For several reasons the windshield glass of your car needed to be replaced. With quite a lot of money spent for windshield replacement, you need to be very cautious to make sure there won’t be another Windshield Repair or replacement needed anytime soon. Like it or not, we like to simply believing various myths and that’s including myth about things you can’t do to a newly replaced car windshield. One of them is to not wash the vehicle for few weeks ahead.
Of course this myth didn’t just come out of nowhere. It is said that contact with water will affect the strength of adhesive and seal of the newly installed windshield. It makes the glass couldn’t attach properly on frame resulting risks of detached. While that argument sounds very reasonable, it isn’t necessarily true to wait a few weeks after auto glass replacement done to wash the vehicle. The replacement process itself is relatively simple process. The new windshield installed on the frame with adhesive sealant for permanent fixation and placing rubber seal surrounding the glass to withstand impact. This process is usually completed less than an hour and right after that, the newly installed windshield can be optimally functioned.
Washing the car after auto glass repair and replacement is possible. However, there are several precautionary things to consider. First, water isn’t the problem but high pressured water is. The sealant needs time to secure and high pressure from the spray water while the sealant isn’t secured yet can be troublesome. Taking your car to car washing station is a big No. while manual washing is allowed as long as you only use low pressure spray. Generally, i tis wider to wait at least 24 hour after new windshield installation before washing the car. How about strong wind or heavy rain? There’s No. reason to worry. Both strong wind or heavy rain won’t cause friction as strong as high pressured water spray.