Windshield Repair Forum

Had a customer today who wanted to get a "Star" repaired , he is in the process of getting it back on the road!
He had parked it 2 years ago before shipping off to Iraq!

He stated that he got the "Star" 2 or 3 months prior.

I finished the repair and noticed there was some Blackness still present. I touched it with the scribe and noticed it moved due to resin being there.
My theroy is this was dirt/trash in the break. Prior to starting I used the M.E. to dry out and cleaned and prep the void. I did notice the blackness but figured it was air due to when I flexed the glass it would change or move.

Just not as freely as it did when I touched with the scribe!

Unfortunately I wasnt able to remove all of the blackness and was wondering; Could I have used a small vacuum cleaner to remove such debris?
I do have a syringe yet I couldnt suck or blow any of it away. None of my tactics Completely removed the blackness!

Suggestions???

Time2Shine wrote: I finished the repair and noticed there was some Blackness still present. I touched it with the scribe and noticed it moved due to resin being there

Did you cure it? If the damage was cured with pit resin and a curing lamp when you touched it with a scribe the resin would not have moved.

Korey,

I did perform the initial repair. After swinging the bridge away from the repair i noticed that the "Blackness" was still present.
Therefore I took my scribe and attempted to once again remove the "Blackness" as I did this the "Blackness did indeed move.

I replaced my bridge and performed the process to completetion!

So in short, I did not Cure before it was touched with the scribe!

Sounds like you did the right thing by swiveling the bridge to inspect the repair.

Time2Shine wrote:Therefore I took my scribe and attempted to once again remove the "Blackness" as I did this the "Blackness did indeed move.

It sounds like you were flexing the glass, if so flexing the glass is a way to make the resin flow into a stubborn leg. In most cases when you see black that means that air is present, and in that situation I would swivel my bridge back over the point of impact and perform another pressure and vacuum cycle.