Hot Weather Shade

[DryStar]

Seeing a no response, I'll share one. Wet down a bathroom sized towel with ambient temperature water over windshield (using chips savers of course). Windshield temp will drop from 130F to 75-85F within minutes. Don't believe me? Just try it!

Thanks DryStar! In your experience, how long on hot days (100+) in direct sunlight does it take for the windshield to warm back up to it's original temperatures?

It really depends on the interior of the vehicle your working on. If it's a dark or black dash, I'll place white towels over the dash while repairing (dark interiors will reflect lots of heat ). After cooling glass using this convention method...I would say you'd have 20-30 minutes in direct sun before it became too hot again. Plenty of time to perform your repair.

[glassdoctor]

OK....but now can you share with abcinabq what works for you shading hot windshield repairs? Not to much to ask, is it?

Like I said, Delta now has something similar to what I use. So that's the answer, already given in my first post.

I don't really need to explain what I use, beyond that. My advice is to think outside the box and make your own equipment. It's custom to what you want and you can modify it if you find it's not just right, etc. But if that's not an option, you can go with the Delta shades that I referred to. If someone doesn't like that advice, I will give a full refund of what they paid for it.

I'm not going to post build threads on all the stuff I come up with. To each his own, and what works for me may not work for you, so I'm not going to argue with anyone who doesn't like what I use or make. I'm in business to make money repairing w/s, not to manufacture or sell wsr stuff. But at the same time, I'm not going to give away everything I have if I see a competitive advantage in what I do or use. You can call it selfish or whatever... it's just common sense. I've helped plenty of people here over the years, with all kinds of things related to the business. I've given a hell of a lot more than I've taken from this forum. If anyone cares to, feel free to dig through all my old posts.

[DryStar]

No problem GlassDoctor,

We could all design our own equipment but is it cost time/effective? I say no it isn't but others may disagree!

Thanks for your response!

[kennycrane]

I just bought a 10' umbrella with a 50lb base, the umbrella telescopes up with a simple handle, it has an auto tilt once you raise it so high. It appears to be sturdy enough to take a pretty good wind. It was not real cheap though, the umbrella was 119.00 and the 50lb base was 39.00; will try it next week and let you know what I think. I bought it at SAMS.

[Nomad]

Yuma AZ is HOT in the summer, 108 to 117 or more is common. I let the night cool off the WS and work on them only in the morning, early. I have the vehicle moved into a carport if possible. The problem is that I can't work in those temps, even if the WS was cool. So mornings it is.

If I have hot glass that needs to be cooled down, mostly what I do is to run the air, put a suction cup over the chips to keep out water and mist the WS lightly. When that evaporates mist it again until the glass is a good temp to work on. The evaporation is what cools it, and it doesn't take too long most of the time. At these temps it warms up fast, so putting a towel or something over the glass will help keep it cooler. It it's not windy I have a large golf umbrella with suction cups on the handle and a couple of the ribs that works quite well, sometimes just to keep me in the shade and not to overheated. I have the wife hold the umbrella sometimes.

I didn't mention that the sun in the summer is very high, nearly straight up, so finding shade can be nearly impossible. Another reason I work only in the mornings.

[abcinabq]

If you have a hitch....check this out. It has worked well for me in the past.

http://www.topoftheline-travel.com/port ... hitch.html

Very Nice... Now I wish I had a hitch. Price is nice!

[just chippen away]

Set it up to were you inspect the lots, lets say in the afternoon when it is to hot to work and see if they will let you come in early in the morning to work the lots.... I use to do this in my days I worked the lots hard. I would inspect in the afternoon and if they had more than two or three cars to do, I would show up at 5 or 6 am, work them till done or 9 ish, work retail till 5 ish and back to fleet / lots till dark.... 7- 8 pm... To old to hump that hard now days....

[kennycrane]

The 10' umbrella from SAMS is not the thing. Had to return it today.

[GLASSTIME]

JMO,

Make it easier on all of you, turn on the AC put it on the glass, I typically start out at a low speed and gradually lift the speed of the fan, this eliminates the sudden coolness, I also use the Hood Protector over the shield, Use the Heat Exchanger, UV Blankets and Bubble Dome.

The key.......Be patient!

[DryStar]

JMO,

Make it easier on all of you, turn on the AC put it on the glass, I typically start out at a low speed and gradually lift the speed of the fan, this eliminates the sudden coolness, I also use the Hood Protector over the shield, Use the Heat Exchanger, UV Blankets and Bubble Dome.

The key.......Be patient!

Chad, that works fine when you have a working A/C but not so well when you don't. Most of the (A) lots have working A/C because they are certified vehicles, but when you work with (B or C lots) many or most do not have the A/C working. So...how do you handle these? Or do you simply avoid the (B and C lots)?