Windshield Repair Forum

Since GM has changed hands thier news letter says that they have reformulated thier resins I was wondering if anyone has used thier new formula resin and if so what do you think of it?

i used the gm resin and noticed a change right away. I thought they made a mistake and filled the thin resin bottle with star fill. The other thing i noticed was the resin now had a distinct smell to it, whereas the old resin didn't. Years ago when I worked for someone else, they used clearstar resins, thats what the consistancy and smell reminds me of. Have only done about 6 repairs with new resin but it doesn't seem to fill any better, possibly worse than old resin.

The new stuff is TERRIBLE, too thin now I cant even mount the injector without spilling half of it. The good thing is I started using my Delta and it's the first one I reach for now.

Just used the new thin the other day and I also thought they put the wrong stuff in the bottle.
I think the GM lower seal needs to be redesigned because of this leakage when you go to mount it. I believe a smaller hole in the seal would allow more surface tension with thinner resins eliminating dripping.
I have seen a guy use this injector by installing it without the piston, dropping in resin from the top, then installing piston- air and all. It defeats the whole pupose of needing to pull a vacuum.

I install it fully assembled and after getting it tight with the pump, adjust head pressure. Not much resin lost if done quickly. The kicker is it can be done this way on safe chips. An unstable one will run before head pressure can be adjusted. I too grab the delta first out of the box.

I only use the GM injector when I'm doing trucks, works great in that situation. I now switched to Delta's resin and no more leaks.

CPR,

I've got to get you to come to training in Orlando so I can show you how to do repairs on trucks!

You know I'll be there it's only an hour and a half drive for me, well unless we get hammered by another hurricane. I know you can do trucks with your injector, just feel a bit more comfortable with a larger one. Did you guys ever think about designing a tool for vertical glass ? I would usually call you for a question like this but my phone is STILL out. Bellsouth says they will get it fixed by Oct. 8th 5:00 pm, I feel like I'm living in a third world country.

You CAN do vertical glass very well with our system. Each system is different, and has it's own "tricks". Some companies have a separate vertical injector, others have slightly different methods for vertical breaks. We have different methods.

I'm sure there won't be any more hurricanes January in Orlando, so i'll show you exactly how to do vertical repairs, and also large pits with our injector.

Thanks Jeff, I will be there and if we start seeing hurricanes in January I am moving to the North Pole.