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Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid, that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of the molten form; some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring. The most familiar, and historically the oldest, types of manufactured glass are "silicate glasses" based on the chemical compound silica (silicon dioxide, or quartz), the primary constituent of sand. Soda-lime glass, containing around 70% silica, accounts for around 90% of manufactured glass. The term glass, in popular usage, is often used to refer only to this type of material, although silica-free glasses often have desirable properties for applications in modern communications technology. Some objects, such as drinking glasses and eyeglasses, are so commonly made of silicate-based glass that they are simply called by the name of the material.
Although brittle, buried silicate glass will survive for very long periods if not disturbed, and many examples of glass fragments exist from early glass-making cultures. Archaeological evidence suggests glass-making dates back to at least 3,600 BC in Mesopotamia, Egypt, or Syria. The earliest known glass objects were beads, perhaps created accidentally during metalworking or the production of faience. Due to its ease of formability into any shape, glass has been traditionally used for vessels, such as bowls, vases, bottles, jars and drinking glasses. In its most solid forms, it has also been used for paperweights and marbles. Glass can be coloured by adding metal salts or painted and printed as enamelled glass.
The refractive, reflective and transmission properties of glass make glass suitable for manufacturing optical lenses, prisms, and optoelectronics materials. Extruded glass fibres have application as optical fibres in communications networks, thermal insulating material when matted as glass wool so as to trap air, or in glass-fibre reinforced plastic (fibreglass).

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  1. R

    I'm Looking For This Tile Mazarri Catwalk Blue Ballet

    I need 30 pieces of this 12"x12" mosaic glass tile. Any ideas or leads would be appreciated!
  2. D

    Shower glass pane against skimmed wall and up against tile edge.

    Hi all, This forum has been a wealth of knowledge for me while i tackled our new build. A quick question please regarding wetroom wall tiles and a glass partition. Where the wall tile meets the glass partition (tile will finish here and not go beyond the glass), do i finish the edge of the...
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    Wetroom - Wall Tile Up To Glass Partition

    Hi all, This forum has been a wealth of knowledge for me while i tackled our new build. A quick question please regarding wetroom wall tiles and a glass partition. Where the wall tile meets the glass partition (tile will finish here and not go beyond the glass), do i finish the edge of the...
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    Glass damage from ceramic tile dust

    I have been cutting quarry tiles outside with a diamond wet saw. i didn't notice but the spray went onto a glass patio door. when i tried to clean off the black dots a few days later i couldn't shift it and on closer inspection it appears that the glass is damaged. Is this a known consequence...
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    Glass tiles and epoxy

    Hi there, I’m pricing a job where the customer has been supplied standard spf adhesive and epoxy grout for her glass tiles. Is there any reason why I shouldn’t just grout with regular flexible grout? Is the epoxy really necessary?
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    USA In search of Glass tile! looking for a Jeffrey Court tile, Chapter 12, Hour Glass, Color Dawn

    Hi, I am in search of a recently discontinued glass tile from Jeffrey Court! Does anyone know where I could find even one unit?
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    Topps glass tiles..problematic?

    https://www.toppstiles.co.uk/busca/busca-silver-flat-tile-10cm-x-20cm?gclid=CjwKCAjwtdeFBhBAEiwAKOIy5x3KRP7SrbgDAKCq3EDV8lk1asT2_jHqr1GB-lUbo6GFA-b1BGO7ZRoCAiIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Has anyone fitted these? if so will my Marcrist grinder blade cut them and can I drill them for a round flush button?
  8. Wraiththe

    USA Glue! on edges of glass tiles... oh no!

    HI, Excuse the length and new thread, but it reads super fast. I could use some advice. There are a few hundred tiles to fix... not all of them... This project has been delayed for years and much has been put into it.. and now this. Why give in now. I plan on fixing the tiles I have not...
  9. TwickenhamAndy

    Advice needed on Glass Brick Mosaics safety

    Hi all, I'm due to install Fired Earth glass mosaics (*££!!) and am a bit nervous about safety as not done delicate glass before and see issues with exposed edges. They are paper fronted and looks a nightmare cutting such delicate sheets on my bridge saw, keeping the sheets dry so they don't...
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    Glass shower wall panels fixing method?

    I'm looking for advice on how to fix two 6mm toughened, backpainted glass panels to a Marmox board substrate. The first picture shows the current state of the installation. The second picture is a computer generated visualisation of how its intended to look. I'd like to have the glass flush with...
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    Replace glass tile - which adhesive to use?

    Dear all, as a homeowner, I have had to hack off a glass tile which is backpainted from a wet room. It seems that the tile was pressed into a cement like glue as there are no visible trowel lines and it was really difficult to remove the remains of the old tile without hitting it very hard in...
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    What direction for glass tiles?

    Hi all, Im a DIYer doing a lot of work on an old house we are f restoring. I have put down a lot of riven slate downstairs and bought a Rubi DW-250 wet saw for it. Its done a great job. Got more slate to do in the bathroom, but also going to have 50m2 or so of porcelain to do. The question...
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    Glass Mosaic adhesive choice and surface preperation

    Hi guys Find myself a little stuck and in need of some technical advice. I'm about two thirds through tiling a small bathroom with large format ceramic tiles however I have a vertical feature panel of glass mosaic to install and I'm not certain how to proceed. Mosaic are blue glass...
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    Glass mosiac shower installation

    I am currently tiling a shower area. Field tiles are installed with space for a vertical 300mm vertical feature/ border and a 100mm horizontal border. Both horizontal and vertical borders will be fitted with glass mosiac tiles of different designs but both of a depth of 7mm. I have used the...
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    Glass mosaic border

    Hi all just got back to tiling my bathroom after suffering with a slipped disc since the start of December. I'm doing a 140mm wide vertical border with 10mm glass mosaic. I've made an MDF template and screeded a layer of standard set adhesive. Then I'm gonna do another 2 to 3mm using the same...
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    Issues With Installing 9x18 Glass Tile

    Most mortar for glass manufacturer's say they do not support installation of glass tiles larger than either 3x3 or 6x6. The galss tile I have is 9x18. What would be the best mortar for me to use and what is the proper wall preparation - some sheetrock with wallpaper stripped off and some new...
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    Issue with Glass Tiles

    So, we chose blown glass accent tiles for our shower. Looked fine coming out of the package. During installation, a lot of the corners chipped off! Contractor says this is the “nature of the material”, and it’s “part of the look”. However, I have viewed other samples of this work. Maybe one...
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    Glass mosaic fail!

    Hi, I'm looking for a bit of advice to help me salvage a DIY glass mosaic tile installation. I've done a bit of standard format wall and floor tiling in the past and always achieved a fairly decent enough finish to be satisfied with it so I have braved a glass mosaic in our new kitchen...
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    How to cut a glass tile

    Hello everyone, one of our glass tiles has fallen off and cracked so I need to replace with a new tile but have to cut down to size. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 1567957748 Pic attached
  20. Phatmatt

    Best adhesive and grout for glass mosaic tiles

    Hi all, just had a new bath fitted. Took out the old one and had to remove one course of tiles around the bath as the new bath was taller. (see picture attached). I am going to tile the 150mm gap with these glass mosaic tiles Botella Indian Peacock Mosaic Tile | Topps Tiles -...
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