Stone chipped front window

[Milkybow]

Has anyone had experience of fixing a stone chipped front window. I have a 1 yr old Lunar Quasar and have a star-burst type stone chip close to the edge of the window (just along the shaded area) which I picked up last weekend on the way to Bath. It's just in from the side where the outer and inner section are bonded together. I don't think it's gone all the way through but can't be certain and am concerned that with the wet weather moisture might get in and then mean a complete new window.
A friend has suggested I use model making solvent and run it into the star-burst to bond the crack. As the stone chip is on the shaded edge it's not an area we look through although I have tested some of my sons glue on an Airfix window and it doesn't discolour it.
My questions are:
i) Is Airfix solvent type glue suitable for bonding the crack?
ii) Would it be weatherproof? I'm guessing that as it's a solvent, the acrylic window should bond to itself so should be okay but would appreciate any thoughts.
iii) Would the solvent work in the cold damp weather we have at the moment?

Any suggestions or thoughts are much appreciated. As the excess on the insurance is £200 if the glue or any other suggestion doesn't work it'll be a new window at my cost.

With thanks,
Gareth

 

[JTQ]

I would advise strongly against using such adhesives as the solvents can cause mirco-cracking of the effected area some years on. The same warning goes for the self-adhesive films; they might be okay but the gamble is not worth it, I have seen nasty patches of micro cracking left from innocent looking touring stickers.
I safely used the normal two-part Araldite with no ill effects where I had cracks developing at catch boltholes. Note I used ordinary Araldite not the Quick set variant. This was in the late 1980s and we kept that van in the family till 2005 with no problem so I am confident that that adhesive was "safe". In that case I glued on washers made of 1mm Perspex, as I needed strength to eliminate the underlying problem. In your case I would just put enough on to seal the wound and leave it at that. If doing it outside it would be best to wait till warmer weather as Araldite then sets much more readily but still over a couple of days. If you can its best to remove the window [generally very easy] and do it indoors and with it on the horizontal. In the warmth of the house it will set to a non-drooling state in 5 or 6 hours then its safe to put it back.

 

[TonyG]

Could you not go and have a word with auto glass the people you inject the resin into cracks they may be able to do something