Super Cinch Repair Manual Revised

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WINDSHIELD REPAIR MANUAL

FOR

SUPER CINCH

WWW.GlassProSystems.Com

1-800-395-7380

COPYRIGHT Glass Pro Systems 2006



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Table of Contents

1. Cover Page

2. Introduction

3. Introduction, continued

4. Parts of Super Cinch5. Preparing injector for resin fill6. Loading Resin with Needle cap bottle

7. Connecting valve body to bridge

8. Turn valve body to glass after aligning damage

9. Place loaded injector into valve body

10. Pressing pump to create vacuum11. Super Cinch holding vacuum

12. Review

13. Review

14. Review

15. Equalizer Valve

16. What damage to drill?

17. Cleaning and care of Super Cinch18. Vacuum Table

19. Hot and Cold Weather Repairs

Read entire manual prior to performing repairs!

Remember to rinse insert with denatured alcohol after each

repair to clean resin off insert. Insert needs to be dry when

contacting glass to eliminate air-resin exchange and to

facilitate moisture removal from damage. Use eyedropper

included with your tool. Insert seals (seal to glass) usually

last up to 50 to 60 repairs.

DISCLAIMER: Glass Pro Systems, its

principals, and suppliers are not responsible

for damages resulting from misuse of this

product. Read all instructions, use eye



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protection and wear protective clothing and

gloves for those allergic to repair resin.

Introduction

Glass Pro Systems has been providing the most advanced

windshield repair tool on the market. Our original “Cinch”

tool is far more advanced than other systems in that the

damage is allowed to evacuate the natural air-pressure and

moisture from the break before the resin pool is on theglass. Glass Pro Systems is now evolving using the Super

Cinch, which simplifies the repair unit and actually forces

the operator to follow the right series of steps to error proof

the repair process while making the repair unit easy to use.

This manual will point out the parts of the Super Cinch and

how to operate the unit properly and cleaning instructions.

Windshield damage is like fingerprints. Although quite

similar, all damage is slightly different and that is whythere isn’t always a set way to do every repair the same.

The Super Cinch tool supplies a basic method to start

repairs in a systematic way, yet allows the operator to

vary the pressure and secondary vacuum as needed to

facilitate perfect repairs time and time again. You will

find your repair quality will become far better than what

you expect than using ordinary wet vacuum injectors. Youwill be able to quickly move to your next repair and repeat

great looking and strong repairs far better than any wet

vacuum injector can provide. Your new Super Cinch will

enable you to make far more money than you ever thought



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possible while amazing your customers with extremely

high quality repairs.

Figure 1. Parts of the Super Cinch

1. Bridge (red) or (Blue) has three rubber suction cups, a

swivel end, which can house Super Cinch unit when

switched from center position. Bridge has a threaded

hole in rear of bridge for placing the adjuster screw for

operations on crack repair and edge repair.

2. Injector body with piston, shown (gold). Production

model will be (red).3. Valve body of Super Cinch shown (silver) will be

(blue) with a modified Woods pump. Note the equalizer

valve on valve body. This is used after the repair to



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flood repair unit with air to relieve pressure on o-rings.

Insert seal goes into valve body end.

Figure 2. Prepare injector for loading with resin.

Piston knob is backed off three and one half turns. The

injector will hold approximately ten drops of resin but onlytwo to three drops are actually used for a repair. Repair

resin not used remains in injector to be used later. The

Cinch and Super Cinch tool uses far less resin per repair

than ordinary repair tools saving you money! Resin can



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stay inside injector from one repair to the next. It is

advisable to remove resin before long storage of tool by

simply opening a resin bottle and placing injector tip into

bottle and turning piston knob until all resin is removed.

Figure 3. Loading resin into injector with needle cap

bottle.

Insert needle cap of resin bottle or syringe loaded with resin

into injector end and fill. Do this while cradling injector

with a paper towel to catch any spilled resin.

Place index finger over injector tip and turn piston knob to

purge air from injector. Piston should have a very solid

feel to it when all air is gone. Turn piston knob slightly



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counter-clockwise to hold resin in place. Any grade of

resin will hold in injector without dripping out.

Figure 4. Connecting valve body to bridge.

Pick up valve body and turn it into center hole of bridge for

normal repairs. Turn it in clock-wise two full turns. If

using outer position of bridge thread it into swivel end

piece, and place outer nut to center position and install

suction cup. Bridge always needs three suction cups to

perform a repair. Note the swivel end of bridge. This

swivel end can be used to angle down or up depending onwhat you need. The Super Cinch Bridge can negotiate any

curvature of the glass regardless of how much of an angle

there is. The Cinch or Super Cinch can operate at any



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angle, so vertical repairs are accomplished just as easily as

a normal repair.

