Windscreen de-lamination

[KevW]

The windscreen on my car has begun to de-laminate at the upper corners. I had a milky white patch almost 1 inch x 1 inch in each top corner on the opaque black area.

I needed to re-seal the screen edge to stop water getting in between the laminations but first wanted to try to re-colour the black areas. I first removed and cleaned the rubber sealing strip which joins the roof to the windscreen and dug out any loose mastic. I then ran some black ink into the channel where the rubber screen had sat and very gently repeatedly pushed against the edge of the screen with a small screwdriver ie against the laminated edge. This caused the screen to flex by a tiny amount allowing the ink to seep in between the lamintions so that milky white area became inky black. It's not a 100 percent invisable repair but it is a damn sight better than it was.

I then cleaned any surplus ink out of the channel and filled it with black silicone sealant and re-fitted the rubber sealing strip, tapping it gently into place with a rubber mallet. That should hopefully stop any more water getting in between the glass layers.

[alanmoss]

Interesting solution Kev. Unfortunately when my original screen started to delaminate it was at the bottom left corner so eventually I replaced it.

[Lotus Jim]

Thats a nifty trick Kev! Might try that out on my Peugeot! Loads cheaper than a new windscreen.
Jim

[bash]

I went down a slightly diff route. In the best traditions of blue peter I got a roll of sticky black plastic imitation carbon fibre from halfords. I then put a strip about 1 inch wide down the sides of the screen and covered it up. Surprisingly most people dont even notice that Ive done it, so it looks better than it sounds......
Next week Im doing a full scale model of the empire state building using the remnants of the roll, three egg boxes, and 2 million cubic metres of concrete.

Bash

[GJ1]

Next week Im doing a full scale model of the empire state building using the remnants of the roll, three egg boxes, and 2 million cubic metres of concrete.

Bash