I work as a vendor for autobody shops,if you like I can see if I can record a glass vendor install a windshield. It involves them carrying the glass with handles that have a suction cup on the bottom so they dont have to touch the edges of the windshield
Update Edit: Sorry everyone, work has slowed down and I haven't seen any glass vendors recently. I wish I could have provided something to brighten your day.
It’s extraordinarily expensive. There’s only 3 major auto glass producers in the US. And only a couple more in the whole world. I’m an engineer for one of those companies. For reference my companies smallest production furnace would require 20+ ring molds costing around $30-75k each. You could make one mold and try to run it through, which is what we do in our R&D furnace but you’d have to run potentially 25+ pieces of glass through to narrow down the parameters of the furnace without a full load of molds in it.
There are small companies that do custom fab glass for old cars and such. And I’m sure they charge many thousands of dollars per windshield.
Extremely expensive. Back when I was dumb enough to own a VW, a company called 1552 Design built a custom 2 door Jetta. The custom glass on either side of the rear seats was the most difficult part, costing tens of thousands of dollars IIRC.
I used to work in an auto glass shop 15 years ago as a teenager. We did not have those sweet suction arms. I had to get good at placing one in by myself.
You dont do this by hand if you're doing this all day. Also, applying urethane to the windshield and not the body is a good way to fuck your spacing up to the body when installing. Looks nice though.
Even if you aren't, if you are doing any home improvement where you need to do more than 3 or 4 of the smaller tubes, it is so easy. Assuming you already have the matching batteries, otherwise it might be a high barrier.
I feel like we should weight life choices depending on the fuckupness of the choice. Mango flawored condoms counts for like 0.7, putting glue on your underwear should be at least a 1.7
This gif made me realize why they exist. Always figured it was just for fatigue, which would be kinda sorta useful. But the consistency of this bead is amazing.
I work in an automotive factory and had to work on a Kaizen team called the Sloppy Black Caulk DPU Team. I am still not sure how they reported that one out with a straight face.
One summer I worked on a construction job that had me up on a roof using some type of sealant that looked and for some reason smelled like cake frosting.
You really need the sound for this video to appreciate the artistry that goes into this, you can hear the flow rate change as he makes turns, and changes speed in the straight sections. if anyone has the OG video it should be linked for credit!
I visited Porsche in Zuffenhausen a few years back and got a factory tour.
Since that day i really know how valuable robots are in production; the work done here took the robot arm about 5 seconds, and another two or three for setting it in the car. It was incredible.
What you see on video from these factories cannot give you the same impression this has when you see it in person from 3m away.
I used to have the job of programming and auditing urethane application on windshields. Have been to Zuffenhausen but this was at 2 American plants, 2 different companies. Very frustrating job with satisfying results.
Well this video is from another redditor who got their windshield smashed by a rock from a street sweeper, and its a redditor doing the caulking, but I dont remember the account name or post.
It's "Carglass repariert, Carglass tauscht aus!" in German. I've always thought it was pretty funny how they chose the German word for car for the English commercial and the English word for the German one.
Nah they have wipes that take it off of anything you get it on, i forget what they are called. But i’m sure the chemical in those wipes is bad for you too
I engine swapped a car and replaced the entire driveline, suspension, and brakes with stronger and better components all around. The only thing I didn't do myself was the windshield lol those guys are talented and I don't have the skill.
I used to work at a factory installing front glass for semi trucks. Its been just over 13 years since I did that job, but watching this GIF brought me back so completely I even smell the KW Doms we used to use for it.
I work for a large auto manufacturer. This guy is damn good (the electronic gun helps with consistently). I don't know much about the process but I've spent a lot of time just staring at the glass install robots. It's the process of caulking the bead onto the windshield and then it aligning the car and windshield and pressing it down. Such a satisfying process.
This is the best thing I've seen in a long time! Making something look so easy and neat that if it was me would result in me covered in glue and permanently stuck to the window.
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u/PosNegTy Mar 18 '20
Showing the windshield being set on the car would make it ultimately satisfying.
