There has been talk that the glass manufactured by Oceanside has more bubbles in it than when it was manufactured at Spectrum. The following is from the Oceanside's FAQ.
In some particularly gaseous glass compositions, a bubble will form in the stirring bay (the pool where glasses of different colors are stirred together). That bubbles pops as it's drawn through the sheet-forming rolls, creating a "track" on the sheet surface. It is called a seed track.
In glasses that aren't intentionally seedy, the seed count and size vary with the nature of the glass composition. Some glasses, notably ambers, champagnes and purples, are naturally more gaseous in nature than others. Gas in the glass equals bubbles in the sheet.
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