Wick Resin Into Starbreak

[mafsu]

My system(pressure first) averages 15-20 minutes for a repair

[glassdoctor]

To sound political... I think the speed has more to do with the experience of the technician that it does with the equipment. That's not a cop-out answer, just the best thing I can say. There's a lot more to the repairs than just the tools.

Temperature, resin choice, type of break, etc also have much to do with repair times.

I use a simple screw type injector and can do either method, and can do repairs quickly in general. Delta's is not the fastest but at least it's efficient to use... some others like GW take more time to set up/tear down than I spend on the whole repair.

Perhaps others can comment on the tools they use...

[code3wsr]

I use GlasWeld tools and have been very happy with them. Yes I'm still new to WSR but these are the tools I learned on. There may be some that are easier to use, I have heard people state they like glasweld but feel like they need three hands to operate it. However since this is the only system I have ever used, the operation of it seems normal to me.

This is why I asked about pushing resin into the break before a vac. cycle. I admit I dont know how any other tools work but how can you "pull" air out after putting resin in? Seems to me that if you are applying enough vac. to bring the air through the resin it would also pull out the resin?

Well I still have alot to learn but I'm trying everyday.

[mafsu]

It actually works quite well pulling the air out of the break. Delta has a video clip on their site that shows the process.
http://www.deltakits.com/dki-catalog/ezk-3.html

[Delta Kits]

Seems to me that if you are applying enough vac. to bring the air through the resin it would also pull out the resin?

Frank,

I'm not touching most things in this thread anymore , but the quick and easy answer to your question is, air is much lighter than resin, so the vacuum used is strong enough to pull air out of a break, but not so strong that it pulls all the resin out.

[repare-brise]

Cw Repair

Fastest is not always the best, quality also counts. I average about 5-8 mins of injector time per repair(time that the injector stays on the glass), but some times it's 3 and others it's 15. The time the injector needs to stay on the glass for a good repair is determined by forces greater than us. Befroe speed should come quality. I trust that most if not all participants here do great repairs regardless of equipment, and that the total time spent per repair rarely goes over 30 min.

Merci

[magicogar]

I timed my repairs today on bullseyes and averaged 12 min. (7 min repair + 5 min. cure) using delta's equipment. These are fresh breaks though on my practice shield so real world breaks could take longer. BTW, I've fixed my bullseye ring problems while performing various tests on my shield.

[screenman]

Somebody on this thread earlier said do not do wet chips, I have a bit of a problem with this due to the fact we have had rain /snow/fog etc for everday for the last 5 months how would he do business in these conditions.

Forget the time it takes to do a repair just come up with a fail prooof dry out system.

Yvan the answer is acetone and vacuum I think he picked my brains for the on this one.

[a1repair]

Greetings cwrepair

Glassdoctor makes a valid point(s). I use an old Novus bridge when I have to. That type of system is drill if you have to, pressure,then vaccum, then cure, then write me the check. Many people have said over the years "You're done already?"

Mafsu's slogan says alot.

[sunshine wr]

My system is vacuum first, takes 15-20 minutes per repair. Code3wsr, Go by GW's instructions they know best how thier equipment works, if you havn't been go to GW's class and use GW's tech support.