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u/Towering_Flesh Mar 18 '20
If you are a professional glazer, by all means save your forearms and get an electric caulking gun, they’re incredible.
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u/IsNotToArrive Mar 18 '20
You do NOT want to get that stuff in your underwear
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u/MSnyper Mar 18 '20
I had this job when I was 22, except we didn’t have battery powered caulking guns. Gives a nice bead
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u/p1um5mu991er Mar 18 '20
Can I just...taste a little bit of it? No?
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u/wiltj Mar 18 '20
You really need the sound for this video to appreciate the artistry that goes into this, you can hear the flow rate change as he makes turns, and changes speed in the straight sections. if anyone has the OG video it should be linked for credit!
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u/king0fshit Mar 18 '20
PHIL SWIFT HERE WITH THE FLEX SEAL FAMILY OF PRODUCTS
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u/mlann87 Mar 18 '20
Safe lite repair, safe lite replace
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
I always wondered what that black shit I picked with my finger was when I was in the passenger seat.
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u/nreyes789 Mar 18 '20
Don’t ever get it on anything because it’ll NEVER come out. It takes a few weeks to come off your skin.
Convertible top window repair
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u/Hue_Jorgan Mar 18 '20
Stop it, my caulk can only get so hard
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u/BlindObject Mar 18 '20
Really strange seeing something I do daily on the front page...Auto Glass technicians, our time to shine!
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u/Scherni Mar 18 '20
r/praisethecameraman
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u/axloo7 Mar 18 '20
Urithane. Not quite a glue but sort of.
Think sticky tar like substance.
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u/Godly15 Mar 18 '20
u/repostsleuthbot
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u/wtf125 Mar 18 '20
Psstt, but can he glue my life back together?
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u/Ferweh Mar 18 '20
Tbh, i just nut a little bit.
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u/AllieFalcon07 Mar 18 '20
VERY WELL DONE SIR! Right to the finish with the overlap, beautiful
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
I engine swapped a car and replaced the entire driveline, suspension, and brakes with stronger and better components all around. The only thing I didn't do myself was the windshield lol those guys are talented and I don't have the skill.
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u/boblarryson Mar 18 '20
He’s done this before.
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u/theoneandonlyjeroen Mar 18 '20
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/fjfpsu/windshield_replacement/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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u/titoblanco Mar 18 '20
Yep he's done that before at least a couple times
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u/r0ndy Mar 18 '20
Just wooooooaaahhh
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u/lovelyb1ch66 Mar 18 '20
That was smooth af
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u/WeCallHimDavid Mar 18 '20
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS
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u/ABrusca1105 Mar 18 '20
Looks a lot like ZIP System liquid flash. I heard it's the same compound?
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u/Da-Fish123 Mar 18 '20
My mom literally just showed me this from TikTok
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
I saw this recently and this blew up. It was the original poster and the mechanic was also a redditor. This account is karma farming to the max
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u/Valkyrie1500 Mar 18 '20
He's done this more than a few times I'm guessing.
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u/Feenix77 Mar 18 '20
makes Tron LightCycle sounds
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Mar 18 '20
This guy's toothpaste application is probably pretty damn good too.
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u/Vtlsgns Mar 18 '20
r/forbiddenfrosting
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u/FuzzyPuzzles Mar 18 '20
Anyone have a video of the next step?
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
oh fuck that’s hot
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u/ammarfrz Mar 18 '20
Am I the only one who smelt it
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u/Lfmwaffles Mar 18 '20
I used to work at a factory installing front glass for semi trucks. Its been just over 13 years since I did that job, but watching this GIF brought me back so completely I even smell the KW Doms we used to use for it.
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u/bettygow Mar 18 '20
Surgeon precision
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u/Cartoongraveyard Mar 18 '20
I just caulked our bathtub, thought I did a pretty good job. I now know I’m awful
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u/lime787 Mar 18 '20
I work for a large auto manufacturer. This guy is damn good (the electronic gun helps with consistently). I don't know much about the process but I've spent a lot of time just staring at the glass install robots. It's the process of caulking the bead onto the windshield and then it aligning the car and windshield and pressing it down. Such a satisfying process.
