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[FramerDave]

Almost forgot. Water white glass contains less iron and therefore has less of a greenish tint to it. The color, or lack thereof, has no bearing on its UV filtering properties.

Of course, you can get water white glass with a UV filtering coating.

[John]

Thanks for the info FramerDave.

Didn't know about the UV filter on Water White.

[Dermot]

John

This may help http://www.glass-mirror.co.uk/faq/faq_glassterm.html

Glass and Mirror Ltd. are the main importers in these parts of the more specialist glass for picture framing.

They are quite helpful and will send you samples of any product you are interested in……the also have a depot near Manchester (I think) which should make shipping a little easier, they are well experienced at packing the glass for road/sea transport…..though it will cost…….John Palmer is the owner of the business and is very knowledgeable.

Regards

Dermot

PS
It’s great to see FramerDave here also….Dave is another fountain of knowledge.

[markw]

you have to be careful when you talk about waterwight glass - you can get just plain low iron glass - described as waterwight glass. the glass i use is denglass waterwight, this is a very clear, coated glass that has incredibly good reflection control properties. If held at an angle to a light you will see that the reflection has a very strong green cast - when viewed from the right angle this glass realy is incredible. i am not aware of any reflection control waterwight glass with a uv filter coating. I stock trueview uv filter glass and use it frequently - It does the job but personally i can always detect the filter coating because it seems to have a slight dimpled finish to the filter coating. It can be a pig to clean and it scratches very easily.

If you stock any of these glasses make sure that you keep them wrapped - in a dry condition. the waterwhite especially can present real problems if it gets damp, leaving waterspots that are almost impossible to remove. with any of the filter coated glasses if you handle them like normal glass they will scratch. they have to be kept carefully and handled and cut carefully - you also have to check for the start of the coating on the edge of the glass as this can show if not hidden under the rebate.
although i have a small stock of both glasses i have decided to buy in cut glass to cut down on the waste - glass and mirror offer an excellent service.
looks to me as if we have hijacked this thread and ought to have a seperate thread for glass.

[JFeig]

Tru-Vue and Denglas both manufacture glass that has UV and ANTI-REFLECTIVE properties. These might not be available in the UK due to lack of interest my most framers.

On a special order basis these 2 companies will also manufacture laminated glass (as in an automobile windshield) with both UV and anti-reflective properties. The cost for this very special product would be in the $75 / sq ft range here in the States.


The following link is the Tru-vue site and describes the glass that is offered http://www.tru-vue.com/content.asp?pn=c ... eatedequal

Regards