Borosilicate glass test 02

Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Kkay
These videos are amazing, thank you for putting your toys at risk to show this!
You're quite welcome Kkay. Science is fun when it helps out the community.
08/20/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by Ivy Wilde
Great videos Tim! You should get a regular spot on EdenCafe for "Tool Time With Tim". It would make a great series.
08/20/2011
Contributor: Selective Sensualist Selective Sensualist
Thanks for another awesome video, Tim! You rock.

I, too, was horrified to see the Amethyst going from boiling water to ice water (poor thing . . . what did it do to offend you? ). While I don't have the Amethyst, I do have the Don Wands Bent Graduate, which is identical except in color, and it is a fabulous toy. I've boiled mine (and just about every other glass toy that I own) with no troubles, though I start out with it in a pot full of room temperature water and then allow it to cool enough for me to reach in to retrieve it.

Sometimes a piece of glass has internal stress points that can cause it to shatter when going from one extreme temperature to another, so just because one glass object is fine when pushing the limits does not mean that another identical glass object made by the exact same company will be (just look at the many stories about people whose Pyrex glass baking dishes have exploded when going from one extreme temperature to another--though it is supposedly manufactured to do just that).

I know you already mentioned this, but I just want to reiterate it so that hopefully no one will be impatient enough to want to cool their toy too quickly after boiling and suffer an unpleasant surprise.

I love how your videos have shown how durable and safe glass is by demonstrating how well it holds up under extreme conditions (conditions under which no one would actually use the toy). Kudos and many thanks to you for risking your treasured toys to reassure the uncertain multitudes of future glass toy users! <-- That's a glass rabbit, BTW. Be nice.
08/20/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
Any way that I can please you is my pleasure to do.
08/20/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Selective Sensualist
Thanks for another awesome video, Tim! You rock.

I, too, was horrified to see the Amethyst going from boiling water to ice water (poor thing . . . what did it do to offend you? ). While I don't have the Amethyst, I do have the Don ... more
"what did it do to offend you" Well, nothing, that is it does nothing for me. I have tried numerous time to enjoy the Amethyst, the angle does hit the spot but other than that it just doesn't stimulate all that well. Same with the Duet.

I agree whole heatedly, this does not mean all glass toys will survive these extremes. But I think it shows that under normal use glass is a safe bet.

So glad you and everyone else enjoys my little demonstrations. I sure like doing them.
08/20/2011
Contributor: Eva Schwaltz Eva Schwaltz
Great video, and thanks for clarifying that the glass is called Borosilicate.
08/20/2011
Contributor: toysforall toysforall
Wow, awesome, thanks for this!
08/20/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Eva Schwaltz
Great video, and thanks for clarifying that the glass is called Borosilicate.
Yup, that had to be done.

I wonder if Corning ever thought about making sex toys. lol
08/20/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by toysforall
Wow, awesome, thanks for this!
Sure thing toysforall, happy you like it.
08/20/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
Great video. Though it's always a good thing when an experiment ends with nothing damaged and nobody being hurt, I have to admit a part of me would have like to see at least one explosion.
08/20/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
Great video. Though it's always a good thing when an experiment ends with nothing damaged and nobody being hurt, I have to admit a part of me would have like to see at least one explosion.
Thanks.

Seems everyone wanted an explosion. lol
08/20/2011
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by Selective Sensualist
Thanks for another awesome video, Tim! You rock.

I, too, was horrified to see the Amethyst going from boiling water to ice water (poor thing . . . what did it do to offend you? ). While I don't have the Amethyst, I do have the Don ... more
Heh, when I first read your post, I thought you meant that Pyrex was manufactured to explode. My brain can be so silly!
08/21/2011
Contributor: CafeSabroso CafeSabroso
As long as borosilicate is properly annealed (thoroughly heated to near the glass transition temperature to remove stresses in the material) it should be damn near difficult to make shatter. Here's an example of the opposite of annealing: Prince Rupert drops
08/21/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by CafeSabroso
As long as borosilicate is properly annealed (thoroughly heated to near the glass transition temperature to remove stresses in the material) it should be damn near difficult to make shatter. Here's an example of the opposite of annealing: Prince ... more
Pretty cool, thankfully sex toy glass does not do that,
08/21/2011
Contributor: wetone123 wetone123
Thanks for part 2! I really enjoy this scientific stuff Seeing this should make everyone feel pretty safe with their glass toys. You are awesome
08/21/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by wetone123
Thanks for part 2! I really enjoy this scientific stuff Seeing this should make everyone feel pretty safe with their glass toys. You are awesome
I sure hope so wetone123, that was the idea.
08/22/2011
Contributor: meitman meitman
Count me in the "let's see it explode" camp. Looking forward to what you come up with next!
08/25/2011
Contributor: Sunshineamine Sunshineamine
Awesome. Thanks for sharing your videos. I always thought that cooling a pyrex toys too fast could cause it to shatter or break but this is awesome. I feel safer boiling toys now. It's good to know they are so durable.
09/28/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Sunshineamine
Awesome. Thanks for sharing your videos. I always thought that cooling a pyrex toys too fast could cause it to shatter or break but this is awesome. I feel safer boiling toys now. It's good to know they are so durable.
I would say to still err on the side of caution, but for the most part I don't think folks will be going from the boiling water to the freezer.

For sure the small change in room temp to body temp will not cause problems.
09/28/2011
Contributor: Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
I think you should have boiled/iced the toy and THEN dropped it onto the steel....

But hey - the sacrifice of one toy was certainly enough - I loved both videos.
11/13/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Hot 'N Sexy TexasMama
I think you should have boiled/iced the toy and THEN dropped it onto the steel....

But hey - the sacrifice of one toy was certainly enough - I loved both videos.
Thanks!
11/13/2011
Contributor: Rawhide Rawhide
Thanks for testing and risking your toys! And yeah, love that you're doin it on a grill
11/23/2011
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
Great, fun test, love how you used it on an outdoor grill

I'm glad the toy is made of borosilicate glass. Pyrex and most lab equipment glass is made out of the same material because it can handle extremes in temperature because of low coefficient of thermal expansion. If it's good enough for most lab work, it'll be good to handle whatever the human body can
11/23/2011
Contributor: MeliPixie MeliPixie
Hah! I was like "OMG TIM WATCH OUT, THAT STUFF'S GONNA EXPLODE!!! Oh there's a shield there." XDDD Another great video, thanks!
12/14/2011
Contributor: Beck Beck
LOL Thanks for the video Tim, it was awesome
12/14/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
I am so happy everyone is liking these vid's.
12/15/2011
Contributor: Lizzy Lizzy
Tim thank you so much for posting PartII on my wall !
01/18/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Lizzy
Tim thank you so much for posting PartII on my wall !
My pleasure!
01/18/2012
Contributor: Brandonn Brandonn
This video was interesting for the following reason: Pyrex instruction recommend that you never go from one extreme to the other. I have had a few kitchen Pyrex items explode doing this. I was surprised how this test went. I was definitely expecting a different result.
01/18/2012
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by Brandonn
This video was interesting for the following reason: Pyrex instruction recommend that you never go from one extreme to the other. I have had a few kitchen Pyrex items explode doing this. I was surprised how this test went. I was definitely expecting ... more
Same here Brandonn. That's why I set up the shield and all. I think that the ones that break have micro stress fractures that cannot be seen.
01/19/2012