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I work for the automotive glass repair company shown at the start, and I had this idea to use our glass repair Resin on my broken phone 10 years ago it just doesn’t stick to the “glass” in phones. Even if it did fill the crack 100% you can’t fix the alignment issue so you still have distortion.
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@@taximusmcray4104 lol beat me to it!
@@taximusmcray4104you beat me to that joke
I've used something similar to that in my car windshield and it worked. It was basically UV glue that after curing hides the crack. It worked because I was able to place a piece of tape inside to help keep the glue in place while it was curing. I think the oleophobic coating in phone screens make this type of repair unviable
>oleophobic coating Yea that pretty much makes this product useless then.
Since you can remove the oleo phobic film from phones using alcohol, it would be interesting to see what would happen if you try that out.
@HughJeffreys
You don't seem to understand windshields are... laminated. You didn't even notice the lack of a crack on the interior side.
@@PizzaFreaakYou can Not remove oleophobic coating of the screen with alcohol you dummy.
A cracked Nokia? What cracked it? A diamond?
Haha alien did that
A roundhouse kick from Chuck Norris most likely , that's what broke mine .
I work in an electronics repair shop. Whenever a customer hands us their phone to get fixed we give them a spare phone to use for the meantime. The spare phones were usually just broken phones we fixed up to get barely working for phone calls etc. If any of those spare phones had a cracked screen we would put a big amount of this UV resin on them, the cracks were still visible but the resin stopped the glass shards from coming off the screen and also stopped any moisture from getting inside the phone. I see UV resin as a big bandaid for a cracked screen, it won't look great, but if you don't want to change the screen for some reason (like how we didn't want to spend money for a spare phone) it's a really good way to keep the phone working and ensure it's not gonna get worse.
What about some Alcatel Pixi Glitz's? Those things are TANKS.
Giving a customer a spare phone in the meantime? That's actually brilliant and thoughtful.
@@zarktyark7312 thank you!!!
@@qwertykeyboard5901 hahaha I’m not sure we have them here but we got a couple of phones that just can’t die
whoever cracked that screen on the nokia must’ve had godly amounts of strength
basically avoid some sort of scam and just repair it using the tools and the parts, don’t expect to get something that is a scam like what the ad says. Just get the parts and tools you need and do it correctly…
yeah, i get "winzip" scam ads on internet.
"winzip" utilities is scam. all driver scan programs is scam
There is a pottery repair artisan in Japan who uses a similar product, and how he does it is heats the pottery and apparently that change in temperature "sucks in" the resin. So the idea is sound but requires a different process.
As you said, getting the resin to penetrate cracked glass is key. Also, to make sure that the crack is invisible it has to be repaired quickly after damaging it. Otherwise the crack will accumulate tiny specks of dust that will show when sealed in resin. Which is why the window crack did not disappear.
Ive been seeing these "magic" screen repair liquids in ads since i was 12. Im 23 now and these are just as much of a scam as they were in 2012. If it were this easy, tech shops everywhere would be all over it.
thats actually a reall good question you can ask yourself „if this product is so magical as said in the ad why isnt it all over the market yet?“
@@PsyWalks Exactly! Companies are always looking to either save money on there work flow or sell other peoples ideas. If products like this worked, you'd bet your ass amazon would have stolen it and advertised it above lcds in search results...
@@PsyWalks or if we're being perfectly honest, why hasnt the industry tried to shoot it down? like if any of these did as advertised then it would completely kill the phone repair industry for the most part as screen damage is probably the most common issue. that said, like we as a society are trying to and basically succeeding in killing the phone repair industry
Just commenting to say your videos finally gave me the confidence to open my phone and replace the battery and power button. I ran into a hiccup with the ribbon cable connector on the power button being a slightly different shape, but I did some unadvisable modifications to make it fit. In the end it was very stressful, but for just around 30 bucks I was able to fix up my phone myself and now I have some actual pry tools so I don't have to open up my Steam deck or laptop with old credit cards and my fingernails haha. I've had my phone since 2017 and with the new battery I hope to have it for many more years as it is still completely usable when it comes to my needs.
I am so happy to see hugh jeffreys look at this thing i was laughing at so many times with family members. teleshopping channels sometimes have like 45 minute blocks of just this product and its too funny
hi walter
I've had fond memories of watching those TV shopping blocks for some reason.
And the presenters. How they managed to do it with a straight face is beyond me.
Wow, didn’t know Water became so expensive.
