Category: Glass

What is glass

Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid, that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative uses in, for example, window panes, tableware, optics, and optoelectronics. The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of manufactured glass are “silicate glasses” based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this …

What is Dichroic Glass?

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What is a Recycler rig?

Recycler rigs are one of the newest and coolest scientific designs on the market. They are a specific type of dab rig that offer many benefits to the smoker. Recyclers get their name from their two chamber system that “recycles” water through a loop. After being hit, the smoke and water travel the same path

What different kinds of glass does elev8 use?

Elev8 sells both borosilicate and soft glass.  Elev8 Premier only blows borosilicate glass.

What different glass artists do you have at elev8 & how many?

We do not have glass artists at Elev8 Glass Gallery.  We work with glass artists across the globe.  We do however work very very closely with Elev8 Premier. Elev8 Premier has some glassblowers that work daily as well as the studio rents space to blowers that want to blow in the dopest shop in Colorado

What is a percolator?

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What does it mean when glass is UV Reactive?

Glass that is UV reactive changes color when under a UV light.  Illuminati turns bright green, Lucy turns pink and there are also other color

Is there an added benefit to the kinks in a zong tube?

The reason for the kinks in a zong waterpipe is that it looks cool as well as has more volume of air compared to a straight tube.

How many glassblowers do you have at Elev8

We do not have glassblowers other than the owner is a glassblower.  Elev8 Premier is the go-to glass studio we use for our glass.  We also work with glassblowers around the world to offer an amazing selection.

What is the difference between a recycler and a klein recycler?

Basically a Klein recycler is a recycler. The difference is that a Klein recycler has most of the recycling tubes made on the inside. You can see the Klein bottle as this is where the term Klein recycler came from