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DaveC - 01 Sep 2004 06:17 GMT

Are there kits available for car owners? I've got a few chips, and I'd like
to try it myself.

I tried Googling, but all I got was glass shops' services.

Web refs appreciated, but any info I'd be grateful for.

Thanks,

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Bob Paulin - 01 Sep 2004 13:55 GMT

DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote in article
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> Are there kits available for car owners? I've got a few chips, and I'd like
> to try it myself.
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>
> Thanks,

Yet, you seem perfectly comfortable asking the question even though you
obviously haven't stepped away from your computer long enough to call or go
to a NAPA, Carquest, Auto Zone, Pep Boys, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or any other
store selling automotive parts and supplies in your area to discover that
they are, in all likelihood, an in-stock item.

Google can certainly make one lazy.....and also limit - instead of enhance
- their knowledge of what is happening right in their own back yard.

Get your nose off the computer screen and go to a nearby auto parts
store....or, at least call them.

Just becaue the almighty Google doesn't show something, doesn't mean that
it doesn't exist....but, you have to be a little more creative in your
search.

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Ignasi Palou-Rivera - 01 Sep 2004 21:09 GMT

> DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote in article
> <0001HW.BD5AA98D002937CDF04075B0@news.individual.net>...
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> store selling automotive parts and supplies in your area to discover that
> they are, in all likelihood, an in-stock item.

And most of those stores have websites showing the products they
sell..

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Rex B - 01 Sep 2004 22:06 GMT

||> DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote
||>> Are there kits available for car owners? I've got a few chips, and I'd
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||>> Thanks,

Go Google "Bullseye repair"
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DaveC - 03 Sep 2004 05:48 GMT

> Go Google "Bullseye repair"

Wow ! If I ever own a fleet of vehicles, or want to go into the chip
business, that kit is for me !

I'd like to find something between the $9 one-chip repair at the local parts
store and the "Bulleseye Repair" setup for $hundreds.

Thanks,

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Rex B - 03 Sep 2004 17:17 GMT

||On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:06:51 -0700, Rex B wrote
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||I'd like to find something between the $9 one-chip repair at the local parts
||store and the "Bulleseye Repair" setup for $hundreds.

Permatex or Loctite.
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Al Bundy - 04 Sep 2004 13:59 GMT

> ||On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:06:51 -0700, Rex B wrote
> ||(in article <41363907.115228730@news.txol.net>):
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> Permatex or Loctite.
> Texas Parts Guy

Forgive me for being slightly off topic here. A few years ago I
cracked my windshield at the edge, possibly by using a tool too close
to the molding. The crack came out about 3" and was headed for the
main viewing area. I called a local glass and detail shop. The young
girl there said, "We always tell everybody to tape a penny to it."
Well, my car is worth slightly more than a penny so I blocked off a
small square area with epoxy around the crack and an inch further. The
crack made a U-turn and came back to the edge. Now it just looks like
I have a park-pass there rather than an illegal window. It's been good
for five years.
Be careful with tools around glass. You may be buying a new chip-free
window.

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Ad absurdum per aspera - 05 Sep 2004 21:09 GMT

I've used those ones that look kinda like a syringe, and pump a clear
cyanoacrylate glue into a pinhole. They work pretty well if you
follow the instructions sensibly. Loctite is one good brand.

Note that they are recommended only on "bullseyes" with at least a
tiny through-hole, not on severe stars, long cracks, or superficial
chips.

Cheers,
--Joe

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