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After several years of breaking wine glasses and washing them by hand, washing them in the dishwasher, or simply by placing them back in the cupboard and slightly hitting the edge while doing so, I think it is time to create a more durable wine glass. My suggestion is to add a thin layer of plastic between two layers of glass. This seems to me to be a way to increase the durability.
William1102, Aug 18 2007
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The technique of a glass-plastic sandwich is used in automobile safety glass. It does not prevent breaking, it merely prevents the shattered glass from falling to pieces. Less vulnerable wine glasses requires thicker glass.
The inclusion of a plastic layer in the glass will distort light and prevent heat transfer.If you want a wine glass that won't break buy plastic ones. If you want beautiful, elegant, useful wine glasses only glass will do. Having to spend a few extra minutes to properly care for them is a small price to pay.
Glass can be toughened. I don't know if there is any reason that it couldn't be used on wine glasses.