Repair Question

Cut out the pushed in glass, fill hole with qcell resin mix, send flat after setting, repair as normal from there

 

uku said it best

 

After you put the filler in you can tape a piece of wax paper over it so it comes out smooth and cuts down sanding time.

 

I could understand both sides of the story there- to cut or not to cut...

From my ding repair experience I have found that you can make the repair look much nicer without cutting, as long as the pushed in glass is still attached to the foam well. Just sand and fill and maybe glass on top. I don't think the little bit of extra weight will be noticed... Plus it will be stonger- and like I mentioned, it will look better- since the resin is clear it will retain the right color and you will not end up with the bright white qcell look- like the other dings that where repaired there.

 

Bingo.

 

if you dont cut it out, chances are that the repair wont bond well to the old glass. Makes a much better repair to cut it out

 

As long as you sand the old glass and the old glass is still attached to the foam- it will bond. If you don't sand or rough up the old glass- your right the new glass will not stick.

 

+1

 

This. if the pushed in glass is still bonded, just rough sand it, and repair over it...Its it loose and disconnected, cut it out

 

Yeah, tried it once, held like doody. Learned that lesson the hard way.

 

Remove old glass, even with sanding it down you can still run the risk of delam. Do it once the right way and be done with it.

 

I have done it both ways and both work. Cutting is better though.

General ding repair tip:

You have to make the damage look significantly worse before you make it look better

 

That looks like eps/epoxy to me from the pic. Check to make sure of what the core is before you begin your resin work.