Windshield Repair Forum

Thank you, Frank.

I see a 30 minute repair and $80. On a 8 foot x 8 foot piece of glass that damage is not covering a very high area percentage wise. Down low or up high obviously not in driver view I see no problem, it is what makes me stand out from the other repair companies. Like Frank I seldom do a retail customer my smallest fleet spends $700 a month with me and only takes 8 hours a month to service, including traveling time.

usmc68 wrote:Scrubs,
Your last post sealed the deal. Waaay too much damage to follow ROLAGS guidelines, and even if it would result in repairing, I see 8-10 repairs for $50 plus drive time, gas, resin, supplies.and a customer who will ask for a new w/s and you will have to pay back your money!
No way. England must have different standards-no problem with that, except they gave us BELRON!

Believe me: the EU standards are higher. Also: Belron is not from England, it is a Belgian company.

Sorry , Frank, my mistake.
Can you do this ACCEPTIBLE
repair like SCREENMAN can in 30 minutes? I say B/S.
I have refused to do repairs for over 20 years for ANY customer that will put me at risk(reason for ROLAG)!
But he is big here, and carries more weight than I will ever do. Do you follow him and his policises? Truth!

England must have different standards-no problem with that, except they gave us BELRON!

Slight correction to that - Belron was created by Ronnie Lubner, from South Africa!!

Are we going to do a history lesson here? I hope not, it's beside the point. I don't care about the founder, after that it was SAB, and a Dutch holding. Who cares? Today it is owned by a Belgian family (D'Ieteren). It is in their time that Safelite etc. were purchased and added to their network. The Belgians take the credits for what's going on today.

Maybe 30 minutes a tad optimistic call it 40, mind you I seldom do one job at a time so it does not matter to me. You got to know where and when to drill, also how to tackle that large combination, Trade secret.

Some of you guys must be performing magic (I'm guessing). I can see performing combination repairs but when the outer glass has lost its solidity, meaning that there is simply no solid surface for the resin to bond under I'm not too sure. I think that any amount of pressure created by an injector would have actually created more damage by forcing all the loose glass outward... and there was a whole lot'a loose glass. I'm thinking that the pictures do not share the actual extent of the damage. However, I'm thinking of giving the next one I see a shot at it or perhaps getting some glass from the junk yard to see how artsy I can get.

Really appreciate all the feedback as this has given me some different perspective on this issue.

Am I over thinking this? I thought that if there was any possibility of glass fall-out is there a technique that could prevent this from happening as well as improving the cosmetic appearance? My first thought was to place a piece of tape over the entire damaged area and create small excess hole and then try to fill with resin. Once the area is at its best, cure, remove tape, and then razor blade. (???)

Or even pit fill the whole area and drill a small hole and fill. Tape will not give a seal of any effect.