Can a repair be re-repaired ?

[Nomad]

My belief Exactly Cracknaut!!

I "doctor up" a lot of these and it all depends on where they are and what can be done and what the customers expectations are. A lot of drill holes in a place no one can see from inside, well I don't see the problem here at all. If you use a really small diameter drill the holes are not that noticeable anyway.

I think you get a feel for these after working on a few. It can sometimes really help to drill and pop in areas where there is still a lot of black showing. Sometimes this will surprisingly fill really well and look pretty awesome from what it first looked like. And yes, some just can't be done.

I get a lot of chips where the pit filler has fallen out or never been done in the first place. These I don't charge for but the customer usually insists that I take something for my time. I charge for the others because it generally takes more time than if no one had touched it before. And sometimes it's the customer himself that has tried to fix something with one of the do it yourself kits you can buy.

[screenman]

First can we start calling the black by its proper name to avoid confusion. Many old repairs and bad repairs can be improved a lot is down to the technicians skill levels. If I did not do some and charge then my income would drop, having said that I will not re-repair if the customer paid himself first time around for the job to be done I would advice him to go back and ask for the job to be done correctly, I would also give them a written report on why the repair looks so bad.

Most of the re-repairs I carry out are for dealers who have bought the vehicle in with damage on.

[Nomad]

I am in a kind of unique position compared to most techs. People come down here for the winter and may have had a repair done somewhere in Canada or one of the Northern States like Washington or Montana. So they can't very well go back to get their chip re-repaired. They also may have had a repair done along the road somewhere where they may not ever return, or at least rarely. In one way or another we are all in some kind of unique position as each part of the country and world are quite different climactically and politicly. We just had 2 1/2 +inches of rain (6-7 cm?), a one time a year event here. Not unusual to get six months with no rain or just a sprinkle. Most of the time I'm not too much in doubt about chips being dry. Really thick water in the car washes too.

Many people here also do not have a bricks and mortar home, they live in their RV. Home is literally where they park it and WS repairs may have happened anywhere along the road. Kind of hard for those people to know if they are getting a good tech. They also have WS that may run from $1500 to $5000 dollars so you are saving a lot more expensive piece of glass. That's one reason I like this business, lots of one of a kind chips and challenges to figure out and working with people from all over North America. So I do re-repairs, long cracks, and some other stuff a lot of techs won't touch because I like a challenge, and I like helping people out of a tough spot if at all possible.

[GlasWeldTech]

I have done many re-repairs. I try and educate the customer after feeling them out and it has paid dividends to date. Some people will not be pleased if they see any visible scarring at all and I always small talk with them briefly upon arrival and getting ready. I never use the word DISAPPEAR and explain why. On re-dos from hacks I tell them if after my job they are not satisfied with the results there will be no charges. Works for me.

[Nomad]

I tell people that it's like bonding a china cup back together after it is broken. It is now functional again but you will be able to see the crack lines where it was bonded together. That's why you can see the crack lines from certain angles. I fill a lot of pits that other techs haven't done, at least it doesn't look like it was.

If you pressure flex a crack line in an already repaired chip it will "flare" (get bigger) if it isn't bonded together with resin. Then you will have to drill and pop the end if you want to back fill it with resin.

Did you know that in the "old days" people used to put tobacco juice in their windshield cleaner, or use a bag of Bull Durham to wipe the glass so as to repel water? Early Rain-ex I guess. Have to try that some day.