About to begin the journey

[AGSS]

Yep, I bid on that kit as well. I was winning it up to the last 4 or 5 seconds when I lost it. :eusa_thin

you SNIPPED ME!

[BWa]

I guess this shows how little I know (cause I know zip) but is there no cross over ie general technique that applies to all regardless of equipment make or can you only learn from someone using the same equip?

[GlasWeldTech]

BWa,
It is all BASICALLY the same result with whatever equipment used. To an extent. Coister could comment on this and I am sure he will as I know very little about Delta injectors. They are TOP LOAD and mine are BOTTOM LOAD. I think mine pulls more vacuum but I am sure others will disagree. Delta has a good resin with Magnibond. I have never held a Delta injector in my hands and I couldn't get Jeff to send me a new T100 to field test. I have a total of 10 Pro Vacs BUT I focus on FLEETS. If you wait on a referal you will starve. I do all repairs for 1 local glass company and was approached by another this Monday to see if I would do theirs as well. I will tell you this, when I started I went a got a junk windshield and practised every night in my garage. I thought I was getting good. HOWEVER, after I attended a 2 day training class with my company I was blown away and my repairs started looking very good. I would suggest getting trained by Delta of SGT or someone that is familiar with the equipment you bought. I am sure I could do a repair with Delta but I would have to practice first. I have seen injectors made from plastic, pvc, metal, stainless and they all will do a repair in the hands of a good tech. This equipment choice is kind of like Chevy vs. Ford vs. Dodge vs. GMC vs. Lexus etc. You can learn a lot from reading all the posts from this forum and there are tons of info here to read.Training (PROPER) is as they say PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Coitster]

Well the Delta Kit is great for beginners. Its simple to use and does a good job at fixing chips. In order to do a quality job its going to take you about 20 to 30 minutes. Be sure not to turn into one of those 5 minute techs (worthless people). I also agree about getting training. Many people seam to think they can get the training video and that will tell them everything they need to know. WRONG, don't do that. Get training, their is always the debate go to the factory or go find someone that has experiance. Either work well, I think you can't go wrong with the factory training, its a good starting point.

As for delta pulling vacuum..... not very much thats for sure. The delta works by using pressure. It does pull a very small amount of vacuum, but only for a few seconds then its gone. To answer GlasWeldTech's comment their is absolutly no comperison between your system and the delta when it comes to vacuum. The Glassweld system pulls a monster vacuum. So does the Liquid Resins and a few others. If you ask Delta they don't agree with the vacuum debate and like I said before the Delta kit does a good job.

Its easy to use so for a new person you can get a decent repair. I personaly used the Delta Kit for 9 years. I used to get a good repair out of it. Hope it works well for you, however remember to get training and have patience. Hope that helps.
David
Coitster

[Bruno]

In a private training session that I took a while back the person doing the training had a large collection of systems. I was able to try the DK, GT, GW, GM, LR, Novus and a few others that I have forgotton the names. I agree with coister about the vac thing, the DK has no apreciable vac to speek of, but given enough time will produce an adequate repair.

[SGT]

Dave,For the sake of friendly debate and another users opinion,

BWa,

No doubt, DK equipment is great equipment for begginers simply due to ease of set up and use. That is the beauty of this equipment but not the only selling point and a potential buyer should not confused be by its simplicity. Simplistic does not mean it is not capable of doing fantastic repairs. It is great tooling at all levels of skill. I will use myself as an example. I have used this equipment and DK resin for years with consistant phenominal results and I have very high standards. Allow me to boast here a little!!! Honestly, I would put my repairs using DK up against any other manufacturer using the same resin any day. I do not just achieve okay repairs with DK, I get great repairs and do not see how they could get any better unless there is a better resin to use. (Thats another topic though). If a chip or crack is 100% filled, then the tooling and technicdian did there job structurally speaking. Cosmetics is a whole other topic and is more related to resin and technique. NOTE: I am certainly not saying that they do better repairs than other brands, I am saying that with skill, and skill is needed with any brand, can do the same as any other and visa versa.

That being said, DK does have areas that techs might cosider DK lacking and one is vacuum.(Another debateable topic) You do not need to pull big vacuum to get great results. I will agree that more vacuum will alow you to preform a repair quicker but not necessarily better. The time difference could be a big thing if you are an extremely busy shop. Keep in mind every brand has its good and bad points.

Tooling is a personal preference thing, so choose a quality brand based on your needs and there are choices, get training, and you should be fine.

I am to this point very happy and this was merely my accounts and opinions. Certainly not the final word on anything. I as well am always open to evaluating new tooling and resins.

Good luck.