Scratch Question.

[gt_repair]

CK Are you doing a lot of scratch removal with the Scratch Hog and is it on autos, commercial, or residential?

[CK Repair]

gt,

The majority of my work using the scratch hog is on commercial work. I market to the construction companies and inform them of the cost and time savings of scratch repair versus removing a scratched glass from a window or glass door. I also keep an eye out for business with scratched or grafitti on their store front glass. Then it would be the fleet companies, mostly school busses and tour busses on removing hard waterspots; especially the rear window. Not too much on residential homes. Good luck!

CK

[gt_repair]

I guess the main question is, do you get a lot of work with the scratch hog or are you doing more work doing W/S repairs. Was it justifiable for the hog? I know the construction has died down at this time out here, and I know it will come back around we all hope SOON. I am still kicking around getting into the scratch hog as diversifying and making it feel like I am all GREEN fixing everything rather replacing things. At this time: Fixing windshields rather that replacing them. Restoring Headlights rather than replacing them. Next to come: fixing scratches, hard water spots, Graffiti rather than replacing them..

[CK Repair]

I do more WSR than scratch repair, but I have been in construction for over 23 years and some of the companies that I worked for, I supervised multi-million dollar ($5 to $187 million) projects. I always was looking for ways to remove scratches from glass on my projects because there is always glass damage on construction projects and there wasn't anyone that could remove them. So I want to keep getting the word out that I can save their company time and money with my scratch repair business. Because eventually everything goes in cycles and I know that construction will get busy again. Also every business wants and needs to save money where they can.

So for me it is a long term investment, and besides I still need to improve so I can save myself the time by being more efficient doing scratch repair.

[gt_repair]

CK Thanks for responding on my questions. I am just trying to see if it would be a good investment to add on. We do have a lot of autos with door glass scratched or hazed out and it may be a good starting point to keep tuned and to fine tune the way I need to operate it. We have so much dirt blowing around with the dust devils we end up with... and people not cleaning the weatherstrips, then having their windows going up and down just ruin the door glass. It may be a good add on just for that use. till people can see what it and I can do with it.... *** I wonder if this will work on cars that have been sand blasted by the dust devils that pepper all the glass? We had on lot two years ago that lost 10 cars by having ALL the windows replaced and new paint job on their NEW cars.*** Thank god for Insurance, The dealership insurance had to pay for all the work on the cars.

[CK Repair]

gt,

I'm just glad I could help, especially with all of the help you have given me with WSR and restoring headlights.

It should work on the door glass because it is made of tempered glass, but the efficiency of the scratch hog on the pepperd glass would depend on how deep the pits are. I've only done it to remove hard water spots. Good luck!