The Wise Crack

Windshield Repair Newsletter

The Wise Crack, published monthly, is the most widely circulated windshield repair newsletter available! It includes windshield repair tips, news, & marketing advice.

January 2009 Issue

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Delta Kits Certified Windshield Repair Technicians!

Delta Kits Certified Windshield Repair Technicians

Congratulations to all of the Windshield Repair Technicians that became Delta Kits Certified in 2008!

January	May	August
Poffirio Arague	Joseph Buchanan	David Brattebo
Jonnathan Cartaya	Korey Gobin	Jeff Judge
Dan English	Corey Kessler	Alan Martin
Ricardo Guzman	Larry Leach	D. Matthew Taylor
Ronald Guzman	Shane Moderie	Bruce McDonald
Albert Johansen	Alvaro Perez	Jim Montgomery
Jesus Nunez	Doug Rohrer	Eric Moore
David Pionk	Cole Watson	Jeff Neeley
Dean Puckett	Phillip Witt	Joshua Oshevire
Christen Ranfranz	David Viveiros	David Peters
John Ranfranz	Mario Lerner	Dustin Riley
Steven Van Dyke	June	Iris Sarabia
	Josue Artiga	Ulises Sarabia
February	Rebecca Flores	Shawn Sparhawk
Jorge Alvarado	Reggie Grady	Aaron Vazquez
Brent Basore	Gary Johnson
Mindy Beaver	Catherine Rhoades	September
Matt Burnett	Larry Rhoades	George Huerta Jr.
Jeremy Fisher	Jon Taylor
	Sy Tran	October
March	Wayne Wygal	Jason Barker
Giao Gailey		Phillip H. Collier
Mike Gailey	JULY	Edgar Gosalvez
Joel Green	Stephen Bishop	Travis Gosalvez
Brett Gylling	Tim Bentson	Rod Leonard
Nathan Smith	Stan Breyfogle	Patrick Rives
Catherine Sokol	Heather Burns	Donna Russell
John Sokol Jr.	Robert Burns	Gerald St. John
John Sokol Sr.	Bernard Wetzel
Jeff Wilde		November
		Reese Atkinson
April		Vince Gargalis
Albert Butler Jr.		Ryan Gieszler
Jim Rafuse		Edwin Johnson
Don Teach		Jeff Johnson
		Robert Mills
		Chris Perkins
		Bill Peters
		Brian Peters December Daniel Nelson Luke Engell Randy Rodriguez

-Korey Gobin

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Tech Tip

With a few extra precautions, you can perform great repairs even in the toughest of weather conditions. If you are performing repairs outdoors during the winter, you should be warming the glass and removing moisture on every repair. I recommend warming the glass to between 70° and 90° degrees for best results. Make sure you warm the glass slowly. When glass is cold, it doesn’t respond well to sudden temperature changes, so be careful. Instead of using the defrost on high, try turning the heat down or better yet, use the heater and warm the entire interior of the car. If you are using some sort of heating device, make sure to warm the entire area around the break slowly and evenly. Also, one thing that many technicians overlook is their equipment and resin. Make sure your resin and injector are not too cold. Many windshields have cracked out from applying cold resin on a warm windshield.

 

Make sure to check for moisture. Carefully flex the break with your probe and look for moisture movement. Often a repair that has a lot of moisture or liquid contamination will appear partly filled. If it has been raining recently or if there is dew present on the windshield, odds are there is moisture present. If you aren’t sure, then you need to treat the break as if it has moisture in it. The most effective tool I have used to get rid of moisture is a moisture evaporator. It is a tool designed specifically for the windshield repair technician and is far less likely to crack out a windshield than heat guns or mini torches. Always remember if you have any questions to call into Delta Kits, Inc. at 800.548.8332 Also, there is a wealth of information on our windshield repair forum! Please visit it at www.windshield-repair-forum.com

-Korey Gobin

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"Love is the prevailing force in a life of victory."
1 Corinthians 13:13; 1John 4:7-11NIV

-Korey Gobin

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