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  • #1386626
    Lightbrite
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    Did you know that a tempered glass desk can just explode into tiny flying pieces?

    Not just desks… any form of tempered glass!

    Sometimes it’s a defect in the material’s manufacturing, which goes unnoticed until one day *BOOM*.

    How fid I only learn of this today?!

    May no one ever have to experience the tempered glass boom, b’esrat Hashem!

    Thank you

    #1386658
    Meno
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    Kinda like a Prince Rupert’s Drop

    #1386663
    👑RebYidd23
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    ?Like Prince Rupert’s Drops

    #1386675

    Great minds think alike

    #1386676
    👑RebYidd23
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    But my post came out funny because I set the computer back to English from Hebrew while typing.

    #1386681
    E-O-M
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    Shower door boomed all over me and my kids while giving them a bath. Small cuts and blood everywhere. Nightmare to clean.

    #1386726

    Yikes!

    #1386863
    Avram in MD
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    While preparing for Pesach one year, I had the bright idea of bringing the tempered glass fridge shelving upstairs to wash in the bathtub with warm water. BOOM. A few small cuts, a tub full of small pieces of glass to clean up, and a phone call to the fridge company to order a new shelf was added to the pre-Yomtov stress. Yet somehow, I didn’t get fired from helping with the Pesach cleaning.

    #1386878
    🐵 ⌨ Gamanit
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    I’ve cleaned my fridge shelves in the bathtub several times. I took care not to have drastic temperature changes or uneven temperature (one part of the shelf in hot water with the other end sticking out. It works really well. I have had glasses shatter on me if I wasn’t careful to dry them out before pouring in hot water.

    #1386986
    Avram in MD
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    Gamanit,

    I took care not to have drastic temperature changes or uneven temperature (one part of the shelf in hot water with the other end sticking out.

    Those are good tricks. I believe it was the thermal expansion from running hot water on it right after removing it from the fridge that did my shelf in. Too bad the shelving isn’t made of pyrex.

    #1387071
    WinnieThePooh
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    When I wash my fridge shelves in the tub, I first line the tub with towels, so it does not get scratched by the edges of the shelves. B”H never had them shatter, but I imagine this would make it easier to clean up the small pieces of glass if it did.

    #1387077
    🐵 ⌨ Gamanit
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    Too bad the shelving isn’t made of pyrex.

    I believe Pyrex can shatter with drastic temperature changes as well. I know the packaging warns to wait for it to cool completely before putting in the freezer.

    #1387149
    DovidBT
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    Apparently there are two types of Pyrex: borosilicate glass and soda-lime glass. The former is more resistant to sudden temperature changes; the latter is more resistant to physical damage when dropped.

    #1387291
    Lightbrite
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    Thanks to you you, today I learned about Prince Rupert’s Drop!

    #1387295
    Lightbrite
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    Avram in MD: OMGOSH!!!

    Thanks for the heads up! I didn’t even think of the fridge shelves… and I cleaned mine in warm water last month… wow. And my dog was right there next to me. Gosh… now I know to be more cautious —Thank you! 🙂

    #1388813
    Lightbrite
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    Omgosh!!! From Consumer Reports:

    Your sunroofs too! Eeks 🌞

    “An exploding sunroof might sound like a freak occurrence, but a Consumer Reports investigation has found that it’s not. These incidents have happened in every month of the year in every part of the country, in vehicles from all over the world; they have occurred on interstates, on country roads, and even while parked in driveways.” (CR consumer reports)

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