Plate Glass Repair

[Mikedoby]

Just thought I's ask if any of you guys deal in plate glass repair. I have one potential customer that approached me last week that owns a small convenient store that has a plate glass window that someone recently shot a BB into. I checked with replacement glass shop and determined that a replacement for this size would cost about $600.00. Any suggestions on what the going rate is for such a repair?

[Glass Medic]

I didn't know plate glass could be repaired. I thought it worked only with windshields because of the special layers it's made of. Very interesting though. Could be well worth looking into.
Doug

[DaveC]

Actually, most good WSR vendors have resins specifically suited for the purpose of plate glass repair.

Might use a bit more resin than the average WS bullseye, but it can definateley be a moneymaker!!!

[StarQuest]

Mikedoby,

I've done a few plate glass party store windows before with B.B. shots. Used the thickest resin I could find or had available. Repairs turned out fine. For a single hit I charged $75 and $20 each additional. If they didn't want to put out cash I just took a store credit. Bud Light fund Probably should ask for more up front and expect to be swindled down.

Good luck!

[gold star wsr]

Plate glass scares me, especially the really large panes. When windshield glass breaks, it goes into small pellet-like pieces, all held together with the laminate center. But when plate glass breaks, it flies apart in big shards, and it is heavy too. Make a wrong move or misjudge the job and you can have the whole window fall on you. I do think the concept is wonderul, and savings to the customer are tremendous, but for me, its not worth the potential risk.

[Bill D]

Hi Grace,
I totally agree with you- leave plate glass alone, but, yes, it can be repaired.
You are the only person I recognize on this forum-hope all is well. Heard from Crackman lately? LOL

[Dave M]

Wow! There's a name from the past. I have not seen a post from him for over a year.

[Ifixemall]

Are you talking about ordinary, one-layer plate glass, or thermopane (2 or 3 layers with air space in between) ? If anyone has found a way to fix BB holes in thermopane, I'd like to know about it!

[Mikedoby]

IFIXEMALL,

No, we are referring to single plate glass and not multilayer or thermo-pane glass. I have not seen anyone that was able to repair glass with a vacuum layer between the glass plates.