Windscreen small chip fix

You just know that one of those small chips in the windscreen will turn into a big crack, probably at the most inconvenient time possible. And your "exotic car" has an "unavailable replacement windscreen. The repair kits are designed for those star type cracks up to 1 inch (2cm) diameter, but can they be used for those smaller chips???
I don't know, lets find out...
I'm assuming the resin tube is not re-useable after opening, but I'm going to save the other bits from the kit.
Dig deep thru your pile of old computer printer papers - you may just have one of those old overhead projector acetate sheets in there.
It's almost like preventive maintenance.

[@Tom-ov3in]

I got a tiny surface chip on the driver side of windshield. It is really bother me coz I am completist. Thank you for sharing your experience! I will try to fix it after winter. Lol

[@davidwell686]

I got slammed with rocks yesterday on the drive back on the highway. A dozen tine nicks. Great video. I'll give it a go. Thank you.

[@richbinaz]

Good luck.
We got stuck behind a truck hauling a flatbed with quite a few of those giant 1000lb open bags of sand on the back. It was a sand storm. Probably peeled paint off as well.

[@CheapCheerful]

What a great video! Champion! Thank you.

[@markknights7905]

brilliant! thank you good sir! I really hate going through insurance mumbo jumbo.

[@richbinaz]

It works on most of the larger chips, but eventually the smaller sand sized chips that aren't practical to fill, end up covering the windscreen. Then you just wait for the giant rock to hit the glass.

[@markknights7905]

Haha yup I hear you but I am just staying ahead of the game so none of my very small chips don’t spread or become weaker with the continuous usage of heat and ac

[@j.munger2586]

I used a dry erase marker to circle the chips instead of blue tape. Wipes right off.

[@richbinaz]

Good idea! I only have the permanent markers.
I did notice that the epoxy does not harden in the tube, so UV light must be the only thing that activates it.

[@j.munger2586]

I still notice the chips after doing this method. I hope that at least they are strengthened.

[@richbinaz]

@@j.munger2586 I noticed a slight improvement with night driving - not as many headlight glare points. But the windshield is still covered in many sand grain sized chips that were just too small and numerous to fill in.
I hope it works - no way to really tell.

[@j.munger2586]

@@richbinaz for sure! Only time will tell.

[@anandmahadik1211]

Today one stone hit my windshield and there's only one tiny little chip on my windshield,do i need to worry about it ?

[@richbinaz]

Hard to know if the chips are going to spread or not.
What I was fixing were very small chips about the size of a grain of sand.

[@aussie8114]

Might try this tomorrow. Got a tiny chip after just 1 week of getting my new car. Expert says can’t be fixed because it’s not big enough. Well I might see if this is true or not.

[@richbinaz]

Might be able to get it with a drop or less. Save the tube as well, after a couple of years in my garage, it stayed runny. So only UV exposure sets it up.

[@aussie8114]

@@richbinaz I’m going to try it, nothing to lose. If it falls out after a couple of months I can just do it again. It’s a simple task.

[@amg3078]

I tried that it dries then I scrape it the only problem is I wind up scraping off where the fixed damage was any tips on how to scrape off the excess resin without undoing the repair? I have one little chip it's almost like a bruise or a scuff kind of and it's right where I look out of the windshield it's so annoying

[@richbinaz]

I think I had 1 or 2 of the 20 chips do that. Fortunately they were not in the direct line of sight.
Try it without putting the acetate sheet on, cook it in the sunshine and see if the "glue" can be flattened with the razor.
I did find that if you keep the little tube of "glue" upright and out of the light, it doesn't harden up, so it can be used several times

[@EvilJ069]

Shouldn't you have done only one top see if it worked before you did them all?

[@richbinaz]

Probably, but I live on the edge... or would like to... OK perhaps not then.
Surprisingly, the glue in the tube has not dried out yet (2 years later) It really is activated by UV light and there just isn't a lot in my garage.

[@jillianwalker5657]

wow thats how tiny my crack was

[@petermuniz9296]

How long you left it on the sun

[@richbinaz]

Hmmm, I don't remember... I think there was a time stated in the repair kit...
It says 15 minutes in direct sunlight and at least 1 hour on a cloudy day
Here's a link
www.permatex.com/products/specialized-maintenance-repair/repair-kits/permatex-windshield-repair-kit/

[@ScottageCheese7]

Did this work? And does it last after a year?

[@richbinaz]

I think the stuff is working. The trouble is once they are filled and the "epoxy" has set under ultraviolet light, I can't see them.
The windshield/screen also has hundreds of really tiny chips that I didn't fill, that can be seen and cause glare at night etc.

[@ScottageCheese7]

@@richbinaz thank you, so would u say those “pits” or “surface chips” are no longer visible when you drive?

[@richbinaz]

@@ScottageCheese7 The larger pits have stayed filled in and are invisible.
The tiny chips I did not fill, are still visible. There are to many of them to fill using this method.

[@neilmcdowell5682]

Do you have a link to this product

[@richbinaz]

Good point! Got a few kits from rock auto to take on a long trip. Think it was the permatex brand I used
www.rockauto.com/en/tools/body+&+lamp+assembly,fluid+/+chemical,windshield+repair+kit,16556

[@evrensokmener6768]

These are called pits. Not stone chips. They are very superficial but can be repaired. You forgot to polish them after.

[@rtazz17]

Those are stone chips

[@MusicRepostz]

I swear I thought you were at least 20 years old from the sound of your voice

[@richbinaz]

You are correct, I am AT LEAST 20 years old - actually closer to 3x 20... but I've stopped counting
Now that I'm retired, I have time to look into these things that bug me

[@demonetizedcontent1809]

That sir is called a “Windshield” a screen would have holes 🕳 🥴

[@sentry8535]

That explains why my bottle of sunscreen keeps leaking

[@demonetizedcontent1809]

@@sentry8535 that’s funny, funnier than my moms meat curtains 🫡

[@fabianm2819]

does your television screen have holes in it?

[@demonetizedcontent1809]

@@fabianm2819 No but my refrigerator is running 😂

[@Alex-Zone]

@@fabianm2819 actually, they used to, yeah. monitors too. aperture grill, pixels... Its all tiny dots. like shining a torch through a (window) screen. :)