Hi all
Do any of you have any tips for attempting to fix a repair that someone has already done? I have been seeing a lot of horrible repairs lately and I have been able to make a couple of them look pretty decent. I am just looking for some other techniques. Thanks in advance for all of your replies.
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Coitster
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Hey Gaf,
One of the unfortunate things about windshield repair is that it is so simple to learn most companies just send out a 20 minute video or a manual to try and teach people to do repairs. Then really recieve no formal mentoring or hands on instruction. Every day that I am out in the field I see chip repairs that just look rotten. The sad part is all it takes to do a good repair is a little bit of patience and pride in your work using the proper techniques. You will find chips that you can fix that have already been repaired, but in my experiance most of the time you really can't redo them if they halfway attempted a repair. To give an example of what I see all the time a lot of guys just take their pit resin and put it over the chip and put a curing tab and then say its fixed. I hate that because it gives us good techs a bad name. Get used to it though, so many guys out there that think because they watched a video they know how to fix chips.
David
Coitster
One of the unfortunate things about windshield repair is that it is so simple to learn most companies just send out a 20 minute video or a manual to try and teach people to do repairs. Then really recieve no formal mentoring or hands on instruction. Every day that I am out in the field I see chip repairs that just look rotten. The sad part is all it takes to do a good repair is a little bit of patience and pride in your work using the proper techniques. You will find chips that you can fix that have already been repaired, but in my experiance most of the time you really can't redo them if they halfway attempted a repair. To give an example of what I see all the time a lot of guys just take their pit resin and put it over the chip and put a curing tab and then say its fixed. I hate that because it gives us good techs a bad name. Get used to it though, so many guys out there that think because they watched a video they know how to fix chips.
David
Coitster
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desertstars
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In regard to above reply, I have a good friend who has been installing for years. He is now in repair only because he is forced to perform that work.
He never drills; on top of that he never UV shields the work. He doesn't need to. His repair is so fast that in spite of the immutable laws of the speed of light, the sun's rays never have time to hit the windshield.
Needless to say, the esthetics of his repairs resemble the result of a sock-hole darned by two one-armed monkeys working back to back.
He never drills; on top of that he never UV shields the work. He doesn't need to. His repair is so fast that in spite of the immutable laws of the speed of light, the sun's rays never have time to hit the windshield.
Needless to say, the esthetics of his repairs resemble the result of a sock-hole darned by two one-armed monkeys working back to back.
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gaf
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WOW THIS IS A GOOD ONE!!
Gaf,
I have found that if you drill as much of the pit filler out as possiable, then re-break it with your little steel ball breaker open it up as much as possiable don't be scared some things have to get worse before they get better you can generally clean them up pretty good. ALWAYS tell the customer that there is a chance it could be worse when you get done but really they have nothing to lose it's going to split anyway if there not done right.
Good Luck and Happy Repairing..
Brian
PS: I always charge double to fix a glass shop repair...
I have found that if you drill as much of the pit filler out as possiable, then re-break it with your little steel ball breaker open it up as much as possiable don't be scared some things have to get worse before they get better you can generally clean them up pretty good. ALWAYS tell the customer that there is a chance it could be worse when you get done but really they have nothing to lose it's going to split anyway if there not done right.
Good Luck and Happy Repairing..
Brian
PS: I always charge double to fix a glass shop repair...
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