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3/8" and
1/2" GLASS FOR SHOWER DOORS
These are NOT available from all Tempering Plants.
They are available in SF Bay area.
See also the Ultra Glass
Page
For Photos of Showers See
our Gallery
3/4" Glass can also be used for
shower door. 3/4" glass comes in Clear and Starphire.
3/8" and 1/2"
Clear.
Shower Door glass is always tempered. Non tmpered is
called annealed. Tempering involves running the glass
over rollers through an oven at 1200° for a couple
of minutes, depending on thickness, and then it is quenched
in warm air for about the same amount of time.
RIGIDITY: At right are two company
pictures. Right picture we are standing on 3/8"
glass, and the left is 1/2" glass. Notice the increased
rigidity of 1/2" glass. When we install glass to
glass doors with no header we recommend 1/2" glass
for teh fixed panel to reduce wobble. But you can see
from the pictures than wobble in itself is not dangerous.
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Standing on 1/2" Glass |
Standing on 3/8" Glass |
3/8" and 1/2" STARPHIRE - (LOW
IRON)
It is the iron in glass that makes it greenish. Starphire
is also called Low Iron Glass.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT STARPHIRE: It has
changed some in the last few years. For a while it had a nice
turqoise glow on the edges. But it was very expensive. Without
warning a couple of years ago, the turqoise glow was gone
and the prices came down. Now more affordable, but it's not
as nice as it was. It's still very clear and doesn't change
the color of items viewed through the glass. It's very hard
to take a picture that shows the difference. See Satin Glass
below, which seems to amplify the difference.
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STARPHIRE |
3/8" and 1/2" SATIN
GLASS and KRYSTAL SATIN
Satin Glass is Acid etched. It looks like sandblasted
but it seems more resistant to fingerprints. Satin is
one of the few obscure glass patterns available in 1/2"
It is a modern simple obscure pattern. When people say
frosted, this is what we suspect they mean.
Satin Glass seems to amplify the green. Krystal Satin
is very white in comparison.
Click
Here for Picture of typical Satin Installation. |
KRYSTAL SATIN (Low Iron) - AND REGULAR SATIN |
Custom SandBlasted Glass:
You can't see it in the picture but the Coarse Sandblasting
sparkles. However the coarse sand chips the polished
edges and can cause bowing. Also available in Extra
fine, through coarse.
Many patterns are available now at
very reasonable prices This page is coming soon.
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COARSE SANDBLASTING |
3/8" RAINY VIEW
Slightly different and better, I think, than the
discontinued Rain Glass. May also be available in
1/2" thickness.
Picture
of a Rain Glass Shower. |
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3/8" KRYSTAL RAIN
Doesn't have the green tint. |
3/8" KRYSTAL RAIN |
Blue-Green glass and Blue Glass
in 3/8" thickness suitable for Shower Doors. Very rare. |
3/8" GREEN and BLUE/GREEN |
KRYSTAL SERENITY
Medium Opacity. 3/8" Thick Low Iron Glass
2nd
Picture
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