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Old 2019-06-25, 4:28pm
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Default windshield glass

Weird question, but has anyone melted windshield glass to make beads??? Is it even safe?
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Old 2019-06-25, 4:34pm
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I am pretty certain that windshield glass is going to have a plastic layer with two sides covered in some majorly sticky glue.

That kind of safety glass is probably going to soot up a horrendous amount in a torch flame.

It is also going to be right up there with boro in hardness as well I would think.

Side window glass is more likely to only be boro hardness without the glue sheet between two layers than windshield glass.
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Old 2019-06-26, 8:17am
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Don't bother. Automotive glass is laminated with plastic and glues to reduce shattering to something approaching safe; that's why windshields break into tiny squares instead of lethal triangles. Not only would that be an unrighteous pain in the body part of choice to melt, but the fumes from the burning polymers may well be toxic. If you feel the need to make beads from recycled glass, stick to bottles, broken drinking glasses or art glass, or even aquarium gems.
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