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Can we order custom slides from Elev8 Premier?

Yes, if you are a brick and mortar store you will want to fill out the form here.  The minimum price is $100 an hour.  This covers your time, blowers time talking to the customers if needed, transportation to the store, materials, labor for all people.  This is a DEAL, compared to a mechanic or …

How is Alien Skin Tech done?

Alien skin is basically textured glass that is fumed with silver and or gold.  Then sleeved in clear glass. Here is a blog on alien skin

How do I get to the Knowledge Base for Elev8 Glass Gallery Headshop Past

ELEV8 YOUR MIND – BODY – SPIRIT

How do I send a glassblower a care package for the Elev8 at 8 interview

See this link

Can we make custom tops for Carta’s like we do for Puffco’s?

Yes, we can, but we are not at the moment.  We can make nearly anything out of glass, but the carta is not on our list of glass to produce.

I have a real issue with our last order and the pillar and pearl

This is probably just carbon buildup.  All our glass is made from Boro and is annealed.

Does the Surfer valve wand fit in the Volcano, and does it sit inside the Hybrid filling chamber. Can you please confirm if the All Glass Valve System for Volcano and SSV Super Surfer so that material is vaporized without coming into contact with plastic walls of the chamber?

Elev8 Distribution does not have a Hybrid unit on hand to build parts.  Anyone that ever wants parts made can help us by donating a part that is needed to be made.  This is a win for us all.

Will we come up with something portable for concentrates like the Sidekick?

Yes, we already have it!  It is the Wax Maxer.  It is super small, discreet and it works well.

Do your foreign puffco tops fit the peak and the pro?

Yes the Puffco Peak tops fit both units.

How did Steve Kelnhofer come up with the Ferankshanaw design?

Evolution and time on the torch since 2004.  See more about the Ferankshanaw story here. The arm is about stretching the skills as a blower.  Most blowers put a joint in the back, this is not good-looking to me.  The beauty of the pipe world is to make it function, so the arm was a …