Glazed Unit vs Windshield Repair Kit - Does it Work?
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- In this video, I test if a Permatex windshield repair kit can fix a chipped triple glazing unit in my bifold door. After a stone from strimming chipped the laminated exterior glass pane, I decided to try this DIY solution. Watch as I take you through the repair process step-by-step and reveal the results. Is it a cost-effective fix or a DIY fail? Tune in to find out! Perfect for anyone interested in glass repair, DIY home maintenance, and saving money on professional repairs. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more DIY tips.
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Literally thought I clicked on a skill builder video by accident for a sec there 😂
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I did this multiple times Aiden and the crack almost completely disappeared! Here's my unsolicited advice :P
- It helps to make the valleys of the crack larger. They need to be "V" shaped so resin can flow in there without issues.
- When you create the vacuum you can tap it with your finger from behind until the resin completely fills the crack. That helps the trapped air bubbles escape.
- You can use the syringe both ways to push and pull the resin at your discretion. Basically create negative and/or positive vacuum. You need to look from the other side if the resin reached every valley of the crack. But don't do it aggressively otherwise you'll introduce air bubbles rather than removing them.
- The transparent foil flattens the resin, pushes the excess out, and creates a small vacuum too. You should press it with your thumb slightly so that it can create a stronger vacuum (and squeeze more resin out of the sides). You can clean the excess with a rag. The stuff is very forgiving.
- Laying the glass flat doesn't look necessary to me, as long the resin thing is oriented upwards.
Final thing, you can still fix this and make it disappear completely. you just need to scrape the visible cracks, make it a bit larger, before you try again.
Any particular brand that you favour?
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT I believe the ones with the vacuum syringe ones are all identical. I haven't tried any of the other contraptions. Permatex is good. Plextone is the best I tried, from Amazon, but it's just because they give you A LOT of product. The half full resin bottle is still still in my garage, should I get another chip. It looks still good, it's still very liquid and clear (I just checked!).
Comment for the algorithm, but not bad mate, also will stop the crack spreading when you use the door 👍🏻
Thanks dude
Just subscribed here. Anxiously waiting for the printed mug with "I don't have a trade. I just have a go."😊😅😂
Bought our cats a fancy water fountain…only for them to prefer water out of an old mug after a power cut. Lesson learned.
I think that getting the glass horizontal would have done a much better job.
Yeah I think so too
You standing in front of the window at the end with a mallet on the ground I figured would mean for a different ending than what we saw lol.
Great vids mate
Just a comment as requested
Cheers certainly very useful info to know
Hope it all gets fixed up ok.
Used Rainx on windscreens loads of times always with good results, but I think the glass being vertical is the issue, I'd retry it with the glass removed and laying flat. Although that's probably easier said than done.
I'll probably end up making it worse 😆 I'll try to buff up the resin and see how I feel about it from there
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT you can polish resin with a buffer wheel and some cutting compound, there probably are specific products for it but I've always used normal automotive stuff for paintwork, I'd polish it up afterwards otherwise the tiny swirl marks will be visible.
Good luck mate
Was looking forward to a Skill Builder collab, would be cool to have a full one. Glass does look better, even if not ideal. I'd imagine a better vacuum pull and compression would have dealt with the bubbles, like resin casting.
I'm not sure they would be interested in coming here again as the video from when Dylan came here didn't do that well 😅
Great video as always 👍I've used the rain x windscreen repair kit on my car it was an ok finish.
I might have had better luck with that one as it apparently does more than just a bullseye
Cheers Aiden.... That was a smashing video! 🙄
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To be honest Aiden, once all your building work is completed maybe replace the pane and be done with!👍
I'll polish it up at some point and then live with it until I'm nearer the end. I might just learn to live with it as is without replacing it 😆 looks like this video will only earn 20 quid so I won't be buying another pane any time soon 😅
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT a whole Score... at least you can buy some ships for Tea! 😂
I’ve tried a fix like this with similar results. A repeat fill was needed to remove the dip in mine. Did polish okay but found hand polishing was more effective than a buff pad. You can still see it but it’s less irritating so I called it a win and moved on. Nice vid.
What polishing compound did you use?
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT I used some car windscreen polish I had from Auto Glym.
sometimes feathering a flame from a lighter can run the crack back in on itself, won't hide it permanently just long enough to get paid.. 🥺😂
No way?! 🤯
Ah the joys of self building. It's the gift that keeps on giving, there's always something that needs sorting. We've been in for nearly two months now and I though when we lived here it would get easier for getting things done but I think it's actually got worse as I constantly look around the house and see everything that still needs doing. It will all get done eventually though. Another great video, I didn't even realise that such kits existed. Whenever we've had a crack in the windscreen it's always been sorted on insurance. I'm assuming we'll be seeing you in a Skill Builder video at some point after seeing Rogers cameo at the start?
