Windshield Repair Journal
July 2007 Newsletter
In this Issue
- New Xtra Bond Windshield Repair Adhesion Promoter
- New Spray-On Edgeguard
- ANSI Approves
ROLAGS
- Hot and Heavy -
Edge Crack Resin Special - Buy 2 get 1 Free
- Ultra Bond
Market Survey Published in Auto Glass Magazine
XTRA BOND
Most adhesive applications call for pretreatment of the surface and for
the surface to be roughed-up or sanded to increase adhesion. This was not
possible with windshield repair because the cracks we bond are sub-surfaced or
inaccessible for manual treatment. We use acrylic acid to achieve a chemical
bond to the glass because we did not have the option of pretreatment. Ultra
Bond has changed that. Proper chemistry will allow us to etch the glass surface
for increased adhesion. That is what Xtra Bond does. Xtra Bond is a chemical combination that: etches the glass
for increased mechanical bond, increases chemical bond, evaporates and, does
nothing to the laminate. You can use it
on any repair, especially star breaks and combination breaks with cracks
extending beyond the bullseye that are in the
defroster area. In fact it works as a primer or pretreatment for any glass
adhesive application including windshield replacement.
How do you use it? Inject it into the break
and let it evaporate. Placing your injector in the vacuum mode increases the
speed of evaporation by itself and even faster with heat.
Another application method is to place one
drop of Xtra Bond on a Q-Tip and press it on the
impact point, filling the break by capillary action. Click here for more directions. Click here to purchase.
SPECIAL PRICE: Good until September
1st – 2 for 1. Order 2 Xtra Bonds or 1 Xtra Bond and 1
X-Phobic for $39.95. Call to order this special 800 398-2663.
NEW Edgeguard in a Spray-Can
SPRAY-ON EDGEGUARD - AVAILABLE JULY 25TH.
Every vehicle in your market is a prospect for our new Spray-On Edgeguard. It is easy to apply to any vehicle and is available
to all our customers. This process uses the Xtra Bond
as the primer and then two light coats followed by two medium coats for the
protective coating. The labor comes in masking off the windshield and moldings
when the windshield is already installed.
We recommend coating the frit area only since 86% of edge cracks have an
impact point in the frit area. We plan
to release the product at
$15.95 per can. One 10 ounce can will do
two windshields. The time to do one vehicle is 45-60 minutes depending on your
masking time. The vehicle can be driven one hour after the last coat. Recommended MSRP: $90.00 for sedans and $125-$150 for SUVs and
Pick-ups. If you are applying
onto a replacement windshield it will take twenty minutes and it should be
sprayed the day before install.
ROLAGS APPROVED BY
ANSI
The Repair Of Laminated Auto Glass Standard is
now an ANSI Standard. This standard was not initiated because of any safety,
structural or scientific problems within the windshield repair industry like AGRSS
was for the windshield replacement industry. This was strictly politics.
Having authored the United States Windshield Repair Guidelines in 1995
we welcome this document since there is nothing in this document that is not in
the United States Windshield Repair Guidelines. Ultra Bond will continue to
follow The United States Windshield Repair Guidelines (USWRG) which is based on
facts, evidence and science; calls for repair resins to meet the same federal
required standard of a new windshield; calls for windshield repair resin
manufacturers to disclose the mechanical strength of their resin; references
all documents used; tells the truth as to repairable damages and; is user
friendly with graphics so that a State Inspector can inspect a repair as well as
a consumer and in fact, some state DMVs have used
this document for this purpose.
How long of a crack
will we repair? Ultra Bond will continue to advertise crack
repair up to 18-inches long because that is the length of over 90% of
repairable cracks. We will repair what the consumer chooses to repair when we
know from our expertise that it is repairable, i.e. not contaminated,
regardless of length which, 70% of the time, will fall within the ROLAGS
14-inch recommendation.
What is the major
difference between the USWRG and ROLAGS documents? The driver viewing area. In the ROLAGS the driver’s viewing area is
larger but more permissive to repairs in this area and the length of crack
(uncontaminated) is 14-inches, strictly for political reasons. The United States
Windshield Repair Guidelines does not restrict by length but by contamination,
because that is the determining factor as to whether a crack is repairable and
with an Ultra Bond crack repair generally the glass will fail before our resin
does, even if the crack has gone from edge to edge.
The committee had originally voted (21 to 1) for 18-inches because of
evidence presented by me, Rich Campfield, as to repairable damage and FMVSS 205
test results. Then it was voted in by majority that there would be no
restrictions on length but it would include restrictions due to contamination,
like the USWRG. However, because it is
obvious that the networks are in bed with the insurance companies and have been
adjusting windshield repair claims and determining repair or replacement by
using a length of crack that has been obsolete for 17+ years, I and others on
the committee believed that without any limitation/restriction on length the
adversaries of the windshield repair industry (i.e., windshield and PVB manufacturers
and networks) would continue to ignore our capabilities. Therefore, I decided to make a motion for a
14-inch repair limitation. We believed
it was better to give them a compromised length to use, IF they even change their antitrust limitation.
The Australian Standard of 2000 is almost the same document as
USWRG. Coincidence?
Not in my opinion, especially since Ultra Bond assisted in submitting
documentation for consideration. There
is nothing in the Australian Standard that is not in the USWRG. The Australian
Standard says 14-inches but makes it clear that cracks longer than 14-inches are repairable. The committee used
14-inches so they could refer the nay-sayers
(windshield and PVB manufacturers) to the Australian Standard.
Overall we welcome any document that will help the windshield repair
industry and prevent the consumers from getting deceived into unnecessary
replacements.
ULTRA
BOND’S MARKET SURVEY PUBLISHED IN AUTO GLASS MAGAZINE
Click above to see how large the windshield
repair versus the windshield replacement market actually is.
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