Restoration of car glasses

Small cracks, scratches or chips in our car glass can usually be repaired without replacing the entire glass.

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Experts are able to cope with most glass damage. However, sometimes they are forced to send the client back with a receipt.

Repair conditions

“Slight damage to windows can be repaired, but under certain conditions,” explains Adam Borovski, owner of the Adan auto glass repair and assembly plant in Sopot. - Firstly, the glass must be damaged from the outside, secondly, the damage must be relatively fresh, and thirdly - if the defect is a crack, then it should not exceed twenty centimeters.

Glass damage is usually just cracks (which are more troublesome when regenerated) or point damage called "eyes".

in american

The main method of regeneration of automotive glass is filling the cavities with a special resinous mass. The regeneration effect is usually so good that the repaired area cannot be distinguished from the undamaged part of the glass.

“We use the American method in our plant,” says Adam Borowski. – It consists in filling the damage in the glass with a resin cured by ultraviolet (UV) rays - the so-called. anaerobic. The durability of such regeneration is very high.

First aid

In case of serious damage, it is recommended to replace the entire glass. This is especially true for large cracks.

“Repairing large glass cracks is only a temporary solution,” says Grzegorz Burczak from Jaan, an auto glass assembly and repair company. - You can drive with a repaired windshield, but you should consider replacing it completely. This does not apply to point damage.

Car windshield repair using modern technologies usually takes no more than three hours. It takes less than an hour to repair minor damage.

windshield repair cost

• Restoring auto glass is usually much cheaper than replacing the entire windshield.
• The price is set individually, taking into account the scale of the damage.
• When assessing the cost of repairs, it is not the make of the car that is taken into account, but the type of damage.
• The estimated cost of regeneration is in the range of 50 to 130 PLN.

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