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is marbling various glass colors difficult?

Yes and no.  As the blower learns glass it becomes easier for them to take on the challenge.  But as different colors have different viscosities they do tend to be harder to mix than just one color.

Are marbles more difficult to craft as its mass increases?

Yepper.  The larger the marble the more heat so the hotter it is.  It also starts to weigh a lot.  With a larger marble there are more art things to add, so again it becomes harder to make

Are their health risks to dabbing concentrates that are extracted with butane or propane?

We are not doctors so we can not fully give you the info here.  But from our research concentrate extracted with butane or propane are perfectly fine.  This process has been used for extracting things for a very long time. What is important is that the butane and propane have been removed.  This is fairly …

How do you know how much concentrates to put on our flavor disc? Is it personal preference?

The thing to remember is you can always add more.  This really comes down to the user.  We recommend about 2 pot seeds worth for the first time, and about 1 seeds worth when you add to it.  If you do too much it can come out of the bottom

Why is UV reactive glass different than “Glow in the dark” ?

all glass is different as the minerals allow the glass to reflect light based on what the mineral is.  Glow in the dark minerals are not the same minerals as UV reactive.  The mineral used in glow-in-the-dark glass can absorb energy.

Do diamond knot bangers function any better than a traditional banger being that it is sort of insulated?

They work pretty much like any banger, other than they are harder to clean than a standard banger.  It call comes down to mass to hold the heat.    

what was the first made pipes? (stone, boro, soft glass, etc?)

It has been said that the first pipe made was from clay in about the 16th century.  But we feel wood or bone may have been earlier, just not mass produced.

In your honest opinion; is it easier for a soft glass user to convert to borosilicate, or the other way around, in their applications/techniques?

This probably comes down to the individual.  Some people can just pick things up faster than others.  Many of the techniques are the same for both soft glass and boro, just that the temperature is much higher for boro.

is a Milliefiori a type of murrine, or are they one in the same?

Yes in a since.  Millefiori is really a group of flowers or a design, while a murrine is more like a face.  They can be made the same, but are not exactly the same.

Why are the butter colors, a verb away from, being named a full sentence?

Butter colors are named what they are because we are the makers.  We get do have fun, and why not have fun and name a color Erik B. and Rakim Paid In Full?  It is about having fun! We like to do what we want and have fun.  This is the Elev8 adventure