Rain X 600001 Windscreen Repair Kit - white/clear

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Best to use on small chips and cracks, or if you have long cracks, they have to be a few weeks or da ys old.

Make sure there is no air bubble remaining in the break, by looking at the glass at an angle of 45 0. The device is bendable so you can re-maneuver the device until the rubber mouth is directly on top of the impact point.The kit works best on round damage not more than one inch in diameter, and cracks not longer than 12 inches.

It did not make the damage completely disappear but atleast I dont have to worry about it spreading anymore. The booklet has two sides – one that deals with the repair of chips, and the other that deals with the repair of cracks.The windscreen specialist in Queenstown where I originally took the car made it abundantly clear that the windscreen will need full replacement, and I have already organised this with my insurance company as my car insurance offers excess-free glass cover. So on to the problem - in a nutshell the self adhesive pads supplied are not closed cell foam which means that when you try to put the resin under a slight vacuum to draw any air out of the chip air can be drawn from the edg es of the foam and into the little chamber that you created around the chip. Before commencing the repair, remove dust and dirt using a cleanmicrofiber towelor other tools for cleaning your windows. I was a bit apprehensive about trying this product, but after viewing it on Youtube decided to give it a go. This part is easy, and Rain-X provide a generous quantity of these sheets so you should have more than enough.

As the resin cures it bonds with the glass and dries in a transparent fashion, meaning that you can see through it like normal glass. The result is that you won't know which kits to trust to do a good job and which will be the rubbish ones. It comes with everything you need to conduct the repair on the side of the road – although I would appreciate the inclusion of some kind of cloth or alcohol wipe to clean the affected area first as this would presumably enhance the output of the repair. Since the chip was in a hidden corner of the glass, I was not worried about appearance, but was concerned that water would seep in, then freeze and expand the damage til the windshield needed repalcement.I followed the instructions b ut as soon as I got to the point where I needed sunlight, boom, cloud cover. I touched the curing strip all around the point of impact and saw that no resin was still liquid under the strip, removed it, and scrapped off the excess with the razor blade. While it might be a permanent option for some minor repairs, I suspect that many content purchasers – such as myself – always saw it as a temporary measure.