Figure 5. Turn valve body to glass after aligning

damage by looking down valve body opening to center of

pit. Turn valve body down clock-wise until insert just

contacts glass plus about ½ turn. Tighten hold down nut

by hand to keep valve body from spinning around.

Caution: Do not over tighten Super Cinch onto glass.

This can cause bulls-eye or star break to spread. Only

place on a windshield that has been cooled so windshieldfeels comfortable to the touch. We recommend using

automobiles defroster on cool and high fan to cool or warm

glass uniformly as needed for best results. Isolated cooling



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by spraying alcohol and water isn’t as safe as using

defroster.

Figure 6. Place loaded injector into valve body.



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Loaded injector is now placed gently into valve body. Do

not drop injector into place, this could dislodge resin to the

damaged area.

There is a mark on injector, which aligns with front of valve body pump retaining yoke. Once these lines are lined

up, turn injector three turns to vacuum line. Now the unit

can enable a vacuum to be created.



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Figure 7. Pressing pump to create vacuum.

The thumb is placed on the modified Woods pump top and

pressed up to ten times. Note the red line on depressor. When a vacuum is in place, the red line will stay down near

pump top shown next page. Five presses on pump generate

25 inches in vacuum, ten pumps produce 27 plus inches of

vacuum.

Figure 8. Super Cinch holding the vacuum created.

The indicator or red line will stay in this position when a

vacuum is in place. If red line rises vacuum is being lost.

When vacuum stays in place, red line will remain down.

This indicator replaces the vacuum gauge. It has been



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shown in tests the vacuum will range from 25 to over 27

inches of vacuum with five to ten presses on thumb

depressor, depending on atmospheric pressure of your

location. Once this vacuum is enabled, allow vacuum tohold over damage for at least one minute.

After vacuum is held over damage for at least one minute,

turn down injector to bottom of travel, then turn piston

knob until you feel slight pressure, back off slightly and re-

apply pressure. Allow damage to fill to edge for bulls-

eyes and back up piston knob four turns. This causes a

strong secondary vacuum within the resin and will degasany remaining air from damage. After the secondary has

pulled micro air bubbles from resin, simply turn piston

down until pressure is felt again. You may cycle the

secondary as often as you like, but usually only two cycles

are needed to completely degas the resin. Allow damage to

completely fill and this is the point in time when you can

cure repair under pressure. Pressure curing isrecommended for any damage larger than the diameter

of your insert seal, or a star break with points out

further than insert. The main reason for pressure curing

damage is when a liquid cures and turns hard or

polymerization occurs, a slight amount of shrinkage occurs.

Pressure curing allows resin to keep edges of bulls-eyes

and points of a star filled during this transition. Glass Pro

Systems resin only shrinks approximately 2%.

Review:



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1. Make sure hold down nut is at highest level before

placing valve body into bridge.

2. Align pit looking down valve body and secure suction

cups making sure pit remains aligned with insert sealend.

3. Load injector by inserting needle cap or syringe and fill

injector until air is purged out. Place finger over

injector tip and turn piston knob making sure piston

feels solid. Slightly turn injector counter-clockwise to

hold resin in injector.

4. Place injector gently into valve body aligning timing

marks and turning injector three turns. This bringsinjector to vacuum line enabling a vacuum to be created.

5. Pushing on thumb depressor of Woods pump, quickly

press ten times making sure red indicator line remains at

or near pump top. This indicates Super Cinch is

maintaining the vacuum. If vacuum is lost try turning

insert seal down to glass slightly more.

6. Allow vacuum to hold over damage for at least oneminute.

7. Turn injector down until at lowest point of travel. If

doing a star break watch legs of the star. If legs of star

seem to grow larger stop lowering injector and inject

resin at that point with light pressure, back off piston

knob slightly and re-apply pressure. You will now

see rapid filling of damage.

8. When damage is filled to edge of the bulls-eye, back off

piston knob four turns. This causes a strong secondary

vacuum in the resin effectively degassing the resin

further.



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9. Turn piston knob down until pressure is felt again,

inspect damage to make sure damage is completely

filled.

10. Pressure cure damage when break is larger than insertseal. Pressure cure using just enough pressure to keep

damaged completely filled. Only light pressure is

needed. Use curing lamp along side Bridge for about

one minute to start setting resin in damage. Remove

tool from glass using a scribe to release suction cups.

(Always)!

If filling star break damage or combination break damage,allow damage to fill just about to tips of legs of break and

then back off piston knob. You will now see the slight

amount of air filtering back up to injector. Allow

secondary vacuum to remain for about one minute, then

turn piston back down to complete filling. Pressure cure

and remove repair tool, cover damage immediately with

Mylar square and cure damage right away. Cure damagefor at least three minutes. It is recommended to use a

curing lamp for all repairs, even in summer time as our

curing lamp has more intense Ultra-violet light than normal

sunshine. In winter the angle of the sun is too weak for

curing of resin using sunshine. It is always best to use a

strong curing lamp. 4 watt curing lamps cannot cure resin

anymore than the sunshine can. See picture below to

equalize air-pressure within tool.



