Quartz is Quartz.
Most quartz is made in other countries other than the USA. It costs a lot to melt quartz
What makes Boro color so special compared to other colors?
Nothing. Boro is pretty new to offer color as it was made for scientific glass for its low thermal expansion. About 25 years ago Bob Snodgrass started fuming boro and as the glass pipe market grew, the need and want for color grew. The cannabis revolution is what mainly pushed the color pallets to grow in borosilicate color.
how many different types of color is there between china color and boro color?
Today there are hundreds of colors made by many many color companies. China only makes about 15 colors, but these colors are used by American glass companies as cullet to make their new colors. They use this and add other minerals to change the color some, they also add more clear to help stabilize the color.
Each year there are new colors, what a great industry to be expanding so rapidly.
Are there any types of tech in glass blowing that are considered rare techs not every artist can master or even heard of?
The bigger the build, the harder it is to make. Any technique can be mastered, but to master
What do Thermochromatic bangers do?
Supposedly these help let you know when your banger is hot. Many times the banger is filled with yellow frit. Yellow glass turns orange and then black as it gets hot.
Using an electric banger like on the Elev8 desktop vaporizers using the dab dish, allows you find your sweet spot, set it and forget it. Just keep it clean!
What types of stones/crystals can be incorporated into glass besides opalite?
Gilson opals work great.
Cubic Zirconia also works well, but with glass on the outside, the synthetic diamond loses that sparkle.
Moldavites
Does vermiculite work to properly cool down and aneal something small?
While vermiculite will not allow perfect annealing, it is good enough to allow the glass to be and not crack. The larger the glass, the more dangerous it is to let it cool. Some people bench cool their work.
Is it possible to do fumestacks? Dotstacking with metal?
Yes, you can dot stack by fuming, and then using clear and or even black sometimes.
What deals can we make to sell glass classes better? If they buy two classes at once can we do a discount, or if they’re able to book a full class at once can we incentivize that?
YES! You can give up to a 30% discount if they book a full class. If they buy two classes you can work them a 20% discount.
Can we build a larger sized bowl for SSV? or is it at capacity currently? what is the largest it could be scaled up potentially?
Because we make the Silver and Super Surfers, one can get as large or small a blow made as they want for their Elev8 vaporizer.
29mm SSV large wand and heater cover
19mm female conical wand is larger than a spherical flavor disc wand
Or we have a small dosing wand to even work with pods