On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:30:33 -0000, dennis@home wrote:

On 15/01/2017 11:07, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
Laminated windscreens are pretty damn tough

Really? Far easier to crack than the older toughened type. Difference is
they don't shatter.

You'd not make a table top out of laminated.


There is a big difference between the laminated screens in cars and
laminated glass you buy in sheets.

Car stuff is toughened and then laminated.

Laminated glass is float glass laminated and is not toughened at all.
If it were toughened you couldn't cut it to size.

There is nothing to stop you using toughened laminated glass for
furniture other than the cost.
You will find that toughened laminated glass is used in places like
escalators if you look.

Some glass seems to be indestructible on the large surface, but if you tap the corner of it (not in a frame), it falls to bits.

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