Windshield Repair Forum

I have a question....This local company here in the NorthWest....Windshield Repair Network, did a repair on a friends winshield...it was a bulleyes crack....it looked almost the same after they did the repair. The black in the crack was gone but it didnt look as good as some done on you tube that I have seen.

So my question is, when properly done, how much of the bulleyes will still be seen?

Yes I have a WSR company but dont do any repairs as of yet, still waiting to make it to Eugene to be properly trained.

Age, and contamination can have an effect on how well a repair looks, and every break is different. For instance, the pit area is tiny on some bullseyes and quite large on others, so obviously the bullseye with the smaller amount of glass missing from the surface will typically look somewhat better than the one with a lot of glass missing from the surface.

That said, if the break is a true bullseye with no crushed glass or cracks in the center, you should expect the body of the damage to pretty much disappear. Unless the impact point (pit area) is very, very small, that area will still be visible, but should be flush with the glass and clear. I think they often look like a faint water spot. You may also see a ring around the outside of the break that looks a bit watery. We call that flowering and it can be minimized by regulating your heat and pressure properly, but depending on the age of the glass and the age of the break you may not be able to avoid it altogether.

From a few feet back a properly repaired bullseye should be hard to detect, but upon close inspection you will usually be able to see the outline of the break and the pit area.

I always tell customers that any repair I do will look at least 80% better, but my expectation is that star breaks and bullseyes will look 95%-99% better, and combination breaks and long cracks will look 90% better. I always shoot for 100% improvement, but that not a realistic expectation in the real world. It's better to under sell the cosmetic improvement to your customers and have them be happy than to over sell and have them disappointed.

Well he didnt use a bridge or anything, he drilled two holes in the bullseye, put some resin and let it seep into hole while probing it, then stuck pit resin and put a piece of film on....no uv light or anything.

Hmmmm, not exactly the method I would use. That's the kind of thing that can give our industry a bad reputation. Very frustrating!

Unbelievable:(