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Windscreen Repair
We carry out a mobile service within a 10 square mile radius of Reading, which involves repairing windscreen stone chips and also removing light to medium scratches from any glass including double glazing, TV plasma screens, office and shop windows, to name just a few.

Chip Repair

What happens when a stone hits your windscreen?

Your windscreen is made up of two sheets of glass and one poly vinyl (plastic) sheet. The poly vinyl sheet is sandwiched between the two sheets of glass. When a stone hits your screen, usually a small chip occurs which creates an air pocket. This air pocket is between the outer glass layer and poly vinyl sheet. It is this air that needs to be removed.

Did you know... that by ignoring that little chip, you could permanently damage that area of the screen making it unrepairable.

For best results, the chip needs to be repaired as soon as possible and the damaged area must not exceed the size of a five pence piece.

How do we repair the chip?

We first drill out the chipped glass, a bit like a dentist would drill out a tooth ready for a filling. This cleans out the area ready for the filling process. We then attach a repair bridge to the screen and begin to turn a screw which injects the repair resin into the cavity. When we do this it causes a vacuum in the cavity and when the screw is unscrewed it pulls the air out to the top.

This process is repeated until all the air has been removed and all the fresh resin has been injected. Once this process is complete, then a clear pit fill resin is placed on top of the repaired chip and treated with an ultra violet lamp until the resin has set rock hard.

We then scrape off the excess resin and polish the repaired area with a pit fill polish. The repair is now complete and is as hard as the existing screen.

 

Please check out the links below, here you can watch a basic demonstration of how a windscreen chip is repaired.
  Motorsport Video - Colin working on the Harrods McClaren in the pits at Le Mans during qualifying.
Download time approximately 10 seconds on 512kb broadband or 1 min at 56.6kb dialup
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  Repair Video - A short graphic clip illustrating the principles of how a windscreen repair works.
Download time approximately 10 seconds on 512kb broadband or 1 min at 56.6kb dialup
 (If you cannot see the video clip, please click here to download)
 
Below are a selection of the most common chips which can be repaired.
Star Break
 
Bulls Eye
 
Combination
 
We hope this has answered your questions on how windscreen chips are repaired. If you have any further questions or would like to book an appointment please go to our contact page.

 

Glass Scratch Repair

Windscreen clarity is becoming more and more of an issue when an MOT is concerned. Light scuff marks made by poor quality wiper blades and dirty windscreens could impede the view of the driver potentially causing an accident so the windscreen need to be clear.
We use a special kit which will remove those light scratches and bring your windscreen back to original quality. We can also remove scratches from most other glass whether it be double glazing or a fancy coffee table.

 
 
 

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