• Blain McElrea

    Your premier Auto Glass Technician

     

    Auto Glass Repair and Replacement

    Auto detailing

    Rust Repair and Prevention

     

    "Get the Cure"

    Promoting cured adhesive installations


    WET glue doesn' t do the job of DRY glue.

     

    A safe windshield replacement isn't like a drive through coffee or burger.

     

    Take the time to allow for a safe cure so that your vehicle is roadworthy and crashworthy.

     

    The lives of you and your loved ones may depend on it.

     

     

     

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     Welcome to our world of safe auto repairs. 

     

    Not all auto repair shops are created equally.

    Imagine leaving a windshield replacement shop that did a "drivethrough" repair and suffer an unfortunate crash and your windshield falls out.


    "WET" windshield adhesive doesn't do the job of "CURED" adhesive.

     

    To suggest it does is dishonest and could endanger the lives of you and your loved ones.

    WINDSHIELD SAFETY
     

    Your windshield helps deploy your airbag by deflecting it back towards you. Your windshield adds roof support in a rollover. It also helps keep the occupants safely in the vehicle and spares them from being ejected.

     

    Please take a minute and watch the video in the left margin that explains the safety role cured adhesive plays in customer safety.

    THE FIRST 3 REASONS WHY WE PROMOTE CURED ADHESIVE WINDSHIELD INSTALLATIONS ARE:

    1) FOR THE SAFETY OF DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS.

    2) NO WATER LEAKS OR WATER DAMAGE TO INTERIOR.

    3) NO TIME LOST WITHOUT YOUR VEHICLE TO FIX WARRANTY CLAIMS FOR LEAKS.

    *WET ADHESIVE DOES NOT DO THE JOB OF CURED ADHESIVE*, TO SUGGEST IT DOES IS DISHONEST AND A DANGER TO YOUR LIFE.

    Questions you should ask when having your windshield replaced.

    These are the questions driving the safety conversation forward.

    1 What are the safe driveaway times after a windshield installation?

    2 How does time, temperature and humidity effect safe driveaway times?

    3 Where do we go to find out what the real cure times are for auto glass adhesives?

    4 To what crash test standard is your auto glass technician installing to?

    5 What brand of auto glass adhesive is being used to bond the windshield to the body of your vehicle?

    6 Is the auto glass adhesive being used crash tested on the exact model and colour* of vehicle it is being used to repair?

    7 What level of safety do you expect from your auto glass technician?

    In our study we found that most auto glass shops install to the lowest crash test standard. The lowest crash test standard is done at 30 mph/48kph and is not indicative of a real life car crash at highway speeds.

    Including the time that it takes to install a new windshield, most auto glass shops are confident in releasing a vehicle back into service after only being in the service bay for a total of 2.5 hours.

    The main cause of this, is a lack of real training and voluntary standards. Further worsened by technicians relying on advertising based information rather than on real technical data to determine safe curetimes..

    In other words, they trust the general information printed on the tube and do no independant investigation of their own.

    A safe OEM type auto glass installation would typically include a 24 hour period for curing alone, at 72 degrees F and at 50% Relative Humidity.

    With 24 hours cure, most vehicles will pass the most stringent of crash testing, the FMVSS216 Roof Crush test which best simulates a roll over type crash.

    By having this conversation we can educate both the motoring public and the people replacing windshields.


    * Colour is important because we are bonding painted metal surfaces together. Therefore, the paint the adhesive must bond to must be tested also. As a major supplier of OEM auto glass adhesive to the aftermarket, DOW Automotive has done all the testing of it's adhesive on every make and model of vehicle and the many colours of paint those vehicles are available in.

    Institute for Auto Glass Technology - IAT

    In order to research the OEM method of windshield installation at the factory level, I undertook a lengthy process of confirmation and verification of reliable technical data and the professionals that stood behind the data.

    As Program Director and founder of the IAT, I engaged the OEM supplier for urethane adhesive for most of the vehicles assembled in North America.

    The best policies and practices of the OEM urethane manuafacturer were adapted into a comprehensive training programme for the auto glass replacement market.