I'm very glad to find this video. Even IPA is sometime not enough to clean electronic parts (ethanol is better but more expensive), any resin which has medium viscosity never fills fine gaps, I think. But, if we can use a vacuum pump and a vinyl bag, air pressure may possibly help resin to intrude into gaps.
I have professionally used such resin products to repair damaged glass in the past. There's a few things missing from this particular product, mainly the fact that for smaller repairs you need some way of getting the resin into the crack, as it won't flow in on its own due to surface tension. In some cases, this involves using a vacuum chamber (Like when repairing glass on watches), but usually it requires either the right type of crack or further widening the crack to let the resin flow in like you saw here. I suspect this particular resin is nothing more than something called LOCA (Liquid Optically Clear Adheive) which is notoriously horrible at doing what this product claims; It's meant to hold pieces of transparent material together, not fill cracks.
the windshield resin is for rock chipped windshield. it fills the hole and prevents the long thin cracks. when you get long thin cracks u replace the windshield
literally I was thinking this video was for something else and I was going to ask you to try this stuff out, you're a hero.
ive done a fair bit of research on this kind of thing and had some experiences myself; this kind of UV adhesive (because it seems like it's literally just LOCA glue) of course works in phones to hold components together, but it is also used in screen protector applications for curved display phones. If it's covered by some sort of film, whether that be glass or plastic, it will actually hide scratches & cracks via filling them in, but once you take the protector off, it doesn't do anything. it can't really fill them in permanently, only hide them, and only if there's enough liquid to make it look uniform.
LOCA glue is different, it doesn't cure hard, it cures gummy rubbery. This is UV acrylic glue which used to cost something absurd like $30 from Conrad, it's good for arts and crafts things, it cures hard.
@Polyeith Same experience as me. LOCA glue, a glass screen protector and UV light can hide light to medium scratches on a phones screen. I use this for my current phone (XR) which was purchased second hand. Previous owner never used a screen protector...and as a result the screen had loads of light to medium scratches (I'm guessing the scratches were caused by placing the phone in a handbag and having items such as car keys, lipstick, and other objects scratching up the screen). Yes, the scratches will be visible when you remove the screen protector...but with the screen protector on the vast majority of scratches cannot be seen, and it's far cheaper than having the phone's screen replaced...
Your videos are very educating and helpful. Thank you so much for share your knowledge with us 🙏
one thing car window repair kits come with is a little plastic suction tool that helps the resin seep into cracks, but the oleophobic coating on the displays probably doesnt help either
It could (theoretically) work on a superficial crack, might even work well on a scratch. I'd want the little vacuum thingie it comes with when bought as a windshield repair kit. Put the vacuum thing on the crack, put a few drops in, apply pressure (if you've used one of these kits to fix a windshield before...that), and MAYBE even try some light flexing of the screen (to try to create a path for the resin to get in). I tried it once on a back glass that I knew it would never work on and...it worked better than I expected (but not enough to not tell it was broke, even from a distance). I just slapped a skin over top, then a case, and went on my way.
My phone screen has a couple of annoying, small deep scratches. And a bunch of shallow ones too. If I could use those windshield crack fillers and gave it a cerium oxide treatment perhaps I would get it pretty close to new. I polished my previous phone with cerium oxide and the results were honestly pretty good but not perfect because of the deep scratches. Sounds like an idea to experiment with when it's time to retire my current phone. I won't mess around while it's still completely functional.
So many products these days are built up with dodgy advertising hype and bitterly disappoint when put to the test. I don't know how businesses get away with blatantly false advertising! Thanks for helping to expose some of the useless ones Hugh! 👍👍
Your videos have inspired me to start repairing my own tech (Even though I’m bad at it lol) and also having a bit of fun looking inside broken tech. I can agree that the I-Fixit tool kits are extremely high quality and will last very very long. Thank you for all these videos.
Be carefull, i replaced my Galaxy Note 10 plus backcover and now wireless charging died for no reason
@@ilexcorpCheck the cable connections. That’s most likely the issue.
Very glad to see more people get into repair! Dont feel discouraged, everyone starts off bad at it and making mistakes. I used to break things ALL THE TIME. But if you keep at it, those "extra parts" will vanish in no time!
I replaced my nook simple touch battery :)), it was pretty easy though
Yea i need to repair mine after over heating my phone. Your SE 2020 video really helped
This is common practice on car windshields with minor "stars". But the way it works and you can look this up, alot of pressure is applied before curing the resin. The pressure pushes the resin into al of the cracks.
