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What is the major difference between soft glass and borosilicate?

Soft glass is denser than borosilicate. It takes less heat to heat soft glass making it cheaper to produce and work. See more on borosilicate and soft glass in our blog.

What is the difference between reticello and fillacello? or did you mean RATACHELLO or FILLACELLO

They are kinda the same but a fillacello has the space in between the lines colors RATACHELLO FILLACELLO  

What is an inline perc?

An inline is pretty simple. It is a perc that has slits on the top or bottom with a grid pattern that runs the length of the water pipe.  To see all or percs visit our glass terms blog

What is the purpose to having a “glass like shield” covering the banger on male jointed waterpipes?

This could be a dome you are referring to.  This is from the late 90’s and is really not used anymore as people have found low temp dabs are better than hot dabs. The dome was used to put over the nail after you heated the nail.  Then the dab was placed on the nail …

Is there a glass style or technique that may be hard to create that is for experts compared to other styles that are more simple for beginners?

Each technique is difficult to learn.  Usually fuming is the easiest to do, with wrap and rake as the next technique.  As a blower learns a technique, the next technique is easier to learn.

Why is my piece leaking but has no visible cracks or damage?

There must be a pin hole in the weld.  This is very rare, but it happens to the best of the blowers.  Again, it is rare.

What is the liquid inside the glitter pipes and is it safe to freeze?

NO, YOU CAN NOT FREEZE THEM The manufacturer of the glitter pipes uses water and alcohol, so you can not freeze them as water will cause it to crack or push the plug out.

How can we assure Phoenix oath info is included in shipping for wholesale orders

You will need to add the promotional material for each piece you want to have.  So if you have 8 pieces that qualify for this promotional material you will pick 8 of that particular product.

Protected: Do I add Phoenix oath to wholesale.

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Does the 8 stand for anything in elev8?

Why yes!  The 8 is called the Elev8 Swoosh, kinda like the Nike swoosh. It’s an 8 and we find it very neat that 8=ate for ELEVATE.  Ok, not the neatest symbol, but it’s neat how one number can represent 3 letters.  That to us symbolizes that if you look deep at things in life …