Posted by admin on August 27, 2008 under Windshield Repair Kits | 
The automobile industry’s focus on safety in the past two decades has completely changed the way consumers shop for vehicles. Now, features such as side airbag protection and anti-lock brakes are as important to a consumer as fuel efficiency or reliability. There is one aspect of automobile safety, however, that most people give relatively little thought to, yet it is pivotal to the safety of a car: the windshield.
Most people don’t realize that today’s windshields are actually safety devices in themselves, designed to work in conjunction with the car’s other restraining systems. Airbag systems, for example, need the strength of a properly bonded windshield in order to work properly. If the airbag deployment caused the windshield to pop out, the airbag would not provide the intended protection to the driver’s head.
Windshields are also strong. Structurally, they account for about 20% of the overall strength of a car, which is important for many reasons. Besides preventing passenger ejections, the strength of the windshield helps prevent roof cave-ins in rollover type accidents.
Luckily, the US government requires that all new cars be certified to meet specific standards and to be thoroughly tested. Problems occur, however, when windshields become damaged. Even a tiny chip or crack can compromise the integrity of the entire windshield, leaving the driver at risk in an accident.
A chip or a crack in the windshield does not require complete replacement (In fact, repairs rather than replacements are preferable, because the rigid tests on bond strength required in new vehicles are not performed on replacement windshields). Repairs should be performed promptly, and can actually be done safely at home, with a reputable do-it-yourself windshield repair kit.
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Posted by admin on January 22, 2008 under Windshield Repair Kits |
While windshield chips may seem to be little more than an annoyance, fixing a chip in your windshield should not be put off. It is often easy and inexpensive to fix a chip, but an unrepaired chip can cause your windshield to crack out. If this happens, your windshield cannot simply be repaired. Once a chip causes a windshield to crack out, the windshield needs to be replaced. Replacing an entire windshield is much more costly than repairing a chip.
There are things you can do while driving and caring for your car to help prevent chips:
· Don’t follow big dump trucks or construction trucks. They are often carrying materials that can break apart and send small particles flying off the back of the truck. If you are behind the truck, the particles are likely to hit your car.
· Don’t tailgate. Cars’ back tires kick up little rocks and sand particles from the road and send them flying behind the car. If you are driving too close to the car in front of you, those particles are likely to hit your windshield and cause a chip.
· Avoid parking on the side of the road. Try to park in a parking lot or driveway where other cars won’t be speeding past your parked car.
· Check your windshield wipers regularly. Windshield wipers that are torn, cracked, bent, or broken can cause a chip in the windshield.
· Only use plastic ice scrapers. Metal ice scrapers can scratch your windshield.
· Regularly check your windshield for any small chips and cracks
· Don’t use hot water to remove ice from the windshield. This will cause any chips to instantly crack your windshield. Instead use table salt to loosen the ice. Keep a salt shaker in the glove box during the winter.
If you do happen to get a chip in your windshield there are steps you can take to help prevent the chip from cracking the windshield until you can repair it:
· On the outside of the windshield, cover the chip with clear plastic tape. This will help keep out moisture and dirt.
· Try not to use the defroster. If it needs to be used, use the lowest setting possible.
· If possible, park in the shade. Leave the side windows cracked in order to keep heat from building up in the car.
· Don’t use anything liquid to seal the chip, such as glue or nail polish.
· Don’t wash the car. Pressure from the hose or the temperature difference between the water and windshield can cause the chip to crack out.
· Don’t use sun shades. They cause the windshield to heat up, which can cause a crack.
· Don’t slam the doors, trunk, or hood. Any extra vibration to the car could cause the chip to crack.
Always try to avoid a chip in your windshield, but if you happen to get one, be sure to immediately follow the steps to protect it and then repair it as soon as possible. While repairing a chip may seem tedious, it beats spending hundreds of dollars on a whole new windshield.
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The Windshield Repair Kits are built with a unique “bridgeless” design that avoids unnecessary pressure on the glass surface – which causes many cracks to spread when you use the “other” DIY kits. The Glass Star Do-It-Yourself system was designed for both ease of use and high-quality repairs.
Posted by admin on October 25, 2007 under Windshield Repair Kits |
Windshield repair and crack and damage repairs with the Glass Star Max-Vac Mobile windshield repair system are fast. The quick mounting pedestal and resin chamber mount in seconds and are easy to load. There’s no mixing, no waste and never any mess as is the case with other DIY windshield repair kit manufacturers.
These are the best windshield repair kits. The patented vacuum injector and dual action valve evacuates the air with the precise 30″ of Hg. vacuum. Turn the valve and it injects a specially formulated liquid ultra-violet light cured resin to fill the entire repair cavity. There’s never any guessing. More important, you don’t have to stand on any ladders or sit on the hood to make repairs to do your windshield. Simply attach the extension hose and you can monitor repairs from both inside and outside the vehicle.
Glass Star took the mystery out of windshield repair that used to need special jig fixtures, adapters, bridge assemblies, suction cups and mirrors.
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The new Glass Star Max-Vac has maximum vacuum capability and is specifically outfitted with additional accessories to allow technicians to duplicate the high quality windshield repair achieved in an indoor workshop. All in a neat, compact and portable windshield repair kit.
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