Re: Safety note: sediment bowls.

Posted by Tim, Ohio on April 01, 2003 at 08:55:43 from (128.146.233.9):

In Reply to: Safety note: sediment bowls. posted by Dan in Ore on March 31, 2003 at 08:59:17:

Dan,

I am a professional scientific
glass worker and wanted to let you
know that you are causing your own
problems. By using a metal screw
driver to scrape the sediment bowl
you are scratching the inside surface.
Any scratches you make on the surface
are "user" created flaws. These flaws
weaken that area of the glass, especially
when gasoline is allowed to soak into the
scratches. We cut glass by scoring it,
and a good glass worker will also introduce
a solvent to weaken that point even more
before applying force to make the glass break.
We control scoring to have the glass part
crack the way we intend it to. Your repeated
scraping has caused your problem. If it
is necessary to scrape try a wooden tool,
like a popsickle stick. Also, I notice
someone uses a scotch brite to clean the
glass. This too, will cause scratches on the
surface. Avoid any scratching if you want your
part to maintain its strength.

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