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What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:01 pm
by kingmonkey
What can happen to the glass if you drill too far and hit the plastic in the middle? That happened to me today and I was a little worried that I might have messed the windshield up. Does it lose structural integrity or something?
Re: What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 8:55 pm
by SGT
I would say YES. By drilling into the PVB you comprimised the integrity. To what degree I could not answer.
Re: What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 9:06 pm
by GlassStarz
lots of people drill to the lam then stop with every chip others just a burp if the lam is damaged the repair wont be as invisible but if you filled it right the repair should be good just not ideal looking
Re: What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 11:05 pm
by jayjacque
It's not the end of the world. Just make sure you don't use any heat when that happens.
Re: What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:40 am
by splitpit
No reason to be drilling that deep in the first place but if the repair is completed with a good fill I don't believe you have compromised the structural integrity to any level of concern.
Re: What happens if you drill too far?
Posted: March 30th, 2008, 11:33 am
by mrchip
you might get a laugh out of this...my first day back from training my brother in law brought his car over to get his window repaired..I was a little nervous and had a new drill bit and drilled straight thru the glass..it happened so quick!...I told him he didn't need to use the airconditioner