Invisibile Micro Chips on Windshield Appeared!!!
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Invisibile Micro Chips on Windshield Appeared!!!
Hi! I used Aquapel Windshield Coating for the first time to repel water for easier cleaning. But all of a sudden invisible micro chips became not so invinsible anymore since the coating got into those micro chips. Is there any way to fill in those micro chips?
I think I saw in one of the commercials/ads that they use something to fill those mini/micro chips and they disappear. I searched in yelp but all of the reviews says windshield was replaced blah blah... Mine is not cracked or broken like theirs.
I think I saw in one of the commercials/ads that they use something to fill those mini/micro chips and they disappear. I searched in yelp but all of the reviews says windshield was replaced blah blah... Mine is not cracked or broken like theirs.
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Moving forward, what I'd consider doing (I do this on all my new cars) is applying ClearPlex to the front windshield. It's plastic film protection for your windshield. I always want to retain the factory installed windshield from new.
I can't speak to whether the ClearPlex will make your micro chips more or less noticeable. Good luck, bud.
I can't speak to whether the ClearPlex will make your micro chips more or less noticeable. Good luck, bud.
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Moving forward, what I'd consider doing (I do this on all my new cars) is applying ClearPlex to the front windshield. It's plastic film protection for your windshield. I always want to retain the factory installed windshield from new.
I can't speak to whether the ClearPlex will make your micro chips more or less noticeable. Good luck, bud.
I can't speak to whether the ClearPlex will make your micro chips more or less noticeable. Good luck, bud.
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Yup! that was before Aquapel. But after Aquapel, a windshield coating, they showed up which makes them visible 99% of the time. Unless, the coating wears off or is removed. I need to have my winshield rock chips free before I do another windshield coating or clearplex in the future.
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Not yet. It seems like they're disappearing but there's still some that shows up.
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Don't follow trucks with sand blowing out of them.
I got a new windshield after the old one finally cracked massively, but had all the "micro" chips from following a truck spewing sand on a road trip. Wish I had a dash cam to capture that event, I would have sued for paint and glass.
There are no good fixes for tiny chips in glass or paint. Every good fix involves new glass and/or new paint.
Aquapel does nothing either way. I have used RainX and Aquapel, and neither has made sand chips more visible (or invisible which would actually be a plus IMHO). If you are really concerned, clean your windshield with 0000 steel wool to remove anything that isn't glass, then treat with your favorite water dispersant.
FYI, there is a premoistened towelette for PPG Aquapel application. Did you use it before you put the Aquapel on the glass?
I got a new windshield after the old one finally cracked massively, but had all the "micro" chips from following a truck spewing sand on a road trip. Wish I had a dash cam to capture that event, I would have sued for paint and glass.
There are no good fixes for tiny chips in glass or paint. Every good fix involves new glass and/or new paint.
Aquapel does nothing either way. I have used RainX and Aquapel, and neither has made sand chips more visible (or invisible which would actually be a plus IMHO). If you are really concerned, clean your windshield with 0000 steel wool to remove anything that isn't glass, then treat with your favorite water dispersant.
FYI, there is a premoistened towelette for PPG Aquapel application. Did you use it before you put the Aquapel on the glass?
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