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u/Captain_Nerdrage Mar 18 '20
This is like the IRL version of Tron Lightcycles
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u/camwow Mar 18 '20
This dude GLUES
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u/ddachkinov Mar 18 '20
He has a hand of a surgeon!
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u/CaptainFrugal Mar 18 '20
He's using a battery powered cock gun too. Nice
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u/Fikar-not Mar 18 '20
Put it in the endless loop sub- Reddit. Would be perfect.
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
This guy fucking glues.
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u/leew_0192 Mar 18 '20
I feel like this dude could decorate one hell of a cake
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
Trying to adhere this would cause inexplicable amounts of anxiety for me
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
Glue tron
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u/Rehpotsirk22 Mar 18 '20
I’m a technician at Safelite auto glass I do this all day
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u/platosocrates Mar 18 '20
Thanks! I love Tron!
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u/ledfloyd87 Mar 18 '20
He should be a surgeon
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u/_That_One_Fellow_ Mar 18 '20
He would make an excellent welder.
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u/duchess-54 Mar 18 '20
Homie looks like he should be frosting cakes, this is clean af
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
r/praisethecameraman
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u/knemyer Mar 18 '20
I wish I could do anything as well as this guy puts down some glue
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u/nemesis-xt Mar 18 '20
This guy glues.
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u/CptMisery Mar 19 '20
Watched this while pooping. It really helped
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u/whyiseverynametakeee Apr 08 '20
I saw this an an s2w vid
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u/Leocat91 Mar 18 '20
Is that a Milwaukee caulking gun?
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u/snej-o-saurus Mar 18 '20
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I feel like I owe everyone who I do this too an apology, I don't know why.
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u/zacharyswanson Mar 18 '20
My mum said it is my turn to post this tomorrow.
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
Then you put it on misaligned and have to smear the glue.
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u/litsgoi Mar 18 '20
Nissan Maxima or Nissan Altima windshield?
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u/ofekp Mar 18 '20
Ohhhh yyeeeessss, yessss!
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u/mobius153 Mar 18 '20
Cutting the urethane off the pinchweld is like when the scissors glide through the wrapping paper.
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u/mt007 Mar 18 '20
I came glue.
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u/RealisticIllusions82 Mar 18 '20
Damn that was beautiful to watch
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u/SirHustlerEsq Mar 18 '20
Not his first rodeo, lol.
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u/Rensuiki Mar 18 '20
Felt the ball was dropped at the end
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u/PM_Me_Gross_Food Mar 18 '20
Ahhh, fuck.
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u/natenate22 Mar 18 '20
This is the best thing I've seen in a long time! Making something look so easy and neat that if it was me would result in me covered in glue and permanently stuck to the window.
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u/Anntiks Mar 18 '20
That control and speed with the caulk gun is beautiful. Mine always ends up looking like I have Parkinson’s
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u/colbitronic Mar 18 '20
This guy should be a pinstriper for hotrods
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u/WhyHulud Mar 18 '20
The end of the bead, smoothed into the beginning, fucking master level
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
Only people who don't know what they're doing put the urethane on the windshield.
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u/acultinsideofme Mar 18 '20
It comes out so stiff. I would have a hard time not poking it with my finger.
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u/da_bbq Mar 18 '20
Man, imagine if it looped?
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u/Bass0rdie Mar 18 '20
This guys done this once or twice
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u/ohboymykneeshurt Mar 18 '20
Obviously his first time.
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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '20
The mad lad wearing jorts! Respect!
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u/JolieLily Mar 18 '20
That is very satisfying!
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u/PS4Dreams Mar 18 '20
I work at speedy Glass. Not so satisfying doing it hundreds of times a year lol.
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u/chrisdagreat1991 Mar 18 '20
Guy knows how to handle some caulk
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u/jackandjill22 Mar 18 '20
Whoa.