Naaa I've already been in a Skill Builder video a few months back 😆 Dylan lives locally to me. I just asked him if they could do me a little favour and record a little clip. I was going to use it for something else but I'm not doing that video anymore plus they kinda misinterpreted the script 😆 so I just made it work for this video instead
Naaa I've already been in a Skill Builder video a few months back 😆 Dylan lives locally to me. I just asked him if they could do me a little favour and record a little clip. I was going to use it for something else but I'm not doing that video anymore plus they kinda misinterpreted the script 😆 so I just made it work for this video instead
Roger Bisby threw a rock at your window?
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Brave attempt - but on balance it may have come out better if you took the unit out and propped it up at angle to get the filling tube level - but then that’s two opportunities to drop the f’n thing😉👍
Yeah and these ones are 60 odd kg 🙈
You could have used a lighter on the back side to make it flow better, used to do that in colder weather when I worked at a windscreen repair company.
Ah that would have helped but the triple glazing is 44mm thick 😆 so couldn't really heat up the back
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Good point. Maybe a hot air gun on the front then?
@@stighds8518 yeah that might work but I'd rather go for a hairdryer 😅
Our dozy window cleaner rubbed grit in two of our (new) windows so I wonder if this type of thing can be used to fix it? They are scratches not dips though
You wouldn't want this kind of thing, you'd need to buff it out with some kind of rubbing compound I believe
Where’s Roger?
Not a fix suggestion, but have you considered a decorative window film? Don't need to do the whole pane. A tasteful horizontal band at the height of the crack across the folding doors might even be nice to look at.
Well that's an option I would never have thought of 🤔
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT Why not? Because it's a shite idea? 😂 I've only ever used it on a WC window as an option to replacing the clear glass (for obscure). The glazing unit was an odd shape, and would have been costly to do it properly. South facing window, and it's lasted very well for a simple plastic film. Can't say how well these stand up to regular cleaning, as mine is only cleaned twice a year (internally).
Nice idea. Can that pane be swapped with one of the others that people wont be walking through daily ?
It could yeah, they're all the same size 🤔
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT whip it out then, repair the damage with it laying flat and swap over.
Just get yourself a sample polish set if you dont intend to do much polishing. Youll get all the grades, and wont have to buy huge bottles. A small foam polishing pad will be sufficient for that small repair area.
Good idea, I'll have to have a Google search 🙂
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT I have a menzerna sample set from about 10 years ago.
the cat fountain nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Control panel can probably be fixed.... It's what I do!
Ooo, well the panel is effectively locked out, the buttons don't do anything. It happened after putting it in vacation mode for a week 🤦 there's no reset on this one and turning it off and on makes no difference 🤷 the red led is on which means it has errors. The sequence appears to be running as normal, although I'm not sure it's discharging in the mornings. I just can't access any of the menus or manual overrides 🤷 the only thing I haven't tried is to turn it off for 24hrs to run the internal battery out and see if it'll effectively do a hard reset, although if I do that there's a risk it won't work at all 🙈 then we'll be back to the bucket 🪣 until I get a new unit. Thoughts?
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT unless there has been any water ingress, dodgy power etc sounds like a software issue, remember it has to last a reasonable amount of time for the type of system. For this I would be looking at >5 years no matter what the warrantee. What have the manufacturers said?
@@timballam3675 yeah software issue sounds right. I was talking to the technician in the UK and he said to complete the warranty claim form so he could send it off to Germany. Just waiting to hear back
@@timballam3675 the manufacturer has tried to fob me off and say they think it's happened because of water ingress or humidity 🤣 how they've determined that from a video showing the buttons don't work I do not know! Do you work for a firm or are you self employed?
If you're going to replace the glass then better to wait until the house and landscaping is finished, saves smashing it again with a falling file or wheelbarrow or scaffolding or an angrily thrown broken Ryobee 👍so in five years 😂😘
Haha, I doubt I'll be able to get the same glass at that point 🙈
£3 for a bucket! Did you import a special cat water bucket or something?
In all honesty I bought that bucket 4 years ago and what with inflation and the fact that it's for cats ... 3 quid sounded about right 🤣🪣😹
@@THE-AIDEN-PROJECTBut £3 for a handless bucket!
If it had a handle you could have said “£3 for a Pail of Water” the algorithm would have loved that!
You shouldnt fart near your windows!