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Finish Defects
BENT OR BLISTERS BROKEN BULGED FINISH CHIPPED TEARS UNDER
CROOKED Large FINISH FINISH TEAR FINISH FINISH
FINISH bubbles in A finish A finish A finish A finish Surface cracks
A finish the glass. which which is which has a from which which occur
which has cracks bulged light surface a small on or near the
has a bent or actual out of crack in the section is parting line
or crooked pieces of shape. threads or broken on between the
appearance. glass broken in the the top or neck and the
out of it. middle. side. finish.
Neck Defects
BENT CHOKED NECK DANNY NECK DIRTY LONG NECK PINCHED STUCK GLASS VERTICAL
NECK OR BORE OR TEAR ON NECK A neck that NECK PARTICLES TEAR
A neck (NARROW THE NECK A neck has been A neck Small glass A rough
where the NECK) A small surface which has stretched which particles crack on
finish is An obstruction section of glass a dirty longer than has been stuck to the the glass
tilted to in the bore torn from the or scaly specified. pushed or inside of the surface
one side. of the neck. neck of the appearance. pinched. container. oriented
bottle. Most common vertically.
in wide mouth
ware.
Shoulder Defects
SHOULDER SUNKEN THIN
TEAR SHOULDERS SHOULDERS
Surface cracks A shoulder A shoulder
on the shoulder which is which has a
of the contain- not fully thin section.
ers. They are blown up.
usually wavy in
appearance.
BULGED SIDES COLD MOLDS DIRTY WARE DRAG MARKS HOT OR CHECK LAP MARKS SIDEWALL STRESS
The sides of Dappled Ware which A series of PANELS OR WRINKLES Residual stresses
a container or wavy has carbon fine vertical Cracks through A slight fold left in the glass
(usually panel appearance or dirty laps near the the container on the surface after annealing
shape) which in the body deposits shoulder or body on the of the glass– caused by foreign
are pushed of the in it. neck of the edge or side, usually particles or
out. container. container. deep, V-shaped, horizontal dissimilar
going through (can also be threads.
the wall. found on
the finish).
Base Defects
BAFFLE MARKS BASE LEANER BLACK BASE SPIKE BLISTERS DIRTY WARE BASE CHECK
A rough or A bottom SPOTS A small Large Ware which Small cracks
damaged which has Small projection bubbles has carbon through the base
baffle seam sagged so black of glass in in the or dirty layer that occur
on the bottom that the specks the bottom glass. deposits on or near the
of the container in the of the on it. rounded part of
container. is unstable container. container. the bottom
when placed contact surface.
on a flat surface.
SWUNG STONES STUCK GLASS BASE STRESS SHEAR MARKS OIL SEEDS SWAB WARE
BAFFLE Small PARTICLES Residual A C-shaped MARKS Very small Residue left
The baffle pieces of Small glass stresses left mark in Strings bubbles in in the
mark has refractory particles in the glass the glass, of small the glass. container
swung to one or unmelted stuck to the after annealing attributable bubbles from the
side and is not batch inside of the caused by to the action in the IS Machine
central in the materials. container. foreign particles of the shears. container. swabbing
bottom of Most common or dissimilar process.
the container. in wide mouth materials.
ware.
Other Defects
BROKEN OUT-OF- STRUCTURAL STUCK UNEVEN OVER OR
WARE SHAPE WARE DEFECTS WARE OR BAD UNDER
Ware (LEANER) Internal A rough DISTRIBUTION HEIGHT
which Containers stresses piece of Uneven wall Height that
is cracked which are in the glass on thickness. exceeds or
or broken tilted to one container the outside is below
into side due to due to poor of the specification.
pieces. bottom not annealing. container.
being level.
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