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Re: Dryout Alternatives?

Posted: February 24th, 2010, 11:02 am
by Jonathan
paulisher wrote:My business is in San Diego where moisture and cold weather is less of a problem than in other areas of the country. Occasionally I'll have to deal with a wet windshield though. I'm wondering if anyone has tried to use alcohol to speed up evaporation and how you tell when the crack is completely dry. Most of the time when there's a moisture problem I simply reschedule but a quick remedy would be nice.
Paulisher,
You do not want to put any alcohol in the break to dry it out. Alcohol will eat the PVB and damage the windshield. Here is a link to a video showing the effects alcohol has on the laminate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObLylOg ... r_embedded

Re: Dryout Alternatives?

Posted: February 24th, 2010, 4:05 pm
by t4k
paulisher wrote:My business is in San Diego where moisture and cold weather is less of a problem than in other areas of the country. Occasionally I'll have to deal with a wet windshield though. I'm wondering if anyone has tried to use alcohol to speed up evaporation and how you tell when the crack is completely dry. Most of the time when there's a moisture problem I simply reschedule but a quick remedy would be nice.
Just get a Drystar and be done with it. I worked on seven (7) W/S today and although moisture was not evident in the stars, I dried everyone of them first.