Multiple ultra-thin layers of different metals (such as gold or silver); oxides of such metals as titanium, chromium, aluminium, zirconium, or magnesium; or silica are vaporised by an electron beam in a vacuum chamber. The vapor then condenses on the surface of the glass in the form of a crystal structure. A protective layer of quartz crystal is sometimes added.[6] Other variants of such physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings are also possible. The finished glass can have …
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This is a trade secret to Mothership. But we feel it is a type of carbon build-up before they fume with art on it. It is very cool.
A hollowfoot piece is a waterpipe or rig where the base is open on the inside to allow water to fill the base. Typically a bell or puck shape, these pieces allow a higher volume of water to be in the piece, some claim it helps with stability and the higher volume of water helps …
They take about the same time. The biggest impact on how long it takes to heat up is how thick the glass is. Be careful with boro as it can crack if you over heat it and let it cool too fast. We always recommend quartz for dabbing with a torch.
This is canary. This color is made in the USA by Northstar, shipped to our foreign artisans and then we get the final piece. Our foreign team has been ordering color for over 13 years to put on their glass to make our Elev8 line more affordable compared to our Elev8 Premier line of glass.
This is a trade secret to Steve after 16 years searching for his style 🙂 #trippytech
Yes we can. This is based on $100 an hour. It is a hand made glass jar and uses an o ring to help close it. These start at about $100
Here is the artical
This is a small rod of glass that is pulled down to be very fine. Maybe about .5 mm-5 mm thick. These are used for drawing lines on things or used for ratichilios, fillichelios and just those cool lines on inside out work. See our blog for more glass terms
This is not really known as people iind new ways all the time. There are about 2 big ways Implosion Compression