Posted in Our Blog on January 02, 2012 by Tim Morrow
Will a kettle of hot water crack my car windscreen?
Will defrosting my windscreen on a cold morning with hot water crack my windscreen? Normally the answer to this is no, if your windscreen is in perfect condition a windscreen will not suffer from the use of warm water to defrost a windscreen. I would personally avoid using boiling water. You will need to get the inside of the car slightly warm otherwise the windscreen will soon freeze over again if the outside temperature remains below freezing.
If a windscreen has any stone chips the risk of cracking any windscreen exists. During the early part of the evening the air becomes damp, this moisture enters any defects within your windscreen. Once the temperature drops and the moisture freezes the ice expands and this expansion of ice is what causes your windscreen to crack.
How to stop a windscreen cracking when the temperature is below freezing.
Our advice to protect your windscreen from the cold weather is as follows:- Ensure that any stone chips on your windscreen are repaired, contact smilewindscreens for all your stone chip repair requirements. At night consider covering your windscreen with a newspaper or similar this will stop your windscreen freezing. In the event your windscreen does crack due to the cold weather you will need to get your windscreen replaced as soon as possible, you may be breaking the law driving a vehicle where your vision is impaired. Contact smilewindscreen for all your windscreen replacement requirements. We operate a fully mobile service 7 days of the week.
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Posted in Our Blog on October 02, 2011 by Tim Morrow
Windscreen chip repair
The national windscreen replacement companies one in particular, are investing large amounts of money on TV and radio advertising expounding the virtues of having that stone chip in your windscreen repaired rather than having the windscreen replaced. It is generally better for your bank balance and the environment to have stone chips repaired rather than having the windscreen replaced. The stated sales pitch used, call us now this service will be carried out free of charge. Any sensible person will understand that nothing is free of charge in this life, you may not pay for the service at the time, but you will certainly pay higher premiums in the future. Check the price you or your insurance company are paying. Smile windscreens undertake windscreen stone chip repairs from £40.00. http://www.smilewindscreens.co.uk/windscreen-repair-service subject to policy conditions we can invoice your insurance company for this work. http://www.smilewindscreens.co.uk/windscreen-insurance-claims
The stone chip should be repaired straight away, any delay will result in the damage becoming contaminated with dirt and moisture, if possible cover the damage with selotape until you are able to get it repaired. A stone chip repaired on your windscreen will not be invisible and for this reason we recommend windscreens are not repaired directly in the driver’s vision.
Windscreen stone chips that appear white at the edges have probably become water contaminated and will not repair successfully. Small cracks emanating from a stone chip can be repaired on most occasions. Larger cracks can be repaired although this procedure is normally only undertaken on larger more expensive windscreens like commercial and coach windscreens.
The damage observed on a stone chipped windscreen is air, during the process to repair your windscreen this air pocket is removed and replaced with a resin; finally the windscreen damage is sealed off and polished to prevent any further moisture, dirt or air entering the damage.
Every stone chip on a windscreen is unique, it is therefore impossible over the telephone to advise if a windscreen can be repaired or if it should be replaced. Therefore we will normally quote for a windscreen repair and the cost of a replacement windscreen http://www.smilewindscreens.co.uk/windscreen-replacement-cost a chip repair will take approximately 20-30 minutes to undertake. This work should be undertaken in dry conditions to prevent water contamination.
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