Damage categories and surface conditions

Current heat-haze surface condition

Heat haze

A GlassRenu Category 1 surface contaminant that presents as a faint cloudy or whitish haze on the exposed glass surface.

Fused hot-metal particles with pitting

Welding slag

Nonmetallic flux residue that forms on certain welds and is normally removed from the weld bead after solidification.

Current media-blast damage example

Media-blast damage

A distributed field of pits, roughness, or frosting produced when abrasive particles propelled by air, water, or another carrier strike glass.

Suction-cup surface contaminant

Suction-cup ring

A Category 1 surface contaminant that appears as a circular or partial-ring mark where a suction cup contacted the glass during lifting, handling, transport, or installation.

Current metallic-grinding-debris example

Metallic grinding debris damage

Pits, embedded particles, discoloration, or cracks produced when hot metal fragments from grinding or cutting strike glass.

Current heavy-scratch field example

Heavy scratch

A proposed GlassRenu term for a pronounced scratch requiring substantial controlled material removal relative to the approved restoration process.

Current deep-graffiti scratch example

Deep graffiti scratch

A proposed GlassRenu class for deliberate scratched vandalism whose measured morphology or affected area exceeds the approved light-graffiti route.

Current rock-and-masonry damage example

Rock or masonry impact damage

A chip, pit, scratch, or clustered surface flaw caused by rock, aggregate, mortar, masonry fragments, or similar hard debris striking or dragging across glass.

Current light-graffiti scratch example

Light graffiti scratch

A proposed GlassRenu class for deliberate scratched vandalism that falls within the approved lower-intensity graffiti restoration route.

Current razor-blade damage example

Razor-blade scratch

A linear mark associated with a blade or scraper moving directly on glass or dragging trapped particles across it.

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