How We Test
Everything described on this site is tried on hardware we bought ourselves at retail price. We accept no review samples, and no manufacturer has any involvement in what appears here.
What testing means here
Most of what we write about is method rather than product — whether a cleaning approach works, how long a soak needs, what a temperature change does to a piece of glass. We test these by doing them repeatedly and noting what happens, including the attempts that fail.
Our method
- Each method is run at least five times across different pieces before we describe it as reliable.
- Where a variable matters — concentration, soak time, temperature — we vary it deliberately to find where the method stops working.
- We record failures. A method that works four times in five is described that way, not as one that works.
- Where a result depends on hardware we have not tested, we say which hardware we used.
Limits of what we can conclude
We are a small operation with a domestic bench, not a laboratory. We can tell you that a cleaning method consistently worked on the pieces we tried it on. We cannot make claims about long-term material science, and we do not publish measurements we lack the instruments to take accurately.
Safety
Where a method carries risk — solvent handling, thermal stress, electrical components — we describe the risk in the article. We do not publish a method we would not use on our own equipment.