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What is the purpose of the screen on the duff jar?
The screen on the duff jar prevents any duff from blowing out when you empty your wand into it.
Why are rigs different sizes? Dose it affect the piece in any way?
Really this all comes down to the artist and the customer. How much time goes into a piece will determine the cost to the customer. The customer only has so much money.
Sometimes prep takes so long that if the pipe were too large, it would become too expensive.
Size does make it cost more, as there is more time and glass, but also the techniques also make a huge effect on price
Does Butter Color melt differently than other color?
Like all glass, the minerals in a small way effect how it works. What is great about butter is that the clear makes it even more workable.!
can someone custom order a crushed opal ssv wand?
Yes, most any wand can be made. You can see any of our glass here
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What are the types of way you can add color to your glass?
Colors is made by adding minerals to the glass. This is a big process and takes a lot of heat and energy
How is the Signature Butter color glass made?
Originally the butter color was hand-stripped American color over some China-colored tubing, then sleeved in clear.
Now we produce 80% much like lined tubing.
What’s the difference between Glass and Quartz?
It all starts for silica, but it depends that is added to the sand, to make it what it becomes.
See borosilicate and quartz glass, along with soft glass
How often does the ssv glass need to be cleaned?
We recommend this to be done at least on a weekly basis. But this all comes down to how often you use it. The Super Soaker makes it easy to clean the glass on any Elev8 Vehicle.