Cutting
Plastic interlayers in laminated glass make its cutting difficult. There is an unsafe practice of cutting both sides separately, pouring a flammable liquid such as denatured alcohol into the crack, and igniting it to melt the interlayer to separate the pieces. The following safer methods are recommended.
- Special purpose laminated cutting tables
- Vertically-inclined saw frames
- A blowlamp or hot air blower.
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