Exploding Pyrex

[MissMori]

This hasn't personally happened to me, but thought the article below was interesting. It may explain why some soap makers have experienced Pyrex glass shattering with temperature changes.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2 ... pyrex.html

 

[Deda]

FWIW - its not just Pyrex. My favorite Pampered Chef Batter Bowl shattered into a bajillion little cubes of glass just sitting on the counter. It had never been used for soap, only lotion and balm.

 

[xraygrl]

I had a pyrex measuring bowl explode one time too when I was melting ingredients for either lip balms or lotion bars, I forget. Boy was that scarey.

I do not and will not ever use glass to mix lye.

 

[Soaplady22]

Thank you for posting that article. Oh my -- must redo my thinking on this. Just bought a plastic pitcher the other day to use for lye water.

 

[jdranch]

Last Thanksgiving our pyrex dish/ pan exploded. We were not sure what happened...looks like others had the same experience. Thank God, nobody was hurt in our fam.