NOVUS Glass of St. George
St. George auto glass shop on Red Hills Parkway offering windshield repair and replacement, heavy-duty glass, recalibration and mobile service.
NOVUS Glass of St. George works from Red Hills Parkway across windshield repair and replacement, heavy vehicle glass, driver-assistance recalibration and mobile service throughout southern Utah. The NOVUS name is attached to the repair side of the trade in particular — the business of saving a windshield rather than replacing it, which is a genuinely small, genuinely technical operation.
Worth knowing
A chip repair is a vacuum-and-injection procedure rather than a cosmetic fill. The damage is sealed under a bridge fitted to the glass, and air is drawn out of the break first — the white appearance of a fresh chip is air trapped in the fracture, not missing glass. A clear acrylic resin is then forced into the evacuated space under pressure and cured with ultraviolet light. Because the cured resin has a refractive index close to that of the glass, the damage largely disappears; more to the point, the crack has been bonded and can no longer propagate. Two factors decide whether it works. Time is the first: dirt and moisture that work into an open break stop the resin bonding, so a chip attended to in days repairs far better than one left for a season. Position is the second, because a repair sitting directly in the driver's line of sight can leave slight optical distortion, and replacement is often the better call there.
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Address
1749 E Red Hills PkwySt. George, UT 84770
Contact
- Work Phone: 435-656-2594
- Website: https://www.novusglass.com/en-us/shop/st-george/
Frequently asked questions
Why does a rock chip look white?
Because the fracture is full of air. The white appearance is light scattering off the air trapped in the break rather than glass that has gone missing. Once resin displaces that air and cures, the damage becomes far less visible.
Is it worth repairing a chip rather than waiting?
Yes, and the sooner the better. An open break collects dirt and moisture that prevent the resin bonding properly, so a repair done within days succeeds far more often than one attempted months later. Repair also keeps the original factory-bonded glass in the vehicle, which is worth something on its own.
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