Crack repair tool question

[Auto Glass Rescue]

So Delta has no videos on how to repair a crack with their equipment. Also, their training just somewhat showed us how to repair a crack, we had not hands on.

Did I miss something or is there some literature or videos out there on how to repair cracks with Delta Kit equipment?

If not, what are everyone's comments and thoughts on this tool? Not so much on what the tech is doing wrong (UV protection and so on), but just the tool and method itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poMi4zOH8ko

Thanks,
Eric

[screenman]

I can do the same using a cotton bud and less resin, far neater and less chance of flexing the glass and opening the crack after filling.

[Auto Glass Rescue]

Thanks, I was hoping for a cleaner way. I'm fixing to PM you screenman.

[puka pau]

Screenman;

Just because you can pound a nail with your forehead doesn't mean that your forehead is the best tool for the job. I have a question for you: have you ever tried to slide a bridge along a crack to fill it? If so what was your experience? How many times did you use the sliding bridge technique before you concluded that a cotton swab saturated with resin was a superior methedology? If you have never employed this technique, why are you qualified to dismiss it as improper?

Cheers;

Puka Pau

[screenman]

To answer your question I used the bridge sliding method for only about 10 years as it was they way I was trained, in fact in those days Novus even supplied us with a bridge that slide easier than the standard one. In about 1998 I decided to experiment a bit and found an easier and less messy method. Does that qualify me?

Where did I say it was improper? you are reading things that are not there.

[Auto Glass Rescue]

Hey screen, did you ever get my PM?

Thanks!

[screenman]

Yes I did I will reply on here later when I get a little time.

[screenman]

6 inch long crack to top of windshield. Drill and pop to anchor crack at the bottom, place bridge and injector over this point and apply pressure to the injector, when resin stops flowing up the crack use the cotton tip soaked in resin to run resin into the crack. Making sure you stay behind the air at all times, simple just practise until you get it right.

Now this could and does apply to most length cracks, Now I am not saying sliding bridge does not work as I know it does, however the cotton tip is a more effective and less invasive method. Using a sliding bridge method flexes the glass, even creating the seal between the injector and the glass does this.

As with all repairs, get then dry, get them clean and get them right on your practise glass before venturing onto a customers or even a friends car.

[Auto Glass Rescue]

6 inch long crack to top of windshield. Drill and pop to anchor crack at the bottom, place bridge and injector over this point and apply pressure to the injector, when resin stops flowing up the crack use the cotton tip soaked in resin to run resin into the crack. Making sure you stay behind the air at all times, simple just practise until you get it right.

Now this could and does apply to most length cracks, Now I am not saying sliding bridge does not work as I know it does, however the cotton tip is a more effective and less invasive method. Using a sliding bridge method flexes the glass, even creating the seal between the injector and the glass does this.

As with all repairs, get then dry, get them clean and get them right on your practise glass before venturing onto a customers or even a friends car.

Thank you sir for the explanation and your time.

[screenman]

No problems, if that is not enough information please ask again.