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COVID-19 and Highly Educated

COVID-19 and Highly Educated

The world is experiencing a global pandemic like we have never seen before. It only makes sense you might have some questions about us and or your ...

Black Spots on Your Opaque Gavel. How They Got There. How To Prevent It.

If you are reading this blog it's probably because you have developed black spots inside of your Gavel and your curiosity brought you here. Well I'...

Gavel 3 Recommended Use

"Since the variables in any given application can all be infinitely different, there is not any set of rules to adhere to. " In a previous blog pos...

Cold Starts: Consequences of Capping Early

Cold starts are becoming a fairly popular trend. As people begin to familiarize themselves with cold starts we have noticed one trend that we would...

Quartz Cleaning Solutions

Cleaning solutions can work great when used properly. When used improperly they can cause more harm than good. Stay conscious of what is in them an...

Gavel Recommended Torch Times and Cold Start Techniques

One of the most frequently asked questions we get in regards to the Gavel is how long one should heat it up and how long they should let it cool. T...

HE Opaque Quartz Vs Commercially Available Opaque Quartz

In my previous post I discuss the difference types of quartz and how product purity is mostly determined by the extent of refinement of the raw mat...

Quartz, Fused Quartz, Fused Silica, What's the Difference?

What is Quartz? Quartz is a term used to describe many different compact forms of SiO2. As one of the second most common and varied minerals on ea...

6 Ways To Avoid an Accident with Quartz

If there's one thing that life has taught me, it's that accidents happen. Doing customer service here has familiarized us with many of the most com...

Thermal Shock vs Tensile Strength: A Comparison Study

It is a popular fallacy among consumers of quartz (fused quartz) to equate its thermal shock resistance to its tensile strength. In reality this is...

45° v.s. 55° Why does it matter?

Recently we changed the angle on our 45° male Gavel nails to a 55° and if you are wondering why then this article is for you. In order for the com...

Highly Educated Gavel Ranked #1 Quartz Banger by High Times Magazine

The Gavel has only been on the market for four months. But thanks to the material and surface science of the product, it has quickly risen among th...

Study: Quartz insert performance Opaque VS Clear

Recently my old friend, Ewok, sent me some of his new @quartz_insert's to test out with our new Gavel. In preparation for the testing, I had two du...