<x-flowed> On 26 Jul 2006, at 19:21, David wrote:
[[[Those repair kits don't give the windshield any more strength. Theyperform a simple cosmetic function to make the damage less visible, that'sall.]]]Really?...I thought they pushed a cyanoacrylate glue into the crack...hidethe crack and adhere it together......
It doesn't matter what they push into the crack. The structural integrity of that windshield has been breached and a bit of plastic glue cannot restore it. Even if the material ended up being as hard as the glass around it. It's just cosmetics, nothing better.
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