On 9/1/2019 9:11 AM, Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Bud Frede" wrote:
>>> Many years ago I was told that pyrex beakers and other labware should be
>>> disposed of when they get a lot of scratches or surface
>>> abrasion. Supposedly it weakened them and made them prone to shattering
>>> or cracking.
>>> I wonder if this could be what happened with this old pyrex?
>>
>> Some of the paint was coming off, but no scratches.
>
> Paint? I've got quite a bit of the Pyrex from the early 1980s.
> All of my various Pyrex is clear glass. No paint.
>
I think she means glaze. The colour is painted on, then it's fired.

> Regardless, you carelessly dropped yours, Julie. That speaks
> nothing about the pyrex quality.
>
She said she put it in the dish drainer but it slid off into the sink
and shattered. I'm trying to picture a dish drainer that a mixing bowl
could slide out of...

Jill