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> While the Superfest glass is by far more durable than normal glass, when they shatter – the burst into a million fine pieces and are a total nightmare to clea
by leeoniya 2y ago
> While the Superfest glass is by far more durable than normal glass, when they shatter – the burst into a million fine pieces and are a total nightmare to clean up. I’m not sure if it’s because of their potassium chloride coating or because they are made to be super thin, my advice is to not drop them.
maybe the same reason [the super hard] prince rupert's drops explode. really high internal stress.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs
- formerly_proven 2y agoYes, exactly. It's essentially gorilla glass, except gorilla glass in displays is laminated so the shards tend to stick around.
- wizardforhire 2y agoFor anyone interested in making their own gorlla glass… https://youtube.com/watch?v=y02AXdec1sE https://youtube.com/watch?v=y02AXdec1sE
- leidenfrost 2y agoWell you can laminate both sides of the glass to achieve the same effect
- MichaelZuo 2y agoThe laminate layer likely reacts somewhat to strong acids in food and drink.
- iamgopal 2y agoUsually lamination comes in between.
- fr4nkr 2y agoUnsurprising, but I'd still totally buy a Superfest glass set with this in mind. I've owned glassware that was both fragile and prone to exploding into jagged particles, and it wasn't very cheap, either.