windshield crack fixed (temporary)

[Douglas Frank]

Peter & Rebecca Lines wrote:
> 
> Last week I received a wonderful new crack in my six month old
> windshield
>  ...[snip]...
> What is did is get a 1/16" carbide burr to fit my dremel tool.
> I drilled a hole in the glass at the end of the crack.
> A little patience and I got through it okay.  Then I squirted
> some clear RTV silicone into the hole to keep the water out.

A better solution would have been to call your insurance
company.  They would have sent a pro out to your home or parking
lot at work, who would have made a guaranteed repair by injecting
a plastic resin... and it wouldn't have cost you a cent.  (They'd
much rather pay the total cost of that, than buy you a new
windshield, deductible or no deductible.)

The repair would probably have been visible, no more so than your
own effort, I bet.

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