Paint it Black

So this year, we've decided to have ourselves a little Black Friday Sale.
There's a little preview of the category of items that will be on Sale starting around 11pm Thanksgiving evening through midnight Friday night.
Once 11pm EST hits, all the items will be active and you'll see exactly what will be on sale.
We've never really tried this before, but a number of people have asked us to, so we're giving it a go.
Some of the items are going to be the best prices we've ever had on these items and it'll only be for the one day, so stock up!

I heard it through the Grapevine

We're finally starting our His Glassworks, Inc. newsletter.
Currently it will only be a quarterly newsletter to let you know of new items, tips and tricks on some products and special sales only for newsletter subscribers. Our first edition will go out this week, so be sure to sign up here in order to get any subsequent editions and maybe score some good discounts.

"The Times, they are a Changin'"

Yup, it's almost that time again. Time for prices to increase on many of the tools that we carry. A number of our manufacturers actually raised prices to us back in July of this year, but we don't like to do that, so we normally only raise our prices in January of each year if we can help it. And this January will be no different. Many of our manufacturers have already informed us that their prices will again increase to us in January. This time we can't hold off any longer.

So, on January 1st 2009 a large portion of our products will experience price increases from 2 to 8% from all our 3M product lines, to Covington machinery, to Cyclone sandblasters, to Abrasive Technology and Crystalite products. As I mentioned earlier, most of these prices actually increased to us back in July, but we've held many of them to the same level that they were in January of 2008.

Now is the perfect time to get the tools and accessories you need before the price increase. Not only will it save your tax liability for 2008 here at the last quarter of the year, but it will save you money by purchasing before the January 1st price increase.

"He's not heavy, he's my brother"

So, the bane of all adhesives. Weight and measurement.

How do we solve it? Easy. Find good inexpensive scales that allow you to accurately deal with your work and your adhesives.

We have several epoxy compounds that need to be weighed out accurately in order for them to work correctly for either bonding or coating your glass.

HXTAL NYL-1, XTR-311 and our new Flex-Tec Anti-Shatter coating are all epoxies that require precise measurement in order to function properly. We now offer a number of digital scales in order to make it easier for you to get these measurements correct.

For HXTAL and XTR, we offer the small Digiweigh DW100AX scale that is perfect for small amount mixtures of either of the epoxy adhesives. It works wonderfully well, is easy to use and has a very small "out of pocket" expense for those of you who do not use adhesives that often.

For those of you who travel or do restoration work on site for clients, we also offer the Ohaus YA pocket travel scale. With the same capacity and readout as the DW100AX, this is a great small scale for measuring out either HXTAL or XTR for on site repairs on pieces that cannot be moved back to your shop.

For the more industrious glass bonder, we now offer the Ohaus Scout Pro scale for those of you who bond glass more often and require something with a little more "day to day" use and abuse. The Scout Pro is a sturdy industrial quality digital scale with a 200g capacity.

For those of you looking for the greatest protection for your installed glass pieces or panels, Flex-Tec is quickly becoming the sought after solution for Anti-shatter protection. Consistent results require correct measurements, so we now also offer the Ohaus Valor scales for larger mixtures. With a weight capacity of 13 pounds, the Valor is the perfect way to get your Flex-tec measurements perfect for the best possible coating bond to your installed glass work.

Just one more way we're trying to make your coldworking an easier task.