Identifying laminated safety glass

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

According to the State of Florida... shine a laser pointer at the glass from a 45 degree angle and you should see small ovals appear in the glass.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by kshepard

According to the State of Florida... shine a laser pointer at the glass from a 45 degree angle and you should see small ovals appear in the glass.

Has anyone tried this method?

I tried this in on my patio doors and french doors which are marked tempered glass and could not see anything obvious using a red laser pointer.

Anyone else?

[Ian A. Niquette]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Has anyone tried this method?

I tried this in on my patio doors and french doors which are marked tempered glass and could not see anything obvious using a red laser pointer.

Anyone else?

Nope, I'll give it a shot today and see what happens.

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Has anyone tried this method?

I tried this in on my patio doors and french doors which are marked tempered glass and could not see anything obvious using a red laser pointer.

Anyone else?

Mike your glass is just tempered rather than laminated, if the glass has plastic laminations in it the light will bounce of each layer.

Regards

Gerry

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Mike your glass is just tempered rather than laminated, if the glass has plastic laminations in it the light will bounce of each layer.

Regards

Gerry

I thought that might be the case. Thanks.

It should work on auto glass which is laminated.

[Kenneth Lott]

i just tried it, saw the same thing on every piece of glass I tried, house or auto. Be careful it will reflect back into your eyes.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Originally Posted by klott

i just tried it, saw the same thing on every piece of glass I tried, house or auto. Be careful it will reflect back into your eyes.

Did you see ovals? Supposed to shine it at a 45 degree angle according to them.