I noticed two small chips on my windshield - do you recommend i get it fixed through this or let it be? I am not sure if Mazda covers the windshield - I have 5 months old CX5.
Do it asap. DIY? Read on.
It's not hard....if you 1. find the right kit that's DIY centric and 2. you prep accordingly.
That said the RainX kit works well and I highly advise it.
If I was there I would've done it for you. I'd clean the entire area off with 1 part alcohol to 2 part distilled water to dry up quick. If the crater has some loose tiny pieces I'd carefully scoop them out with a precision knife or the provided razor blade. I'd lightly vacuum it and then spray it down again and clean the area for prep.
This kit involves 4 legs with suction cups. There's a rubber tube in the middle that you want to align over the middle of the crater. It take a few trys but you can tell when you hit the mark by looking at the inside of the windshield. Once you're satisfied the tube physically over and touching the crater you then put 3-4 drops of the clear resin into the tube. You then plug the tube with a screw plunger. You turn the screw plunger just enough as to push the resin into the crater.
The crater then quickly absorbs the clear resin. You remove the entire kit off the windshield and place a provided clear sheet (couple sheets come with kit for multiple repairs) over the crater. You move the Windshield unto sunlight for aprox 10 minutes for the resin to cure. Once is cures it hardens. You can substitute the sun with a UV lamp/flashlight. I tried both but prefer the sun.
You scrape excess hardened resin off the surface of the windshield with the provided razor blade. You're basically done. If the crater was fairly deep you can add another layer by repeating the process.
This dude definitely made it seem more complicated than it really should be. Still he got good results.
For tiny pits its easy. Just put a drop of resin unto a sheet and place above the pits. You don't even need to kit. Cure it in the sun. Scrape the excess to make it flush with the windshield.