Glass Care
How to Clean Borosilicate Glass Without Damaging It
Isopropyl and coarse salt still outperform most branded cleaners — but only at the right concentration and never on warm glass.
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Glassware and vaporizer care, explained properly
Most hardware does not fail because it was cheap. It fails because of a cleaning shortcut, a temperature swing, or a residue problem left too long. We document what actually works — tested on our own equipment, with nothing for sale.
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An independent care-and-maintenance journal for borosilicate glassware and dry-herb vaporizers.
Vaporizers
Dry Herb Vaporizer Maintenance : A Practical Schedule
Ninety per cent of 'my vaporizer stopped working' cases are a blocked screen or a dirty contact, not a dead device.
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Glass Care
Glass Joint Sizes Explained : 10mm, 14mm and 18mm
Joint size is measured across the widest point of the taper — and nearly every mismatch is solvable with a single adapter.
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Everything we publish, grouped by subject.
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Glass Care
3 articles covering how to clean borosilicate glass without damaging it, glass joint sizes explained.
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Vaporizers
2 articles covering dry herb vaporizer maintenance, conduction vs convection heating.
Browse section →More from the archive
Earlier guides, still current.
Vaporizers
Conduction vs Convection Heating : What Actually Differs
Convection heats more evenly and conduction heats faster — but hybrid designs now blur the distinction enough that build quality matters more than category.
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Glass Care
Storing Glass Safely : Preventing the Breakages You Cause Yourself
Almost no glassware breaks in use. It breaks in transit, in the sink, and on the drying rack.
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Every article here carries a named author.
Marcus Reyne
Marcus Reyne spent nine years as a bench technician servicing laboratory borosilicate before turning to consumer glassware and vaporizer hardware. He writes about cleaning chemistry, thermal stress and hardware longevity.
This site is intended for adults of legal age (21+) in their jurisdiction. Content is educational and describes the care and maintenance of equipment only. Nothing is offered for sale.