Windshield Scratch Damage
What is it? Scratches in your Auto Glass
can come from many different ways. Time , Debris, even windshield
wipers that have some metal touching the glass. Whatever the reason
most surface scratches in your auto´s glass in most cases
can not be repaired and should be replaced to ensure your maximum
safety. Some very fine scratches may be polished out, but the success
rate for this repair is often minimal. Unlike scratches Star
Damage and Crack Damage can
be repaired.
Auto Glass Windshield Repair for Crack damage
When a crack develops in you auto´s windshield it can be
replaced if the crack is not too severe. Often cracks as long as
6 inches can be repaired without the need for a full Windshield
Replacement. Similar to Star
Damage Repair Windshield Repair involves injection of a special
resin into the damaged area using a tool that attaches directly
to the glass. Once injected, this resin is then cured and polished
to restore the clarity to the glass. When a crack occurs, it often
spreads into the windshield's inner layer of plastic, called Poly
Vinyl Butyral, or PVB, which is sandwiched between two layers of
glass. In some instances, a drill is used to make a clean passageway
to the plastic, where the resin is injected to repair the damage.
Windshield repair performs several functions; it prevents the damage
from spreading to the rest of the windshield, and the visual clarity
of the damaged area is improved, especially if the Auto Glass Repair
is made sooner than later before contaminants find their way into
the windshield and cannot be easily removed. Some also say that
the structural integrity of the windshield is improved, though no
publicly available tests are known to exist to support this claim.
Auto Glass Windshield Repair for Scratch Damage
Currently there is no sound solution except to replace the damaged
auto glass. See Windshield
Replacement
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