Windshield Repair Forum

New to WSR and to forum, so I have been poking around reading some old threads and the one that caught my eye was about equipment, bridges specifically.

While I am certainly no authority on WSR (yet!), I have been hammering on sheet metal successfully literally 40 years so can speak on the subject of tools in general. What I have witnessed over the years it is more about the human behind the tool rather than the tool itself, I have seen techs come in with their tools hauled in on a flatbed wrecker, with every specialized tool know to man, who couldn't bump their head let alone a quarter panel...then their are guys who unload from the trunk of their car that were amazing techs. Myself I can probably spray a car better with a Harbor Freight Gun than most with a $800 SATA, or install a door panel with a brick and claw hammer, than some with a door skinner tool..

I guess the moral of my story is I read on here where guys ask about a certain bridge/tools in the past and kinda get the "you can't perform quality repair with that junk!".....I have to say, it is more about the operator than the tool!!

(pot stirring already!!)

cp

I have held plenty of WSR tools that would struggle to do quality repairs in a reasonable time. Most of the kits apart from ours sold in the UK are missing important parts, that means they are unlikely to do quality repairs.

Personally I would rather use quality tools and do the job well than I would struggle with a claw hammer but in the end turn out quality. A panel beater with a claw hammer has never instilled confidence in me, nor a sprayer using a vacuum cleaner as an air supply.

As you know even a small thing like air pressure can change the look of a metalic paint, along with nozzle size and many other things.

To summise, speculate to accumulate, buy quality tools like Delta and do a quality repair for quality customers at a quality price.

Just my humble opinion of course.