Glass Tips from Verrier

credit: timeanddate.com Credit: Shutterstock “What are the pros and cons on turning up the max temperature slightly Vs. a longer hold time”?...

Float glass annealing temperatures vary quite a bit from one manufacturer to another; and even within one manufacturer’s product line. ...

The effect of glass thickness on cutting Most of the thicker glass being used today is produced by the "float" method. In this p...

Credit: Bullseye Glass Co. Annealing float glass seems take a long time. The annealing point (Tg) is higher than most fusing glasses, althou...

This post is about adapting the Bullseye chart Annealing  Thick Slabs to write a schedule for any soda lime glass as used in kilnforming. I ...

As a result of various memory failures, I've done a bit of searching on the annealing of float glass.   There are now various composit...

Using float glass sometimes produces partial clouding as though devitrification were present. Although float glass is prone to devitrific...

A reported 90% of the world's flat glass is produced by the float glass process invented in the 1950's by Sir Alastair Pilkington of...

Glass Types by manufacturing method There are several ways of categorising glass and this overview of glass types looks at the way the g...

Is it Possible? It is possible to slump unknown glass. This glass might be art glass, window glass, bottles, or any other glass whose c...

You must use art glass rather than recycled glass. This seems to refer to the use of untested glass in kiln forming.  If you are going ...

A question about sharp raised points on the corners of a square bubble plate made of window glass is the occasion to discuss some character...

An important characteristic of float glass is that a very small amount of the tin is embedded into the glass on the side it touched. The tin...