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Subject: Re: Windshield chip repair ???
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Date: 1 Sep 92 14:12:00 GMT
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    "I actually want it to fix a chip in my 26" TV screen"

My wife was driving through a construction zone one time where they were doing
welding on an overpass.  Just as she went by, a welding spark landed on the
windshield and melted a little crater about the size of a dime in it.  We had
it filled in by one of these repair outfits and it's been fine for over 3 years
now.  It's still smooth and the damage hasn't spread.  It *isn't* totally
clear, but it's on the passenger side out of the driver's line of sight, so we
don't really care.

I don't know about trying to repair a TV screen though.  It takes a lot of
force to put a chip in one of those.  A local car dealer wanted to make a
commercial a while ago showing him throwing a baseball through a TV set at home
plate (to illustrate how he "blasted high prices" or some such nonsense).  He
did make the news, but not the way he hoped.  They showed him hurling one ball
after another at the TV, which just sat there.  If it had been a player, it
would have had about eight walks before he gave up.  They finally had to score
the screen with a glass cutter to get it to break.

Uh, so anyway, the point is that if your screen has been hit hard enough to
damage it, I'd be concerned whether it's still safe.  Especially big screens.
The CRT will admittedly implode if broken, but then all that glass shrapnel
will bounce right back out with considerable force.  Caveat viewor.

            - Michel

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