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2mil washed clear glass

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Eric Linville

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Hi all,

I have a few boxes here of 2 mil washed glass and have noticed that this glass seems to be the opposite of washed. I pulled a couple lites today and this has to be the dirtiest I have ever seen come out of a box like this. Generally it is always somewhat dirty. It is like they use some kind of cleaner that leaves a thick milky residue on the surface of the glass.

I have a few questions for everyone.
  1. Who uses the 2 mil washed clear glass that comes from a variety of vendors?
  2. Have you noticed that this glass is absolutely filthy?
  3. Does anyone use Tru Vues 2 mil clear glass?
  4. Is the TV product as clean as all their other boxes of glass?


I am considering switching to the TV 2 mil product.

Any thoughts or opinions on this?

Thanks
Eric

BTW I will have some pictures to post soon of various client projects that everyone has given advice on.
 
TV's 2mm product is washed and paper interleaved just like their Premium Clear product.
What you are getting sounds like the old powder that was added to boxes of glass to keep the lites from bonding to each other. I haven't seen that in years, but I don't buy pallets of glass either.
 
Thanks Wally,

I do not buy pallets of glass either, This is just the Cheap glass from Omega. It also has paper interleaved between each light of glass. This particular boxes lites also seems slightly oily or greasy. Really weird. We have decided to switch as this glass is a pain to clea and way more time consuming to use.
 
I buy a generic 2 mil pretty frequently. I sometimes find a wavy pattern on the glass which wipes off in a single pass from a microfiber cloth.

20 yrs ago I used to see glass that was packed with a powder material that resembled the rosin used on bowling alleys. If that became damp over time from humidity, I imagine it would make quite a mess, kind of like mud. I think this would be pretty rare to run into these days and it is worth mentioning to your supplier.

I returned to the bowling alley after a long absence a few years ago to find that this stuff isn't used there any more either, having been supplanted by oils.
 
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