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The Advantages
Of Windscreen Repair Compared to Replacing. |
| Free Repairs * |
No excess to pay. No effect on your no
claims bonus. |
| No Hassle* |
Repairers will deal with the Insurance
Company on your behalf. |
| Approval |
Insurance Companies highly approve our
repairs. |
| Success |
90% of damages can be successfully repaired. |
| Water Leaks |
Replacing windscreens can lead to water
and air leaks. |
| Safety |
Replacement Winscreens can dangerously
pop out. |
| Environment |
Windscreens cannot be recycled. |
| Free Mobile Service |
At your home or place of work, even the
supermarket. |
| Guaranteed |
100% lifetime money back guarantee. |
| MOT |
MOT failures rectified. |
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* This applies to the vast majority of UK Insurance
Companies |
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How Windscreen
Glass Breaks. |
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- Windscreens
and safety glass are made from a "sandwich" of plastic
laminate between two layers of glass. An impact strong enough
to damage the hard outer layer can cause an infinite variety
of chips, cracks, crescents, stars or combination breaks. Often
the imperfection is tiny at the surface and expands into the
familiar 'bulls-eye' shape as it spreads toward the centre layer.
Glass Technics system of repair has specific resins, tools, and
accessories to address every kind of damage.
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- MOT Inspection
Manual : June 2002.
- Section 8.3 Windscreen
- The inspection applies to:
all vehicles (including those with opening windscreens)
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- Repaired Windscreens.
- Repaired windscreens must
be inspected to the same test criteria as original unrepaired
windscreens. Repairs must be judged solely on the basis of whether
they interfere with vision. *An invisible or barely detectable repair, finished
flush with the surrounding glass does not count as damage even
if it exceeds the limits on damage allowed in the test.*
If these criteria are met, the position and size of repairs is
not relevant for the purposes of the test.
- Scratches.
- Scratches on the windscreen
ie light surface scratching, are not to be considered as damage.
However, an area of concentrated scratching such as caused by
the prolonged use of a defective wiper blade which obscures vision
is to be considered a reason for rejection if it meets the fail
criteria.
- Method Of Inspection.
- Referring to the diagram below,
examine the windscreen wiper swept area of the windscreen and
the driver’s view through it.
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- Windscreen Inspection Zones
Zone ‘A’ is:
* In the swept area of the windscreen.
* 290mm wide (cars) 350mm (hgv)
* centred on the centre line of the steering wheel
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- Reasons for Rejection / Failure.
- 1. In Zone ‘A’
- a. the damage exceeds a 10mm diameter circle
b. a combination of minor damage areas which seriously restricts
the driver’s view.
- 2. In the remainder of the swept area
- a. the damage exceeds a 40mm diameter circle
- Notes.
Repairs to damage of any kind, to windscreens, including Zone
‘A’, provided that the repair does not distort the
view to the front or distract the attention of the driver, the
repairs are permissable. Any blemish left in the repaired area
does not exceed the fail criteria set out in section 8.3 of the
MOT Inspection Manual.
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- THE PRESERVATION,
ENHANCEMENT & PREVENTIVE CLEANING OF GLASS
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- To obtain the benefits of
“Easy Clean” windows, mirrors, shower doors, glass
partitions and tables requires understanding the nature of glass
and the impact of weather & water on its surface
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- The Nature of Glass
- Glass is easily one of our
most perfect materials. With its strength, insulation qualities
and beauty, it is absolutely essential for light transmission
and visibility. We can’t even imagine homes and buildings
without windows, mirrors and a broad range of artifacts and furnishings
made of glass. Yet, whatever its form or composition, the natural
surface of glass is hydrophilic, non-conductive and microscopically
irregular. It attracts and holds moisture and water-borne soil
on its surface; it permits static electrical charges to remain
on the surface and attract dust and dirt; and it allows its microscopic
pores to trap a myriad of reactive chemicals, particulate matter
and atmospheric contaminants that ultimately lead to weathering,
soiling, staining and erosion...and reduced clarity.
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- The Impact of Weather &
Water on the Surface of Glass
- Rain, sleet, snow and spray
from lakes and oceans, contains enough dissolved gases, carbonic
acid, chlorides, sulfates, nitrates, ammonia and particulate
matter to be chemically active. Similarly, most ground and municipally
supplied water, while generally safe for drinking, cooking, washing
and bathing, still contains enough salts, hard water minerals,
bacteria, organic and inorganic contaminates and water treatment
chemicals to also be chemically active.
- When either source of water
is allowed to evaporate on everyday glass viewing surfaces, it
combines with ordinary soil to promote the formation, adhesion
and buildup of insoluble mineral deposits, lime scale, rust and
soil film. Thus, until it rains distilled water, windows will
never be self-washing! Likewise, until ground and municipal water
is completely de-mineralized, glass surfaces exposed to tap water
– and water-containing spills and splatters – will
be subject to the formation, adhesion and buildup of insoluble
soil.
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- Measures to Maintain the Clarity
of Glass
- The mechanism by which water
impacts glass surfaces, whether vertical or horizontal, is primarily
through evaporation. As the H2O components evaporate, it allows
the other inherent chemically active components of water to combine
with everyday soil and attach to the surface. By making everyday
glass surfaces more hydrophobic, i.e., more water & soil
repellent, the formation, adhesion and buildup of insoluble soil
is dramatically reduced.
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