Thickness            Common Use

1/16"ssb     Window Glass, Kitchen Cabinet Doors, Picture Frames,

1/8" dsb      Larger Sized Window Glass etc.

3/16"          Tempered Doors 

1/4"            Storefronts, Shelves and Framed Shower Door Units

3/8"            Mall Storefronts, Table Tops and Frameless Showers

1/2"            Stand Alone Tables and Room Partitions

5/8"            Load Bearing Shelves

3/4"            Railings and Counter Tops

We highly recommend that if you are not in our North Texas Service Area

it might be more convenient and economical for you to find the nearest

Glass Shop in your area for certain services such as Table Tops or

Shower Door installations and Window Replacements.  You will find

Except for the sheets (up to 8' x 10') that we buy to cut down

for Commercial and Residential use, there are no stock sizes.

What ever size you need is available at Abaca Glass & Mirror.

From the 5"x7" picture frame

to the very large storefront plate glass.

If you need it bigger than you can carry, we do have the glass racks on our trucks

to deliver the glass you need here in the North Texas Area.

If you have your own glass and need to cut it down, we will handle it

but cannot be responsible for breakage. 

We have the experience but sometimes glass breaks the wrong way while cutting.

EDGES

ABACA GLASS offers a variety of edge work.

Cut glass with sharp edges is called RAW.

The most common edge work is SEAMED. 

This is sanding the top and bottom edges

eliminating the sharp edges for easy handling.

The second most common edge work is FLAT GROUND. 

This is sanding the top and bottom edges

and FLAT GROUNDING the flat side of the edge.

This removes the shiner from the edge

and is an economical finish for table and desk tops.

From there, you move into the POLISHED edgework

as seen in the pictures to the right. 

Most of this type of edgework is used on heavy glass.

3/8" up to 3/4" thick.  Fine finishes for that end product

you want to see on your Dining Table or Conference Table.

Tempered glass is not shatterproof or unbreakable.

It is heat treated in ovens to create a much stronger glass than annealed

or non-tempered glass.

The Safety Factor is that when tempered glass breaks,

it falls in thousands of little 1/4" pieces,

instead of coming down in big pieces that is much like a guillotine

and could cause severe lacerations.

Used in automobile side and rear windows

and by Federal Law it is installed in and within 48" of any entrance door.

We cut the glass need to the exact size required for installing,

then it is run through the ovens to be tempered.

Once it has been tempered, there is no way to cut it to another size.

LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS

Laminated Glass is made by adhering two pieces of glass together

with a piece of polyvinyl between them making a much stronger single piece

of glass that is harder to penetrate.  Once it is broken, it stays in place being

held by the polyvinyl. 

Used in car windshields and storefront doors.

Can be cut in patterns and comes in different tints.