Category: Glass

What are the most common metals used to make dichro?

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 …

How are the fume tech bangers being made? Binary bangers as an example?

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.

What is a hollowfoot?

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 …

Does boro take longer to heat up than quartz?

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.

What is yellow color called that we use on our Elev8 production line?

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.

How is the new trippy tech by Steve being done?

This is a trade secret to Steve after 16 years searching for his style 🙂 #trippytech

Can we make magnifying jars for herb?

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

How do you measure a ground glass joint?

Here is the artical

What is a stringer?

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

How many different ways are there to do implosion work?

This is not really known as people iind new ways all the time. There are about 2 big ways Implosion Compression