Monday, November 19, 2007

Bah, one pair is bad

In my construction phase, I've decided to create the medium blue and the black pairs. I started fitting all the pieces and realized quickly that my grinds where to too large on the pieces. A quick trip to BAGI and their lap grinder, done. I put the pieces in paper towels to move them and dry them off.

Much to my dismay when I got the pieces home, one of the medium blue pieces of glass had a few knicks in it. This piece had escaped my grip while on the lap grinder. Bounce, bounce and quick dart underneath the wheel. The wheel was turned off and I went after the blue glass. It looked fine wet.

There's a lesson to all the people who deal with glass. It might look beautiful wet, but when it dries, all scuffs, knicks and anything else will be visible.