Curious about saftey..And what about common glass, such as anything from the food store, brown/green/white~can these be used? are there aditives that can be used to work with these glasses? Still back reading the forum...definetly looking for an oxeygen source other than bottled. any suggestions/help greatly appreciated! Thanks, in advance.
new to glass
Jan 02, 2004
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What are you wanting to do with glass? There are so many avenues to pursue, it would help if you were more specific.
If you play with glass, you will get cut. If you play with fire, you will get burned.
Oxygen bottles are made of steel.
Paul Sakala Diamond P Stained Glass Charlotte, NC
Do you wnat to know whether you can lampwork with pieces of bottle glass? Yes. But pieces from one bottle probably won't be compatible with pieces from another unless they were made from the same batch of glass (which there's no way of knowing), so you may only get to make single-color beads. Glass is cheap. If you can afford equipment, you can afford glass. It can be fun to play with recycling bottle glass, though.
Glass bottles and jars are not normally Pyrex. They're soda-lime (soft) glass.
No additive needed.
For a better oxygen source than bottled, try getting two used medical oxygen concentrators and daisy-chaining them together.
What did you want to know about safety? Hot glassworking isn't terribly safe, but it's safer than a lot of other hobbies.
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