do you guys know, is it true you can fill small windshield dings that haven't spidered with super glue? does it hold? what does it end up looking like? just curious if anyone's tried it. i heard it works great, but i dunno. thanks!! jon
Jon, haven't tried super glue, but there are special fillers made for windshields. They are applied with a vacuum, so that all the air is removed from the crack. This lets it flow into the crack, and eliminates air, which will show, and distort the view when looking through it. I have used this procedure, and it works very well. Some insurance companies will also try to repair this way, as it is much cheaper than replacement......Mike
I have also had someone repair my windshield in the way that Mike says. It really does look great and will last for a long time.
Crack & " Bullseye " Repairs Yep , there is a company called " Novus " that does this , we used them on our fleet . I once bought a used windshield for a 1959 F-100 pickup and it had a Bullseye in the center of it , the junyard fella flipped it and did something with a match and I dunno what all else but that was the end of the Bullseye.... I sure wish they'd have let me watch & learn that trick ! . You can polish out scratches and some pitting too , J.C.Whitless lused to sell kits for this , it helped a lot but will not make a seriously screwed up windhsieled look new again . If you use Rain - X on a regular basis , not only will it make your windshield wipers unecessary , it'll fill up many of the pits over time and reduce the glare problem .
windshield repair kit i found a kit on eastwood for $26.99 . it seems like it would pay for itself after two or three dings, don't know how much skill is involved. http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=2009&itemType=PRODUCT jon
repair kit The actual repair kits are very expensive. They use a vacume to draw all air out of the crack and then a chemical that is drawn into the crack. The bit they are selling, I asume is needed because the sealer will not seep into the small crack without a vacume pulled on it. I don't know if it will work as well but it might be worth the try. Our patrol cars are on the road a lot and we get lots of rock cracks. We take our to a local shop and, WALAA, the crack goes away SOMETIMES. Sometimes it just doesn't take, nonetheless the crack is sealed and doesn't continue to crawl across the window.
We have used the cheap Eastwood kits at the shop I run for cars coming off-lease to save the windshield replacement costs. Are not perfect but does the job. In most cases will solve the crack enough to prevent further cracking. Just take your time and is best to have acess to a air compressor to blow out the area before injection of the filler material.
rain x Just a side note to Nate's suggestion of using rain-x. I love the stuff. It does tend to eat the rubber wipers though. I recommend using the silicone wiper blades when using rain-x. Be aware....most windshield fillers will not work once you have used rain-x on the windshield. The filler just will not stick to the glass. That's what we were tought, and what I have experienced......Mike
