The Framers Forum

i have got a problem with the last order of glass 50sheets it is scored can anybody tell me is there different grades of glass

What do you mean by scored.

Is it scratched in different places!!!! and where is it scratched, are the scratch marks more or less in the same area!!!

wel dermot it is not scratched in the same place but it is scratched (small 1 inch) here and there every time i go to clean there it is a scratch

Is it paper interleaved glass!!!

Who is your supplier, are they cutting large sheets down to the size you ordered or is the glass in the size it was shipped out of the factory.

Some how the glass got damaged when it was handled, this generally happens when the glass is packed, moved for shipping by your supplier, cut on a dirty bench (dirty with shreds of glass on it) it may be you how do you cut your glass.

i have a fletcher glass cutter and these are cut down to 4ftx3ft

There is a good chance if the glass is cut to 3 x 4 by your local supplier that they are doing it on a bench that is dirty with glass pieces which then causes the the sheets that you get to get scratched as the move the glass on to the bench and then move it off the bench.

This would not happen in the factory where the glass is made as the factory use suction lifter to move glass around from the end of the furnace line to when it is put into the timber cases for shipping.

Give me a call on 00353 87 2575059 and I can talk you through how glass is move around via the manufacture and the suppliers you get the glass from.