The Truth About Rice and Wet Electronics: Why Professional Glass Service Beats DIY Myths You have heard the old wives tale. You drop your smartphone in the sink, panic, and bury it in a bowl of white rice. You hope the grains will miraculously draw out the moisture before the logic board corrodes. In my…
Water is the universal solvent, and while a homeowner might panic and look for ways to dry out a phone that fell in the pool, they often ignore the same destructive moisture when it is sitting on their window sills. As a master glazier with over 25 years of experience, I have seen that moisture…
While you might be searching for how to check your phone for hidden water damage, as a master glazier with a quarter-century in the field, I look at that handheld device and see the exact same physics that govern a multi-million dollar building envelope. A smartphone is essentially a miniature glazing system, a vacuum-sealed unit…
The Anatomy of an Ingress Crisis In my twenty-five years as a master glazier, I have learned that whether you are dealing with a 1,000-pound curtain wall on a skyscraper or the delicate aluminosilicate glass of a modern smartphone, the physics of water management remain the same. A spill is not just a ‘wet device’;…
In my twenty-five years as a master glazier, I have seen every possible failure point where a building meets the external environment. We often think of windows as static barriers, but in reality, they are the most active components of a structure. They are the charging ports of your home thermal envelope, facilitating the exchange…
