You can easily repair cracks windshield with any variety of kits sold in auto parts stores. Unless the chip is located on the edge of the cup, which can threaten the structural integrity of the window, most of the chips can be repaired without replacing the windshield.

You have to learn is how to know if a windshield chip repair is good; improper repair can allow the chip to continue breaking into a crevasse. Fortunately, the process of whether a windshield chip repair is good is simple and requires no special tools or skills.

Explanation

• Dry and scrape clean the area of ​​the crack repair.
• Look at the finished repair. If you can see any air bubbles in the plastic, repair is not good and you need to reapply the plastic resin according to the instructions in your repair kit.
• Place a small amount of liquid dishwashing soap on a sponge and wipe repair once you have removed all visible air bubbles. If you notice something “inconvenient” sponge, repeat repair, repair surface should be as smooth as the rest of the windshield glass.
• When air over the repair is blown, the soap film should stay away and not bubble. If the bubbles, it means that the liquid soap is stuck in a hole in the plastic resin and sharing. Also, see that no opacity occurring in repair liquid soap getting into the resin and spreads.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also use a small amount of water that has been colored with food coloring instead of liquid soap as a quick test. Pour water color in the repair and clean, if repair remains discolored then there are cracks or holes in the repair and must be done again.
• Do not attempt to repair any windshield chip that is larger than the size of a coin, because the damage is too great and the structural integrity of the glass is not good. Replace the windshield.