Break on inner side of inner lite

[screenman]

It is not proving easy, for bullseye's it is the ballbearing on a rubber band, for batswings it is carbide tipped scribe tapped with a small hammer, for larger combination it is an automatic centre punch and for edge crack it is the scribe and a tap with a hammer from the reverse side. For all of those thinking that is how he has earnt so much from WSR I only use these skills when training guys and not when looking for work.

Have a great weekend everybody.

[doctor ding]

I've seen a few dozen of these over the past twenty years. They consistently occur as edge damage - I've rarely seen one occur more than four or so inches in from the edge. If there is room to drill and mount a bridge at the tip of the crack on surface #4, I'll always address the damage that way (from the inside of the vehicle) keeping in mind that more often than not the first few inches in from the tip of most cracks occurring on side #1 are not surfaced as well. Sometimes, given the juxtaposition of the dash to the glass it's necessary to drill at an angle which is a real test of drilling technique - and mounting the bridge upside down is no easy feat either, although it is possible with some tools. Overall, I've had reasonable success doing the repair but for some reason a significant number of these repairs don't stand the test of time. Consequently, I don't guarantee them and because they are a real pain to work on I do my best to talk the customer into replacing the glass.

[simplyweb]

Hello . I have only been trading for 3 weeks but I came across damage like this on a leyland Daf truck .Because it was so low on the screen all I could do on the inside was fill the small crack as you would a crack .It looked good when I finnished thought.The windscreen company that fit windscreens for the truck people are using glass imported from china its a lot cheaper but it makes you think is the glass any good quality wise? .Theres a lot of glass coming into the uk from China its a lot cheaper than say Pilkintons.The truck company have noticed the chips are making more damage to the screen .I know thats nothing to do with the landrover though that will be Pilkintons.

[screenman]

Sounds like it could be good for business.

[simplyweb]

Ye these windscreens company are fitting a leyland daf screen for just £110.00 but the truck companys are getting more stone chips with greater damage .They can not work out why there going through so many screen ,thats why there rubbish quality.

[Nomad]

Have had some breaks in edge hits in the frit layer that broke the inside lite. Always I could feel it with my razor blade so it came through completely to the inside.
Earlier this season I had a newer Dodge Ram one ton with cracks on inside and outside. Had already called insurance so everything was set up, and it's a pain to call them back to cancel. The guy was kind of desperate to have it fixed, so what the ----, I gave it a shot.
Longest inside crack was maybe an inch above the frit layer. So not much exposure and no way to get an injector or anything else on it. (I did fill the damage on the outside first and cured it so that part was out of the way). I took a larger pit tab, ran a bead or resin on it and placed it on the inside glass against the crack. (This was the only crack that looked like it was not going to dead end somewhere, by the way) Used a torch and heated off the end of the crack and then back toward the edge on both sides, thus closing the crack a little. Waited for it to cool. Gently pressed on outside to expand the crack and help get resin into it. Filled 100% as far as I could tell.

Then I drilled through the outside layer and laminate to the inside glass in what I thought were good spots to inject the remaining inside cracks. They all disappeared, but remember this is in the black edge of the glass so it was hard to see these anyway. Evidently got resin to flow into these and it looked really great. Cured with 12 volt UV light for about 10 minutes.

Don't know if the cracks on inside next to the edge would cure. We have really strong sun down here so can't imagine that after a few days some UV will get through and do the job. At least the worrisome one that was looking like it would go right in front of the driver had enough area on the inside to take UV and cure.

Owner was happy. I was surprised everything worked. Don't know if I would do this again but you never know. Have turned down two innies in one day last week. Most of the time it's just too much time and work and there is no guarantee that this sort of thing will work.