I like my glass measuring cups but the printing on them has really disappeared over time. Does anyone have a measuring cup that they love?

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[–] 33 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Etch Pyrex? Are you insane?

Do you literally want it to break?

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Ok, carry on..

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I've seen it done, does etching cause weak points? The modern crap. Can't etch borosilicate.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Hasn't broken mine. Despite the other person saying I'm trolling... Sometimes I am... but not this time. I have old school pyrex stuff and I used a small carbide drill tip and just scratched the marking for ¼, ⅓, ½, 1. Worked fine. I didn't write any numbers or anything just a small scratch. The numbers are already implied so whatever.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Interesting. Guess I'll have to take your word on that. 🤷

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yeah when I said etch I should've just said scratch i suppose. I wasn't recommending you pull out the Dremel and copy it one to one. Just small cosmetic scratches. Or you can look around at antique shops, I find stuff like that all the time for cheap.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Acid etching is a thing, too. Not likely to shatter the whole thing using acid.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    As right as you are about acid etching, you still don't wanna fuck with glass that's designed to handle torch temperatures..

    Edit: Also, don't they literally use pyrex in chemistry labs to handle acids? What acid even eats proper borosilicate pyrex glass?

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