Chip Location Question

[ChipEliminator]

ChipEliminator has question. Bought my kit, been practing and all is actually going well. Even did my winshield
and it came out awesome. Even my wife was impressed so impressed that she wants me to do her chip .
So she pulls her car in the garage and she just got a decent size chip. I'm excited as she was questioning
money being spent on this .....ect...!!! So I go out and she points out the chip. Its near the top side of
the windshield in the SIN TINT!!!! Do I need the Blue Resin and for that matter windshields that are tinted
what do we do?

[Chips_Away_Windshield_Repair]

I have only needed to use it one time at the top tint of a motorhome windshield and seriously impressed with it.

[Glasseye]

Normally it is the PVB interlayer that is tinted, not the glass.

[mend master]

You don't need a resin to match the tint band. You won't be able to see your repair from inside the car, no matter what color you use. As a matter of fact, I normally use clear in this area because it is less expensive in the particular brand I use. One challenge on this type of repair is that it is typically not possible to use a mirror to see what you are doing from the backside. Just take your time, take all the normal steps, and you should be fine. If your wife is already questioning the expense, that is all the more reason not to invest in a resin you would rarely if ever use. With winter coming on, you'd be better off investing in a thinner viscosity resin rather than wasting your money on something you don't need.

[t4k]

"It depends on the extent of the damage, but it's not unusual to have a lighter color in the repaired area of the shade band when looking from the inside out. Some technicians find that using a colored resin minimizes discoloration but again, because the dark color is in the PVB, how much improvement you will see depends on the severity of the damage. Personally I just explain to the customer that there will be some discoloration in that area as I've not found colored resins to be all that effective."

[Chips_Away_Windshield_Repair]

Having repaired many star breaks, bulls eyes, combos and cracks (for over eleven years at hundreds of RV rallies and campgrounds around the country) at the top of motorhome windshields and expalining to customers beforehand to expect a light halo or lighter streak where repaired I repeat I was very plesantly surprised with the results of the blue resin on the specific repair.

[Chips_Away_Windshield_Repair]

"One challenge on this type of repair is that it is typically not possible to use a mirror to see what you are doing from the backside."
Hang your UV curing lamp on the inside with good suction ups and you will see damage clearly.

[screenman]

I have never used or needed to use colored resin, why should I the glass I repair is clear and it is the PVB that has the tint in. Or another way if the glass was tinted and you used clear resin like I do would you end up with clear glass of course not, try it get two pieces of coloured glass glue them together using clear resin, hey presto still coloured glass.

[SeeClearly]

Just fill it. Colored resin is not needed.