What would be alternative gasses to use for torches for glassblowing? Or is it only oxygen?
Propanee and Oxygen are used for boro, while Oxygen and Nitrogen are used for Quartz.
What causes some colors to crack naturally?
Incapatability
Clear glass is a 33 COE, and every time you add minerals it does change the COE.
Would it be possible to add a feature to the surfer that made it a thermometer to read the live temperatures of quartz?
While we could put a thermistor inside the heater, a connoisseur will find the temp they prefer. While the heater could give you a true reading, it would not be a presentation of the air temperature going by the herb.
Does the opaque on bangers help at all?
No, this is more for looks. Some say the air bubbles help, but we feel just a cold start dab is the best on any banger. If you like it, its dope!
Is UV and CFL glass colors harder for blowers to work with compared to just normal colors. I know colors are harder because the different melting points and properties but would UV and CFL take it a step above that? Is that why pieces usually aren’t full UV, just accented?
UV and florescent reactive
when it comes to American quartz do they just mean made in America or is it the source product as well?
There is in all honestly no such thing as American made quartz. All quartz comes from outside the USA.
An American glassblower will fuse the parts, shape the parts and it will then be built in America.
How does booking for glass blowing classes work? From my understanding we want to fill them up at once or they pick a day they usually have off and we wait for more people with the same days, however I am confused about it. Can the advanced classes be 1 v 1 usually or does that usually need to be a group as well?
The advance class is ussaly for sure a one on one. This is why the cost is about $100 or more per hour.
If there is a single for the Liquid Arts classes, they must be booked on a day with other bookings.
Why do they call it Soft Glass?
It is called soft glass because it melts at about 1/2 the temperature as borsilicate. But what is really neat, is that soft glass is actually more dense than boro.
Soft glass is NOT soft, German steins are made of soft glass for Brosting.
What’s the best way to clean the surfer whip?
The best way we have found is clog one end and put some alcohol in it. Let it soak.
Many will wait for the end by the wand to get full, cut it and then get out the vapor hash.