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Best Scratch Remover Tips from Our Technicians
GlasWeld is known in the industry for offer 400 ing some of the best training and best scratch remover products. And it’s not by accident. Our window scratch repair product managers also serve as technicians, so they have real-world experience in repairing the most common and the most unique types of window and door damage. Here we share their tips with you, so you can better identify and assess the glass damage you’re dealing with and get started quickly:
- Superficial glass scratches can occur naturally from standard cleaning and maintenance. Damage is undetectable by touch and can be repaired quickly with our Gforce scratch removal systems.
- Surface glass scratches can also occur naturally but are most often caused by harsh abrasives. Concrete, razor blades, sandpaper from construction debris or glass o
n glass rubs can all contribute to this type of damage. As a technician, you will be able to feel the scratch with your fingernail, but your nail will not catch. Proceed by either polishing, or by lightly abrading the glass. GlasWeld’s Gforce polishing process accomplishes window glass repair without distortion. - Sub-surface glass scratches usually occur when very abrasive materials are used with substantial force. Examples include: graffiti (using a scribe), acid graffiti, welding, and grinding splatter. As a technician, you will be able to see the damage at distances greater than 10 feet, and the damage will definitely catch your fingernail.
The best scratch remover is resurfacing (or abrading) the glass and remembering to feather the damage, so distortion isn’t visible. to learn more about GlasWeld’s repair approach for light, medium and heavy types of damage. Or, sign up for our Gconnect online training. Both will save you time.
Watch Out: Substandard Resins Don’t Last 400
Not all windshield repair kit manufacturers can claim their resins meet and exceed national and international industry standards, including ANSI (American National Standards Institute), NWRA (National Windshield Repair Association), BSI (British Standards Institution), and AS/NZS (Australia/New Zealand Standards). But we can.
Every one of our Gfusion windshield repair resins have been independently tested ensuring their 
long-lasting quality.
This degree of testing and verification is important to professional windshield repair technicians because they have worked with poor-quality resins and have learned the hard way. Substandard resins lacking the right quality can discolor and disengage over t 400 ime. Not ours.
GlasWeld’s Gfusion resins have the perfect degree of tensile strength and quality for enduring wear. They microscopically etch onto to the glass just enough to create the optimum bonding surface and won’t discolor or fall out over time.
So don’t waste your time and money. Choose resin color then order only GlasWeld resins because quality equals longevity.
Windshield Resin Color Does Matter
400Just ask your friend who can’t tell whether he’s on a date with a blue-eyed blonde or green-eyed redhead if being color blind is an issue, and you’ll learn quickly that it is!
Our ability—or decreased ability—to make out and understand colors can affect many aspects of our life. What we’re willing to eat; what we wear; and, on a professional level, what resin to pull out of our windshield repair kit.
Choosing to use amber or gray tinted resins can depend on the type of damage you’re faced with and whether youâ
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€™re working with crushed glass, such as in a combination break or small cracks such as in a star break, and need to hide some reflectivity.
Choosing blue or green tinted resins can also depend on what type of damage you’re dealing with and the exact area within the windshield tint band that needs repair.
Correctly Match Resin Color
GlasWeld’s Gfusion resins are scientifically formulated to ensure not only the right color but also support for different temperatures that are present in your environment during your windshield repair.
So make the selection of color a priority for your next repair.
400Using Rays from the Sun for Curing Doesn’t Cut It
From the manufacture of specialty electronics to the application of dental adhesives, cured resins are an important component to the outcome of many finished products. Windshield repair is no different. Ensuring complete curing of the resin is as important as selecting the right resin for a particular job.
With GlasWeld’s history and long-standing knowledge about the chemistry of resin, we know that its properties must be exposed to ultraviolet light at the 400 proper wavelength to ensure complete curing and cross-linking of the polymer.
The UV spectrum must be:
-At the proper wavelength
-With enough intensity
-And for the right duration
Relying on the rays of the sun or purchasing just any UV light on the market won’t cut it. The ProCur™ UV Curing Light has been designed with the purpose of accomplishing this and it is compatible with all of our windshield repair kits offering consistent and complete curing for successful repairs.
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