How long does it take to repair?

[Anonymous]

I had some informal training on how to do windshield repair, and I can fix a chip in about 5 minutes. But I called some glass shops, and they said it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to repair. First I drill, clean out the chip with some acetone, blow it out with canned air. Place my bridge aplicator over the chip, use the pick to apply some pressure to open it up, put in a couple of drops of resin, tighten down the plunger, wait a minute, apply some heat if needed. unscrew the plunger, place a clear tab, let sit for a minute, scrape. I can do all of that in about 5 minutes, is this normal, or are other places just slow? Generally all of my repairs dissapear about 80 percent.

[Anonymous]

chiprfixr,

I would have to say a 5 min. repair done CORRECTLY start to finish pack up, say thank you and leave is unrealistic unless you are sacraficing something somewhere.

I am not doing a 100 repairs a day so I can afford to spend a little more time per repair to ensure it meets my standards and make sure the customer will be happy. My average repair takes appox 30 min.. Sure, sometimes I could be done quicker and others take longer but I am not willing to have my name attached to something I would not be happy with.

Quality builds quantity over time and quantity without quality means short lived success.

Maybe you should contact your tooling manufacturer for their insight and formal training capabilities.

This is what works for me and yes I am probably slower than others.



Pay it foward,

Brian
www.safeglasstechnologies.com

[email]"info@safeglasstechnologies.com"[/email][/email]

[Anonymous]

depends on how many I have to do on a lot, but on my own van last weekend it took 8 min from start to finish.