Quote - I've had my mad scientist rendering now for over 36 hours and it still hasn't cleared.  It has fireflies or whatever the noise looking spots are called.  How long does it normally take for something with alot of glass to clear?  Is there something else I should do?  Will it ever clear?

Hiya Xandi! Glass is, in my thoughts only, one of the three bogeys to speed in Lux. That, fog and water consume a lot of the processing time towards a nice, clear image. What light you use and how you disperse it through a scene has a lot to do with both raw quality and noise production, especially in a scene with lots of glass and metals/reflective surfaces. 

While in most cases 36 hours sounds like overkill with the newer versions of Lux (also depending on your computer's capabilities) I would suggest you look at your light setup if the samples have surpassed 900 and still looks grainy. If you're image is throwing tons and tons of fireflies, material considerations might also be up for review. 

Have you a current picture for visual comparison? 

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