A waterpipe is put together in sections. Perc are very hard to repair because once the glass is closed, it is really too hard to get inside. If you get inside the tube is ruined, so you need a new tube. Too much to break, too much to mess up.
Soaking overnight in a Super Soaker is a nice way to clean a ceramic banger. The issue sometimes is that a ceramic banger is porous and will absorb the oils, making it look dirty, but they call this seasoning. Get a quartz banger, it’s the best.
This is not possible. Glass is as strong as steel, but also very weak. This is the unique quality of glass. If you want glass not to break, go with plastic, rubber or silicon. But it’s not glass
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Yes and no. The sandblasting can and does cause some stress in the glass. Usually, this is not a big deal and will cause no issues. But the blower can anneal the glass after it is blasted to relieve the stress making it fully stress-free again.
Absolutely. You can make nearly anything out of quartz. The cost is very high, and the bigger the quartz object the more heat, the more time and the much higher cost. No color is used, so it is not really a needed or wanted thing. Quartz is used big time in the production of making …
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In a sense yes. But we usually mix it with frit, so the frit basically traps the opal in between the tube and frit
This is to help protect you from getting burned. The tip gets really really hot, and one small touch is a nasty burn. The guard will still get hot though, just not as hot.
This can not really be answered well. As new minerals are found to work in glass, it opens more doors for colors. Each new year will bring new colors to the pallet, standard, fluorescent or any shifty color.
They use a very heavy duty vinyl cut with a plotter to lay on the glass. Then they sandblast it. This is called graal.