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1/2" Clear Glass
Note the slight green tint.
Sometimes the tint is more evident that others. I saw one where
the transom to a steam room was added later and the glaziers
(not us of course) did not realize the door was Starphire so
they ordered and installed Clear glass. But until they were
side by side even the glazier's didn't notice.
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3/8"
Starphire or Crystal Clear Glass
Starphire is so clear that I bet you didn't notice
in the photo, that the door is open. Sometimes the
Starphire really looks fantastic. I haven't figured
out the rule yet.
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1/4"
Starphire or Crystal Clear Glass
Starphire is so clear that I bet you didn't notice in
the photo, that the door is open. Sometimes the Starphire
really looks fantastic.
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3/8"
Starphire
So clear, it looks like Sugar Glass.
Sugar glass is made in Hollywood for the
stuntmen to jump through. You can't get cut, apparently.
I never actually jumped through it. I know you probably
thought I was a movie star. In older movies you see
sugar glass a lot. Now days they mostly use tempered
glass - much as the shower door you are thinking of
buying. If the stuntman ran at full speed into even
1/4" thick tempered glass he would most likely bounce
off. They use a little solenoid with a punch on it to
break the glass just before the stuntman gets to the
window. Sometimes you can see the glass break before
he gets there, but usually they cut the film so that
you can't tell.
I have tried to make sugar glass but to get it perfectly
clear, you need some incredible candy making skills.
There are no shower doors made of sugar glass because
the kids would eat them.
Starphire
is expensive and not available everywhere (But we can
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Satin Glass
Satin
Glass looks like sandblasted but it is Acid Etched.
It shows finger prints less than real sandblasted. If
you get Clear Shield or Diamond Fusion, finger prints
are even less)
Under the right lighting conditions, it's fairly transparent.
If the light is shining on the door instead of the person
then it is much less transparent.
This closet door is 42" wide. The pivots are for commercial
doors and are not waterproof enough for showers. The
widest we can go with a shower is 36". Maybe 40" with
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Rain Glass in 3/8"
Supposed to look like rain drops running down the glass. I think
this too, was different in the old days. But it is an obscure
glass available in 3/8" thick for heavy glass shower doors and
that is remarkable. On the East Coast Rain Glass is sometimes
called Niagra. If the drops accidentally get oriented horizontally
then we call it Tornado Glass
I think the Rain glass is slightly more obscure than the Glue
Chip Glass. On the other hand, you can see a little bit better
through the Glue Chip glass than you can the Rain glass. It
all depends on what kind of camera you have installed in the
shower area.
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of a Rain Glass Shower. |
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3/8"
Bronze or Grey glass
The glass is dark enough to make you wonder what is inside.
Is it forbidden? Once you are in, you are protected and
nurtured by the dark. You receive super powers. You can
see out but no one can see in until you turn the light
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