No, actually soft glass is more dense. What makes borosilicate glass so good is it has very good thermal expansion. You can see steins are used to Broscht and are hit hard
Are there soft glass dry pipes? (ive only seen water pipes)
Yes, they are rare, mostly always borosilicate is used for pipes. The heat can cause a pipe to break, while a soft glass water pipe still uses a boro bowl and slide.
Are there different effects to glass when blown in a glory hole compared to torch and table?
Glory holes are used for soft glass, and torches are used for both. A really hot torch is used for borosilicate glass
do smaller waterpipes work better for the silver surfer
Your favorite water pipe works best with the Surfer using a water pipe adapter
Does joint size effect the smoothness of a hit?
The bigger the joint the bigger the air flow can be. Therefore making a smother
is a torch used in stained glass?
No, mostly always a soldering iron is used, maybe there are times but mostly no
What makes Dichro so shiney
It is metal, very very thin. See more of what dichro glass is
how do you avoid tool marks when working glass
Really it is about the proper temperature of the glass. But even if you get them, you can many times melt the glass so they are not there any more.
Would sandblasting a piece of glass stress it or could it possibly strengthen the glass?
Sandblasting or grawling will always put stress in the glass. Some glassblowers after cold working it, they will still aneal the glass again
What’s the structural difference between quartz and opaque quartz?
Opaque quartz is actually a whipped quartz and it is small tiny air bubbles. Or a cheap way is to just sand blast it. They are not the same though, they just appear the same.