Part of the reason why these resin's are not working on those screens, mostly is due to the olephobic treatment on the devices. And of course, as mentioned in the video, usually a resin is best when it's used with a vacuum pump that helps the resin work it's way into the crack. Which these cheapo kits are never gonna include. All in all, they likely know this and these are nothing but scams. They know the resin isn't made for phone screens, so advertising it is was solely to trick people into spending money on it. It's a shame there isn't more that can be done about these scam websites
a resin like this is okay if you can get it in the cracks in the first place, even if it just makes the crack full enough to not cut yourself as you use the device, maybe a vacuum chamber could help. expecting the cracks to vanish is too much though. I used something similar on my S8 that was smashed and it made a difference as my fingertips didn't feel the cracks as badly even if they were just as visible. that stuff behaved differently though and didn't ball up.
i seen a video once where they said you can repair a cracked screen with a mixture of off bug repellent isopropyl alcohol in equal parts and table salt brushed on lightly and left in the sun to dry i never have tried it because every one i crack is usually missing pieces would love to know if it really works but i have my doubts love to watch you work and admire the passion you have
Thanks Hugh! Great video!
This looks to be literally just common windshield repair fluid/resin like Rain-X 600001. Which does actually make me wonder if, with a pressure injector like what that comes with, if filling a screen crack could be feasible. I wouldn't hold my breath, but this does make me wonder.
I was going to say something like this, I'm sure they use pressure to force it into the cracks. They do while casting resin usually
0:47 isn’t even an actual iPhone. It’s a fake decoy one that you can buy in bulk
So Now that resin isnt scam anymore?
@@Namrec_Molaibruh u stupid
Busting these scammers (and their fake products) is a great civic duty.
I know this type of glue, it's just a LOCA (Liquid OCA). It used for screen refurbishing (not just filling cracks, but whole front glass replacement) In fact, in some situations you really can use it to make some cracks less visible
Great video 👍🏻 watched entire thing, and was not disappointed 💯💯
I’ve used this on Apple Watches with cracked screens and iPhone to prevent the cracking getting any worse. Works a treat if done properly
I've done something similar to a snapped cylindrical lens, using UV resin with a similar refractive index to "hide" the crack. This won't work on thin screens and each has a different refractive index that the cheap rebottled liquid obviously doesn't match.
I love when Hugh Janus posts a new video
Thank you for such a demonstration. I just ordered some resin, good it was cheap, but somewhere for the same stuff prices are just x 2 or x 3. I will do my one, but there is no hope.
Cool video Hugh! Hopefully it will save some people who lack common sense some of their money.
I haven't seen any products that work well if they have that countdown timer at checkout. Those timers always set off my scam alert sirens.
Have you also tried pushing the glass from the back to openup the crack in the front where the liquid is ? It seems like the liquid isn't getting into the crack. Thanks for your tests.
yeah this stuff works great on vehicle glass, but i doubt much else, also alot of the car kits create a seal over the chipped area and then you inject the resin by adding a few drops, inserting a screw plunger on top and then screwing it in which pushes the resin into the cracks. and its not perfect, you will still somewhat see the impact area, but the glass will have a smooth texture were your fingernail wont catch on it in that area anymore, and it should reduce the chance of the small crack getting larger over time.
I have used this resin product. It did not get rid of the cracks. But it helped me, because I only wanted the cracks and chips on my phone not to cut my fingers. And THAT worked fine. It filled up the missing glass parts and it was smooth to the touch, even though the crack was still visible, which I don't care about.
This kind of resin works really well to repair chipped (not cracked) windshields. A chip doesn't go all the way through the glass, so the resin fills the "hole" and makes it almost invisible. Chrisfix made a great video showing the repair process.
Perhaps use a temperature transition to see if you can get the liquid to move into the crack, it won't require much. Heat it up, apply it, let it cool.
One likely problem is the oleophobic (and hydrophobic?) coating on the phone glass, not allowing the liquid to wet it properly.
I think that what you're experiencing with the glue not going into the cracks has to do with the oleophobic coating most screens/glass panels have...
Interesting Nice to see this this covered in case anyone wants to get into this.
Phone glass hase usually teflon coating applied to it, to reduce fingerprints. That's why it probably doesn't wanna go into the cracks.
Fair and square. That's why we all love Jeff.
Those "resins" really need alternating between applying pressure and applying a vacuum to force air out and force the resin to penetrate into the cracks, which is why those windshield kits always come with a device to apply pressure & vacuum.
Would putting it in a pressure vessel help to force the fluid into the crack?
Can you put the resin and then apply the screen protector and let us know the result?
