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Article #130Re: Material Science for my Windshield
From: Small Systems Solutions
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:09
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:09
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In article <1992Apr10.190530.15584@athena.mit.edu> hkon@athena.mit.edu (Henry Kon) writes: >I have a hairline fracture in my windshield. It is small, but growing. >Someone told me that they heard of putting some kind of glue a the growth >end. I don't kow what kind of glue to use !! > >I assume it should be (1) rigid like glass, (2) adherent to glass, and (3) >similar to glass in terms of change due to temperature variations. > >Any and all ideas appreciated. Is glue the right idea ? Yes and no. You must first drill a hole at the ends of the crack to relieve the stress and stop it from spreading. A Dremel tool, or other high-speed drill with a fine bit will work. The material used by the commercial operations is probably not an unobtainium. Its primary purpose is to remove the crazed appearance of cracks, etc. so visibilty is improved. It is a polycarbonate. -- Small Systems Solutions 1563 Solano Avenue, Suite 123 sss@netcom.com Berkeley, CA 94707-2116 The above-expressed opinions aren't necessarily
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Newsgroups: sci.materials,rec.autos,rec.autos.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!sss From: sss@netcom.com (Small Systems Solutions) Subject: Re: Material Science for my Windshield Message-ID: <+dtjj-k.sss@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 22:09:15 GMT Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) References: <1992Apr10.190530.15584@athena.mit.edu> Distribution: na Keywords: broken windshield glass Lines: 25