Author: Juan
The weather And The Glass Bender
I can remember that day like if it was yesterday, i had been practicing bending glass only about a month but my main job before i started practicing during a regular work day was pumping (Filling the units with gas either neon or argon) almost all neon glass benders started that way, you were the pumper…
Read MoreAn 80 year old neon still working
My intention was to go to the Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles because it has a lot of neon, but before we got there i noticed an old building that had neon also on Broadway st. it said Clifton Cafeteria so i told my wife lets go check out that cafeteria it looks interesting,…
Read MoreWho Says Neon Is Dead
Read The New York Time Article on neon signs comeback. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/style/neon-is-back.html?referer= If the Article is no longer there then http://www.neonglassbender.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tired-of-Twee-Edison-Bulbs-Bring-On-the-Neon.pdf
Read MoreA Tip For Glass Benders
I found out by trial and error that by doing this your neon will come out better, especially on the red units. It’s the pumping process that i have been using for more than 25 years and it solved a lot of problems i used to have with my neon. 1.- you start your pumping…
Read MoreThe Future Of Employment
Once Upon A Time in a not so distant past it was customary that you could find an employment and if you were a good employee you could work there for the rest of your life and then retire and live happily ever after the rest of your days traveling the world thanks to your 401k…
Read MoreThe Possibilities Of Neon
NEON is starting to be considered a nostalgic product, the consequence is that it’s starting to be used more by many businesses that want to give their place a nostalgic cool look. Before neon was something that was very common but now it’s being considered like a special very cool nostalgic light, and when people…
Read MoreNeon Supply & Demand
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Supply and demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of economics and it is the backbone of a market economy.
Read MoreI Think I Lost It
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What? you may ask. The amazement of what glass bending is, the possibility of being able to make a neon sign or neon art or whatever neon and being self employed and independent,having the freedom of making money without being employed,being free.
Read MoreLeaded vs Unleaded
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]And then suddenly somebody, somewhere decided that leaded glass was not going to be used, i don’t know why,maybe somebody out there in the world can tell me why.
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