Heated rear windscreen repair paint, does it work?

EvilTwin · Post by **EvilTwin** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:39 am

My heated rear windscreen only has about 4-5 of the heater strips still working, so I've been looking at those repair paint kits that you paint over the broken portions of the elements to get them working again. They seem ideal to fix the heater element, as i can see little fizzled out sections on a few of the broken elements, so identifying the repair sections is not a problem.

But I do wonder exactly how good / successful these repair kits are?

Has anyone got any experience they can contribute about this kind of repair, I'd be interested to know if they really work, or if its just a gimmick.

Post by **teamster1975** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:08 pm

Yes it does work, bloody good stuff! I've used it for repairing damaged lines in flat cables as well!

Post by **Doggy** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:09 pm

teamster1975 wrote:Yes it does work, bloody good stuff! I've used it for repairing damaged lines in flat cables as well!

Took the words out of my mouth....

Post by **Welly** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:19 pm

My wife wanted a double socket fitting in the bathroom (for the hairdrier) but I couldn't be arsed to 'chase' the cables in so painted a 2" wide strip of the stuff from the landing socket, round the bathroom door, and up the wall - she then Selotapes the flying lead of the hairdrier wherever she wants, like a bus-bar

Post by **Doggy** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:27 pm

Welly

Far be it from me to criticise, but if I may suggest:

a). Did you tell her to turn the socket off first?

b). If you're really after the insurance payout, better to keep it to yourself.....

Post by **teamster1975** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:34 pm

dogslife wrote:Welly

Far be it from me to criticise, but if I may suggest:

a). Did you tell her to turn the socket off first?

b). If you're really after the insurance payout, better to keep it to yourself.....

Shirley he can't be serious Doggy, can he? ...
You could route out a slot in the kids bedroom floor and run the scalextric round it! No need to put track away ever again!

HimBigChief · Post by **HimBigChief** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:39 pm

My wife wanted a double socket fitting in the bathroom (for the hairdrier) but I couldn't be arsed to 'chase' the cables in so painted a 2" wide strip of the stuff from the landing socket, round the bathroom door, and up the wall - she then Selotapes the flying lead of the hairdrier wherever she wants, like a bus-bar

That's one way to get rid of the missus! Did you tell her the hairdryer was perfectly safe to use underwater too?

EvilTwin · Post by **EvilTwin** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:34 pm

Does the heater track need sanding back to expose the core of the element, or do you just paint over the top, and it all works from there?

jasper5 · Post by **jasper5** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:16 pm

Clean up the screen and wire with acetone then just paint it over the remaining wire.

mjb · Post by **mjb** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:41 pm

Welly wrote:My wife wanted a double socket fitting in the bathroom (for the hairdrier) but I couldn't be arsed to 'chase' the cables in so painted a 2" wide strip of the stuff from the landing socket, round the bathroom door, and up the wall - she then Selotapes the flying lead of the hairdrier wherever she wants, like a bus-bar

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