Method for producing a glass article

A process for producing a glass article, comprising, in this order:

• a first process step in which a surface of the glass article has a temperature of at least 400° C. for at least some of the time;
• a second process step in which the surface of the glass article has a temperature of more than 5° C. and less than 100° C. and the surface is brought into contact with water or water vapor and the surface of the glass article is supplied with an amount of the water or water vapor that corresponds to a water layer thickness of from 1 to 100 μm;
• and
• a third process step in which the glass article is processed further with contact of the surface with foreign materials or other glass articles,
• wherein the surface has a coefficient of sliding friction before the second process step has a first value (μ1) and has a second value (μ2) directly after the second process where (μ1−μ2)/μ1>0.1.