The tile industry has recently made a strong presence in the use of Dichroic Glass. Some problems have been associated with the variance of colors. Large tile manufacturers that require a large lot of the same exact color have difficulties, since the coatings vary in color slightly, from one sheet to another. Nevertheless, accent tiles, mosaics, patterns, and abstract tiles are very popular and […]
Though most of our customers are hotworking our glass in one form or another, we do have customers that use our glass for Stained Glass Windows. Due to the nature of Transmission Color versus Reflection Color, one must chose colors carefully when a stained glass pattern includes an object or scenery. Other applications include: Glass Block Walls, Skylights, Outdoor Sculptures, and more. We also […]
The Dichroic Coated Frit that we currently offer in 90 and 96 COE is frit that we have purchased specifically to be coated with a Dichroic Coating. This product is not broken up sheets of glass, but actually coated frit. After extensive research CBS has designed a proprietary process that allows the frit to be coated on approximately 80 Percent of the surface area […]
Standard and Premium colors refer to pricing only. Our premium colors have twice as many layers than our standard colors and thus, take more time to produce. Therefore, premium colors are a little more expensive. Our Specialty Colors and Patterns are “Standard” as far as pricing, but anything that requires tooling to create (ie: patterns) are $15 Dollars extra.. For example: a Brick Pattern […]
All of our packaged products prices are posted. However, we are sorry, but we cannot post our pricing for sheet glass on our website. We operate our pricing structure on retail vs wholesale and estimated annual volume. Thus, pricing can be different for everyone. Additionally, prices vary based on Dichroic color, glass substrate, and pattern. Please call us to discuss pricing any further.
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Dichroic Glass is a multi layer coating placed on glass by using a highly technical vacuum deposition process. Quartz Crystal and Metal Oxides are Vaporized with an electron beam gun in an airless vacuum chamber and the vapor then floats upward and attaches then condenses on the surface of the glass in the form of a crystal structure. Our colors have as many as […]