    This training program went on to be the working draft for the Apprenticeship Branch of the Ontario Government as I sought to make the trade of Auto Glass Technician, a fully licensed trade.

    The major auto glass chains in Ontario Canada all voted down a mandatory examination for licencing and conspired to keep the trade as a voluntary certified trade.

    For more information you can click on the 4th fb button at the bottom of the page or copy/ paste this link to your browser.

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Institute-for-Auto-Glass-Technology-IAT/333216690220137

    Valet Auto Glass Repair and Replacement Systems

    Corporations that manufacture windshield adhesive, refuse to publish the time it really takes their product to get to a safe cure and to be crashworthy to the highest standards.

    Instead, publish the time their glue takes to pass the least of all crash tests.

    As a result, people are unknowingly endangering theIr lives when they drive their vehicle with wet glue.

    Failed airbag deployment and deflection, roof crush and occupant ejections from the vehicle are just some of the risks.

    In order to pass a roll over test, the OEM polyurethane standard is a 24 HOUR CURE at room temp and 50% RH. 

     

     

     

    For more information on Valet Auto Glass Repair and Replacement Systems ,  Click on the first fb button at the bottom of this page or copy and paste this link to your browser.

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Valet-Auto-Glass-Repair-and-Replacement-Systems/413444555489992

    Valet Car Care

    For premier automotive detailing, polishing and cleaning visit us  at our facebook page.

    For more information click on the third facebook icon at the bottom of the page in the "Let's Chat" section of my website, or copy/ paste this link to your browser.

     

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Valet-Car-Care/174158255983463

    Elliot Lake Autobody Repair 

    Auto Body Shop · Auto Glass · Automotive Repair

    We have developed through research a superior method to repair and prevent rust. We are not aware of any other professional auto body repairer that uses our tried and tested products and procedures.

    For more information please Copy paste this link to your browser.

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elliot-LAKE-Autobody-Repair/394797154061687

  • Work and Business Experience 

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    VALET AUTO SERVICES

    Manager O/O VALET AUTO SERVICE 

    Mar 1999 – Present

     

    Automotive maintainance and cleaning, detailing and protection services

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    Valet Auto Glass

    owner/operator 

    Mar 1999 – Present

     

    Auto Glass Repair and Replacement Systems

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    VALET CAR CARE

    General Manager 

    Mar 1999 – Present

     

     

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    MAACO AUTO BODY AND PAINT

    Shop Production manager

    Quality Control manager.
    Auto Glass Technician.
    Body Prepper


    Paint match and mix.
    Estimates and administration duties.
    parts and inventory
    Inside and outside sales.

    sales 38k weekly

     

     

     

    Sudbury Ontario

    Went to work away from home to do windshields at Maaco. Within three  days of me starting there, I was manager. 

    Thoroughly enjoyed the work and everything I learned, from sanding a car to reassembly, I learned a lot.

     

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    Vision Auto Glass

     

     

     

    owner/operator

    Sudbury Ontario

    My second auto glass business.
    5 stores, 25 employees.
    Sales. 2.5 million yearly.

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    Apple Auto Glass

    owner/operator
    Espanola Ontario

    My first auto glass business.
    One bay with mobile service.
    Sales 200k per year with 6000 population.

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    Institute for Auto Glass Technology

    IAT

    Programme Director.

    Research and Training

     

    A Volunteer Safety Initiative

    The IAT Training program is approved by the OEM supplier of adhesive to vehicles built in North America.

    It was presented for approval to ESSEX/ARG in Auburn Hills Michigan and I was presented with a letter of approval by the OEM adhesive manufacturer commonly now known as DOW Automotive.

    This training document developed by the IAT went on to be the working draft for the Apprenticeship branch of the Ontario Government.

    The IAT was successful in working with the industry to develop a recognized trade and apprenticeship training standards for the Province of Ontario.

    1993-current

  • SAFE AUTO REPAIRS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT

     

     

     

     

     

    "get the cure" 

     

    Welcome to our world of safe auto repairs. 

     

    A safe windshield replacement isn't a drive through donut or burger.

     

    SAFE AUTO REPAIRS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT

     

    Take the time to allow for a safe cure so that your vehicle is roadworthy and crashworthy.