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Equalizer valve shown

Equalizer Valve:Is used to flood air back into unit to take pressure off o-

rings. The depressor of the Woods pump will pop back up

to its starting point at this time. Remove the injector and

place in your box with tip of injector out of sunlight toavoid setting up of resin in injector tip. Use an

eyedropper provided with tool with denatured alcohol to

drip about one half of an eyedropper down valve body to

rinse off insert. Hold valve body with paper towel coving

insert seal end and drip denatured alcohol down valve bodyto rinse resin off insert seal, gently puff air down valve

body and set aside valve body to dry. Now the Super

Cinch is ready for its next repair.



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Pressing equalizer valve to equalize air pressure

What damage to drill?

The only times you need to drill damage is when you are

working on an angel wing break, or a bulls-eye without any

opening, a star break or a combination break, or to repair a

cracked windshield. I also recommend drilling for anydamage that needs to be dried using a moisture evaporator

to allow quicker relief from pressure building to avoid

cracking out damage.



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After drilling damage needing to be drilled, use the heavy

duty sewing needle provided in kit and a four inch long,

one inch wide and ¼ inch thick piece of Plexiglas swung

with a four inch swing to provide a shock to damage. Thisshock causes the small cracks in a star or combination

break to open up slightly making fills easier.

With the Super Cinch or Cinch tools I never use a drill bit

with a larger diameter than .022. The main reason for this

is that, using the Super Cinch or Cinch tool only need a

very small hole to evacuate damage. The resin after many

months of exposure to the elements does deteriorate someand if you had drilled a large hole at pit, in time the pit area

will have a large depression in the glass. Drilling a very

small hole in the glass allows for the repair to look better

longer.

Cleaning and Care of the Super Cinch tool

Very little cleaning of the Super Cinch or Cinch is

required. Some tools on the market need extensive

cleaning daily to operate as intended. The Super Cinch can

go for weeks without a cleaning. It is operating procedure

to drip some denatured alcohol down the valve body to

wash off the insert after each repair, and the only

cleaning is wiping off the threaded areas periodically.

If the Super Cinch isn’t to be used for an extended

period of time, resin should be removed from the



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injector and wipe off the piston. Once wiped off the

Super Cinch can be stored indefinitely. This precaution

is mainly to prevent any accidental resin hardening inside

injector.

Before using the tool when it is new, or after an extended

time of non-use, simply place a small drop of resin on the

o-rings of the piston and injector seals to lubricate

them. The parts of the Super Cinch are anodized.

Anodizing protects the aluminum from resin contact.

The anodizing protects the aluminum from exposure to

resin. We offer a guarantee that if damage occurs fromresin exposure on injector or piston, these parts will be

replaced for free. When injector isn’t used from one day to

the next, store injector and valve body separately in same

box. Woods pump should be facing upwards in box.

Note! Never attempt to replace o-rings with any other

kind of o-rings than what is provided. Black rubber o-

rings are attacked by repair resin and will make unithard to operate or jam the repair unit. Avoid dropping

the repair unit. The Super Cinch is very durable and short

drops should not damage it. You may extend the life of

insert seals by soaking used inserts in denatured alcohol for

fifteen minutes then remove from chemical and dry. For

assistance call customer service at 1-800-395-7380

Vacuum over the resin isn’t capable of removing moisture. This is why is it important to

evacuate damage without resin on the damage. To be effective removing moisture vacuum

levels of over 20 inches are needed without resin blockage.



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VACUUM TABLE

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Inches Mercury Absolute Inches Mercury Gauge

29.92 0.0 0.0 % Vacuum

29.5 0.42 1.328.9 1.02 1.9

27.6 2.32 7.9

23.6 6.32 21.0

19.7 10.22 34.0

15.7 14.22 47.0

15.0 14.92 50.0

11.8 18.12 61.0 Most of competition

7.85 22.07 74.0

3.94 25.98 87.0

3.54 26.38 88.0

3.15 26.77 89.52.76 27.16 90.8

2.36 27.56 92.1

2.03 27.89 93.0

1.97 27.95 93.5

1.57 28.35 94.8 The Super Cinch

1.18 28.74 96.1

1.00 28.92 96.6

0.785 29.14 97.4

0.394 29.53 98.7 % Vacuum

0.299 29.62 99.0

0.03937 29.88 99.9

0.0295 29.89 99.90.00394 29.9196 99.999 % Vacuum

0 29.920 100

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