Re: windshield phenomenon

["Carlyle Fitzgerald (Carlee)" <clfitz@inetone.net>]

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>Have
>you ever seen acrylic that's got "stress fractures" in it.  It's not
>broken, but it looks like someone's tried to bend it too much.  You get
>little micro cracks.  Well, that's what my windshield looks like.  These
>marks are more prevalent on the driver's side and don't appear to be on
>the inside or the outside.  Therefore, they must be in the middle.  Does
>anyone have any thoughts on this?  Thanks.
>
>Dan


It's in the middle.  The acrylic you're talking about is part of the 
windshield's safety features.  Your windshield is a sandwich of 
glass with acrylic (or something) in the middle, which is  there 
to keep the glass from fragmenting in a crash.  I'd guess that it's 
a little cloudy around the fractures, too.

There's nothing that can be done about it that I know of.  New 
stuff happens all the time, though....

Carlyle Fitzgerald (Carlee)

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