     

     

     

    The lives of you and your loved ones may depend on it.

     

  • WE BRING SKILLS, PRODUCTS AND PROCEDURES

     

    Professional

    Auto Glass

    Repair and Replacement

    Services


    Our Installations are according to OEM standards as specified by the vehicle manufacturer.

     

    Our Featued product and urethane adhesive of choice is
    made by DOW.

     

    DOW AUTOMOTIVE glass bonding systems are used to originally install auto glass in the majority of vehicles worldwide, making the adhesives the perfect choice when restoring windshield structures to the original strength and specification.

     

     
    All aftermarket DOW adhesives are also OEM.
    100% FMVSS crash proven and meet long-term durability requirements for structurally bonded/direct glazed automotive glass.

     

     

     

     

    OEM PRODUCTS


    Our windshield adhesive is crash tested on most vehicles built or assembled in North America.

    Our windshields are made to the highest exacting standards.

     

    OEM Specifications

     

     

    BETASEAL U400 HMNC or equivalent product, made by DOW, is OEM-approved and exhaustively tested.

     

    It is OEM-certified to meet FMVSS 212 windshield retention and FMVSS 216 roof crush standards.

     

    We service all makes and models.

    We replace all types of auto glass parts.

    windshields, backlites, quarter glass, door glass and other stationary glass.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CURE TIMES

     

     

    "GET THE CURE"

    We strongly recommend that you plan your windshield replacement to accomodate the cure time of the windshield adhesive.

    The longer the glue cures, the better the repair will be.

    We will repair your vehicle to it's utmost state of crashworthiness.

    "Get the cure"

     

    The sufficent cure time to reach 500 psi in bonding strength for the North American OEM urethane adhesive is,

    24 HOURS @72F AND @ 50% RH.

    An aftermarket product by the same manufacturer claims to reach 500 psi in 5 hours at specified conditions.

    Other aftermarket auto glass adhesives makes claims of shorter safe driveaway times.

    We offer the highest level of safety by ensuring your vehicle is safe to drive with cured adhesive.

    Our Commitment to you

    Your vehicle will be repaired with the utmost care and caution.Taking all reasonable steps and procedures to provide one of the the safest windshield replacements available anywhere today!

     

    Welcome to our world of safe auto repairs.

    LIFETIME GUARANTEE AGAINST LEAKS*

    *GET OUR NO LEAK GUARANATEE

    LIFETIME GUARANATEE ON WORKMANSHIP

  • EDUCATION

     

    Ford Motor Company
    Carlite
    Auto Glass Technician

     

    Laurentian University
    LAW

     

    Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology.

    Marketing

     

    University of Toronto

    Royal Conservatory of Music
    Level 5 Piano with Honours

     

     

    Teaching experience.
     

    • ESSEX/ARG now known as DOW Automotive, approved the IAT training program submitted to them by me for AUTO GLASS TECHNICIAN and it was taught by me in Sudbury at the IAT.


    Through the Institute for Auto Glass Technology, we also were successful in helping make the voluntary auto glass trade recognized in the Province of Ontario.

     

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    Elliot Lake Secondary School

     1979 - 2003

     

    Advanced academic programme.

    32 credits in 4 years
    plus 

    Automotive, Welding and Electronics

    Music:

    Piano Grade 5 Royal Conservatory University of Toronto.

     

    Trombone

    Won numerous awards at music festivals. Went on to play in the Sault Ste Marie Jazz band. 

    Activities: Family activities, Offroading, camping, dogs and anything with an engine. 

  • SAFE AUTO REPAIRS DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT

    Take the time to allow for a safe cure so that your vehicle is roadworthy and crashworthy.
     

     

  • CONTACT ME

    I welcome any questions you may have regarding safe windshield replacement.
    Kindly contact me however you feel most comfortable.

     

    Phone 1.705.847.5698

    Open 7am to 8pm est.
    7 days/365



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  • We offer the highest level of safety available today.

     

    We ensure your windshield adhesive has sufficient cure so that your vehicle is safe to drive.


    Your safety and that of your loved ones is well worth the time to repair your vehicle with care. 

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