg seems to be at an angle ie kinda like a slice sideways in the glass. Not been able to get the results I'd like on this repair. Any suggestions?

[Glasseye]

With star breaks you really have to make sure there is good entry into the break for the resin to flow. Sometimes that means making the damage worse i.e. creating better access at the root of the leg, to make it better. This can be done by drilling or using a device known as an impactor,which is the tool I use, to create a better access point.

[swalt]

Thanks. Have avoided drilling. Will try it next time.

[jayjacque]

Originally Posted by Glasseye

With star breaks you really have to make sure there is good entry into the break for the resin to flow. Sometimes that means making the damage worse i.e. creating better access at the root of the leg, to make it better. This can be done by drilling or using a device known as an impactor,which is the tool I use, to create a better access point.

Glasseye...Is the impactor same as a crack expander? If not, where do you get those? And if same, are they your standard prep device for starbreaks?

[Glasseye]

The impactor has a trigger operated plunger, which delivers a controlled impact to the glass through a tungsten-carbide tip. I only use this device when the legs of a star break are not filling. It came with the Glass Medic kit I use.

[GlassStarz]

i started in WR and then added paint repair it is a perfect mix I check my injectors during down moments (drying etc) I find it doesnt take me anymore time than if i had just been doing one or the other.

[screenman]

You can use almost any toughened steel probe and a tapping stick of some decription to open a chip up. there are many reasons a star will not fill.

Premature curing.
Moisture.
Unconnected legs.
Moisture.
To much injector tip pressure.
Moisture.

I hope you get my drift. Of these I would say the first 2 are the most likely ones we come across people doing wrong over here.

[swalt]

Thanks screenman. Some of the repairs I've been doing could be from damage that is old. I use Delta moister eliminator on every repair. I also use uv shield on every repair. It seems the injector seals are a bit diff from the ones I first got with my kit. They are tappered and maybe its just me but they seem a bit harder. I'm finding that it may be using to much pressure thats my problem. So now I'm spending a bit more time setting up my bridge and injector seal.