Nothing Like a Little DIY
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“Looking at starting a rock chip repair business,” Randy Harper of newly founded Randy’s Remote Repairs joked on an industry Facebook group, sharing a picture of several inexpensive repair kits marketed to consumers. “Anything else recommended?”
Several Auto Glass Tool Talk members added to the joke, commenting things like “Is it April [1] already?” or jokingly recommending cell phone screen protectors and smiley-face stickers as alternative repair methods.
Harper’s picture shows windshield repair kits that are readily available at many automotive supply stores; AGRR’s editor found several at her local AutoZone in the adhesives aisle for $18.
The product’s packaging says it “makes permanent air-tight repairs of bullseye damage up to 1.25 inches on most laminated windshield glass” and includes “easy to follow instructions with step-by-step photos [that] help make the repair process easy and yield professional results.”
The kit includes a repair syringe and plunger, 0.75 milliliters of a “repair compound,” an adhesive disc, a pedestal, a curing strip, a push pin, a razor blade, an alcohol towelette and an instruction sheet.
The rock chip repair kits Randy Harper mentioned are available to consumers at many automotive supply stores. Here, the kit is sold in the adhesives aisle at a local AutoZone for about $20.
The package warns that the “repair compound” might “cause allergic skin reaction” and is an “eye and respiratory irritant,” but the kit doesn’t include any protective gloves.
The instruction sheet directs users to repair in the shade, rather than direct sunlight, on a windshield between 50 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The kit repairs bullseyes only, the sheet specifies, and “repair may not completely remove blemish or permanently fill the pit.”
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