Glas Weld

[0hunter]

I have been told by several people that Glas Weld makes the best equipment in the business. Does anyone have experieince with their equipment? if so ,what is your opinion? Thanks

[GlasWeldTech]

Man this is going to be a GOOD thread here on the delta forum. It should get interesting. I use Glas Weld and have 2 of the old style injectors and 2 of the newer Pro Vac 2000s and also the new Pro Cure curing light. They do an excellant job for me. Are they the best? I like to think so but am sure there are several here that will disagree. I really don't know if there is a BEST!! Like Chevy vs. Ford? Dodge vs GMC? I have no regrets about my choice of equipment and hope to buy more of their injectors in the future. Like I say this is going to get interesting!!!

[sunshine wr]

I have 3 Pro-Vac 2000's and the Pro-Cure light also. That Pro-Cure saves lots of time. I would like to try the old Pro-Vac. GlasWeldTech do you use Glas-Weld resins only?

[crackhead]

For each and every WSR tech. on this forum....if you are successful at doing quality repairs with the equipment you are using, that is the key. A good tech. could probably do good repairs with most of the equipment out there.... a lousy tech. probably couldn't do good repairs regardless of what equipment he uses. More importantly than the equipment is the person using it!

[GlasWeldTech]

I use Glas Weld, GT, and Janvil resins. I have tried many others but this is what I stayed with for various reasons. Esprit makes a very good resin, however, it is pricey. One resin for all breaks.

[glassdoctor]

I like Skippy a little better than Jiff...

There isn't a "best" imo... but I think you could group certain brands into a "one of the best" category.

[chips1144]

I hate to be the party pooper, I bought glasweld and was never completely satisfied, in their defense, I never called and complained, I just lived with the problems...
I have a few issues, the major one is pulling a vaccum, I feel like I need three hands, two to hold the device on the glass and one to pull the injector, Im not gonna sit here an bash GW, but I will say I did see the Delta device at a trade show and thought it was so easy to use... I wish Id spent $1500 less and bought Delta... I never considered Delta at my time of purchase because they didnt advertise heavy, I didnt know they were around, and back in those days there was no forums to help us, you just had to listen to the sales pitch and decide...

[Jeremiahswindshieldrepair]

The view of "there is no best bridge" is correct ... however there are definitely BETTER bridges than others. For instance, liquid resins equipment is a big hunk of plastic while Delta's bridge has a stainless steel injector, there are unscrupulous folks out there who have duplicated Delta's bridge but they couldn't figure out the spring action in the injector so they just made it a screw up and down type which is way less convenient than the regular Delta model. Now talking about a piece of equipment that costs $2000 to buy compared to a bridge that is $240, they both can do equally good jobs when used by a competent WSR tech but there is an obvious disadvantage to the more expensive one. When I was doing fleets I carried 7 bridges and quite often I had all 7 working at the same time as I would just run down the line placing bridges and by the time I got to the end of placing my 7 I would be ready for the vaccuum stage and I would go back and vacc all of them .. then I would go back and take it off vacc and back to pressure ... then they would usually be done unless they were tough ones that didn't want to fill. But the point is that if I wanted to be that fast and do a top quality job with Delta's bridges I would spend about $1700 and have 7 top quality bridges... or I could go buy part of a single Glas Weld briddge. To me there is no difference in quality if done by a competent WSR guy if using top quality equipment like Delts, GW and only maybe 1 or 2 others out there... the rest are generally NOT top quality and have many features that are way less convenient than others but generally cost much more. I feel when comparing effectiveness of a product not only functionality needs to be determined, also maybe ease of use, price, number of moving parts that can break down, regular maintenace items like seals and such, also the quality of the equipment overall and last and also least is the aesthetic appeal.

What makes this division within the WSR business about who is better or best is statements like this that I found on the Glas Weld site "A truly incredible tool that is the heart of the Glas-Weld windshield repair system. It will repair breaks others can only look at." .... now that is just absurd, there isn't a single break that I can't fix that any other person using any other piece of equipment on any day of the week in any weather condition can fix. This "claim" is theie entire description of their bridge .. however when I look up Delta Kits bridge it just states facts ... let's compare:
http://www.deltakits.com/dki-catalog/b300.html
http://glasweld.com/Merchant2/merchant. ... PV2000COMP

The quality of the bridge that GW puts out is not even questionable. It is stainless steel and has had alot of effort put into making it top quality ... but so has Delta. I am just wondering though ... how does the GW system do a chip toward the edge of the windshield, since it has a centered injector?

anyhow lemme give my disclaimer

DISCLAIMER:

I do help out with the marketing portion of Delta Kits training boot camps, but I am in no way affiliated with Delts Kits. They do not employ me nor do I have any sort of exclusive contract with them forcing me to buy their resins or equipment. I am an independent repair tech who has just chosen to use their stuff because of the list of reasons above: price, quality, ease of use ... etc. Please do not think that because this board is moderated by Delta that you need to use Delta stuff or that you will be bashed by Delta in any way. These are stand up guys and they would never do that. I, on the other hand ..... am not employed by them and can therefore give my personal opinion on the matter. My opinion is only as good as any other persons with equal experience...

[GlasWeldTech]

Jerimiah,
GW has a corner bridge.

[sunshine wr]

Jerimiah, I see from your description you know your equipment quite well,but have you used Glas-Weld before. If not don't create opinions by reading the internet.All the wsr companies have thier sales pitches wether it be our's does the ones the others look at; or our's is the one the pros choose. I do agree that tools are only as good as the people behind them. NO disclaimer needed .