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What’s the best way to clean glass without using a flame polish, i.e water stains/bloom

Bloom is cleaned with hydrofluric acid, and it is nasty stuff.

can you build a all glass housing for a ssv? if not glass would quartz hold up?

No, this is not really an option with the way we have to attach the base, dimmer and heater.

Do you think their are more internal modifications to the surfer to be made, or does it stop at adding lights and a fan?

Only time can tell.  Many thing come into if there will be changes.  The OG Silver Surfer may stay the way it is, it is like a Kitchen Aid.  There is the new Baller series heater!

Are enjoy drinking glass or cups made on the lathe?

The glasses that are made at Elev8 Prermier are finished on a lathe.  To make a really clean cup, one needs more control, and it also reduces the heat fatigue a blower can get making such a large object with borosilicate glass.

Do we have insurance for Earthquakes? Or any other natural disasters?

Yes, our insurance will cover some issues by natural disasters.  But not terorisim

“Hello, I am a super long time Surfer fan. I was wondering do you guys have or would you consider making: 1. Whips with fixed glass screens? I use that set up with my enano and it’s great. 2. Do y’all have any smaller bowl whips? Again thinking enano smaller bowl I guess I could do it with a basket screen but I’d like to use an all glass path if possible. “

I am not familiar with an enano. However, we can make anything you like as we are glass blowers Here are what you are looking for unless I am misunderstanding. We can make this with an All-Glass Screen for $10 more than the price listed with the screen:  This can be made conical if your …

Will the glass aroma tops still fit on the SSV with the new addition of the baller series? What would be the customization limit that would still fit?

With the small cap, the new style aroma top will fit.  If the cap is replaced with a pimp cap, it may not fit.

Are Ruby Pearls actually Ruby of or is it just referring to color

The rubies that the Silver and Super Surfer use in the Baller Series heater are real.  They are synthetic to keep the cost down, but they are REAL rubies.

Does Dichro only come in sheets?

No, dichro can be applied to any type of glass, rods to tubing.  It only sticks from the top, so tubing has dicro only one one side many times

Can a silver surfer be made fully out of glass?

In theory yes, but it would be too difficult to make it cost worthy