Just slap a glass screen protector on it, go over the edges with epoxy nail polish where cracks reach the edges (for waterproofing and to contain any glass slivers) and pop it into a case that has front edges that cup the screen. Use until the digitizer finally breaks after subsequent falls, or until you are done with it. Pro tip - if the front camera is damaged get some ultra-clear packing tape and secure over the top and bottom camera edges, pressing gently to ensure a good seal. Make sure not to cover top speaker. Will have to be redone from time to time so keep tape roll clean.
maybe the oleophobic coating stopping the liquid from fully seeping into the cracks. it might work better if you stripped the coating.
Well few years back I bought windshield repair kit from Supercheap auto and it still hold fine.
I have an iPhone 14 Pro before I got the glass protector on it. I have something in my pocket that left a little micro scratches on it. I was wondering if the Reds it would take care of it
Try Putting it in a Vacuum chamber For better results so it can flow inside the tiny cracks
That's kind of obvious from their product ad claims. I mean, adding some kind of liquid to magically get rid of cracks in glass is the biggest snake oil we can hear.
you might be surprised how stupid people can be
@iamdisappointedinyou3097 Surprised? Definitely not. If people aren't stupid then we wouldn't be electing corrupt politicians.
@@peterthepanda if people weren't stupid we wouldnt have corrupt politicians
@@iamdisappointedinyou3097 Politicians do indeed make it hard to believe they're also supposedly human as well...
The product does actually work on a phone screen crack but you need to have removed the screen and then apply the resin, and then gently flex and bend the screen to get the resin to permeate the cracked glass. It does do the job but not as easy as the ads imply. This resin does work well on window glass panes with a crack, but the window needs to be laying horizontal, and a suction cup used on the back side will draw the resin into the crack. Then cure with UV and use a razor to remove the excess resin. The crack doesn't just disappear, but becomes clear enough that it won't be noticed without looking for it for the most part.
What if you apply the resine to hide the cracks and over that you put a tempered glass? Would that be usable as well? I mean, it doesnt fix it, but would it more or less hide it properly? I'm talking about small breaks, as the ipad shown, not a full cracked screen
I've used a number of windshield crack fixers and they all have some sort of suction cup and plunger to force the resin into the crack. It isn't like you just pour resin over the crack and it is gone.
I've only seen glass repair resin work on car windshield (small chips) and kits to repair that have special syringe that sucks all the air out and pressurises the resin so while it does work for car windshield it doesn't really have use outside of that
While there are liquids that fit in the cracks they are not to fix them but to bond the glass together again. Like the autoglass repair ad on TV.
Modern smartphones have an oleophobic coating on the glass which repells liquids and causes liquid to bead up instead of pooling in an area, which is why these repairs don't work on smartphones, it does work on car windscreens however
Resin will work but you have to have a barrier between the inside environment and outside and air pressure has to be applied to force the reason into the chip, it cannot be a crack as the resin can only reinforce it cannot repair
This does actually work for hairline scratches. Your also not supposed to use a knife or razor blade to scratch off the access residue. Your supposed to use alcohol pads to remove the residue. You actually hurt your own testing scratching the residue off. Also, you didn't try to fill in any scratches. Your devices were completely cracked.
In the spirit of trying to get this to work on the cheap maybe try a food storage vacuum container/bag, or high frequency vibrations (sonic toothbrush) or cooling/heating to get the resin to penetrate the cracks. But it's never going to work a well as the adverts suggest.
Would this fix chips on the phone screen (not full cracks) and just scratches?
I have "repaired" the crack of a mobile phone and a tablet with the corresponding car window repair agent. Paid a couple of euros. It requires vacuum/overpressure treatment to penetrate the gaps. It's not completely imperceptible, but it prevents further cracks and is a method when nothing else reasonable.
Some of the packages contain a syringe and a stand that can be glued to the windshield with double-sided tape. First, a negative pressure is created to remove the air. Allowing the repair agent to fill the space. After that, the excess pressure is pressed with the syringe, and the rest of the holes are pushed in full.
Just a thought, smartphone glass tends to have an oleophobic coating. You could try wiping the screen down with a solvent like acetone to remove the coating, then the resin might not ball up like that. You can buy tubes of the oleophobic coating to reapply if you want.
with these windshield repair resins they absolutely DO work, but you have to get the resin inside the crack and just putting it on the top isn't going to work out for the most part. and theyre only meant to be used on specific crack types and they do not fix the strength of the screens either
I'm not so sure about writing the idea off because the cheapest resin you can find doesn't work. The liquid supplied seemed to be different from the liquid in the adds. Perhaps try again with a $40 bottle of resin from say rain-x?
