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windshield crack home repair :)

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hightime81

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Holly Springs, NC
Hi All!

Got a nice 2 foot crack running along my windshield and was looking around online on how to fix it on the cheap and if it was even possible. I found a recipe that supposedly will fix the crack using household items:
-1/2 cup water
-1 tbl spoon of salt
-1 tsp of bug spray
-1 tbl spoon of rubbing alcohol

mix well and apply in layers to the crack using sponge brush, let dry for a couple of hours and that should fix the cracks.

I am going to try it as soon as it stops raining in the southeast here lol! anyone else ever heard of this? would save me a bunch of cash!

i will report once i do test it.
 
Ummm, how is that going to bond glass? It might hide the crack by filling it with a liquid with a similar index of refraction, but it won't fix it...

Around here, we fix our glass with comprehensive glass coverage and one of these:
Hammer_4926f26d96402.jpg
 
LOL Kastein.

Im not holding my breath for this to work to be honest. i found it with a google search and ~50 people had actually taken the time to come back and rate it as a good fix. I don't pretend to think it will bond to the glass and be a permanent fix, but i have the stuff laying around so why not give it a shot i figure.

Pics will be taken:)
 
Yeah, I'm not trying to dissuade you - for the kind of money it costs for those ingredients, I'd give it a shot too, it really can't hurt. I just don't see any real way it can work, except to hide the crack long enough to pass inspection or something I guess. Good luck!
 
The bug spray part is killing me....WTF...
 
It seems as though everything in the formula will either evaporate or is water soluble-- I can't see it lasting past the first rain, but I've been wrong before.
 
I googled for windshield repairs- I found this recipe on one of those "ask an anonymous interweb" sites, along with another recipe featuring bug spray, citrus cleaner, and something else, with a ventured guess that the glass's physical properties are altered by a "random chemical change".

Uh, yeah. Random chemical tempering. Sure thing.
 
dagr8tim said:
Don't parts stores carry a windshield repair kit for less than $10? Atleast that stuff is an epoxy or resin that you "inject" into the crack.
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Those kits do work to some extent if you're very careful and follow instructions and if the phase of the moon is propitious, etc...I once did a stone ding with one, and was surprised at how well it worked. But I think you'll have problems with any crack that is larger than an inch or so, and with any crack that is propagating.
 
Some insurance companies repair/replace the windshield for free. The outfit that does the work, MAGIC, said something to the effect that anything more than a few inches in length can't be repaired (if you can't cover it with a dollar, the agent says), nor can cracks that extend to the edge of the panel.
 
Windshield repair kits/NOVUS, etc., work for SMALL chips and cracks.

I think anything bigger than 1" or so is a lost cause.

I do, however, think keeping the bugs off the windshield could be useful. :twak:
 
kastein said:
Ummm, how is that going to bond glass? It might hide the crack by filling it with a liquid with a similar index of refraction, but it won't fix it...

Around here, we fix our glass with comprehensive glass coverage and one of these:
Hammer_4926f26d96402.jpg
Click to expand...

I was thinking more along this line...

blog_ducktape.JPG


If they don't find you handsome, they might as well find you handy!
 
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