Its the same as a car window fix, just keeps it from cracking further, no way will it make it vanish youll still always be able to see it.
You gotta do a review of the fairphone 5😊
I hate it when I see ads like that
Hey homie, you know Apple does cover hairline fractures like that without impact damage if it's within 1 year of purchase?
Even if you could actually get some resin into a crack the difference in refraction between the two materials would mean you would still notice it
Could you try pulling down a vacuum while putting it on ?
Well thank you for debunking the scam, but would like to test it a bit farther and getting a vacuum chamber or this machines that is for food packing which suck all the air out the bag, whatever is cheaper.
As you say car windscreens are very different and so is the repair process which is another nail In the coffin for the product. To repair a crack you usually drill the end to stop it progressing which also gives a way for the resin to start entering the crack. Some repairs you even break the screen more with a punch as part of the process. You may heat the screen from the inside to help the resin flow. Further to this you look through vehicle glass to something far beyond, you can have imperfect repairs, dust, dirt and scratches on your screen and you simply don’t see them. Have a close look at your car windscreen, they are usually scratched heavily from wear, but you just don’t see it. But with a phone you are looking at the exact same place as the glass, it has to be absolutely perfect. Thanks for highlighting this scam, hopefully saving some people some disappointment and money.
@evan&Kaitlyn need to try to solve this issue with their resin knowledge
it's works good to hide deep scratches before applying screen protector
I think the idea is that you need the SAME type of material to make a crack disappear. Any difference in refractive index will cause the cracks visible. So resin, being a plastic, can repair plastic but not glass.
That kind of something that is a scam needs to be cancelled & removed, IMO. Especially the Companies need to be arrested, sued, etc. for that such of scam that they’ve made. Like, scams should be illegal, if they’re not illegal already, right?
this type of resin is made for windshield glass. its the same kind of process they use for cars, except in a car they use a small vacuumed pump to force the resin into the cracks. try and vac pump next time.
Unfortunately some people will still fall for this scam, hopefully this video will inform those people about this type of scam.
I used this type of resin to try and fill a stone chip in my windshield, did it add strength to stop it from spreading? The winter season will answer that for me, it's still obvious there's a stone chip. Most if not all of it is a scam in their claims of making cracks/chips vanish.
"you may have seen the ads" i quite literally do not have ads, on any of my devices lol At the very most optimal, this'd be a resin with the same refractivity of glass, but even then there's no way it wouldn't leave behind blobs on top of the screen
If It looks too good to be true then it is. It’s not on you to trust, them but it’s on them to prove it.
Resin is fine, it can do fix small cracks but, you have to get the resin between the shattered gaps in the first place, this alone cannot do it without the pressure injection tool that usually comes with those products.
this stuff is like liquid screen protectors, which are awesome. I used one back in the day on my apple watch because it had a big nasty scratch on the screen. the liquid screen protector hid it perfectly
5:00 Yes, but you also need to apply suction to the windshield so the resin will seep into the crack... otherwise it'll just sit on top like what you experienced. The crack repair companies that drive to you do just this with a few extra steps, drilling the impact, covering the area, adding resin, applying suction and letting sit... I recently did this on my car which had two quarter size impacts from following an 18 wheeler. Using two permatex kits for 10 bucks a piece... it got rid of 99% of my visible cracks. That said I WAS curious what would happen if you used /that/ one a phone. If you can get it to seal and have suction... it should work? However I don't know how it would affect touch.
Use this adhesive with a screen protector and it's gold!
yo what kind of old kitchen window do you have :D
I think the resin works on car windshields because they don't have the anty oil layer that smartphones have. I think that's the reason why te reason why it slips from the smartphone glass
I've used something similar for my phone. For my current phone I didn't manage to get a screen protector for about a year and it got a ton of minor scratches, I used a screen protector that was attached with liquid resin and it hid all of the scratches. It didn't fix them if I remove it now they will still be there but while the screen protector is on you can't see them. It's a cheep way to cover up small scratches.
maybe removing the oleophobic coating before applying the resin might make it work better? you'd then have to reapply it but if it works it'd probably still save you money
Might work better if you apply it and place glass screenprotector on top. That would look better not cure the screen offcourse. The resin will fill in the gaps and looks cleaner and the screenprotector will make it feel like new.
Looks similar to loca or the glue used to apply curved glass screen protector
I wonder if it would work if you put the phone in a vacuum chamber to suck all the air out? Maybe that would force the resin into the empty spaces and get the air bubbles out like when its used for crafts.