Concentration of NaOH to dissolve glass
The thickness of the attacked layer (or the corresponding loss of weight per surface area) due to alkali attack on glass mainly depends on the following parameters:


type of glass (most laboratory glass is borosilicate glass 3.3)
concentration of the alkaline solution (or the corresponding pH)
temperature
exposure time


Note that the density of typical borosilicate glass is 2.23 g/cm³ (at 25 °C). Thus, an attacked thickness of 1.00 µm corresponds to a loss of 22.3 mg/100 cm².

The following figures are taken from product information for Schott DURAN® glass:


Alkali attack on borosilicate glass as a function of pH, exposure time: 3 h


Alkali attack on borosilicate glass as a function of temperature, calculated from the weight losses, c(NaOH) = 1 mol/l, exposure time: 1 h


Alkali attack on borosilicate glass as a function of time

For example, in order to remove a layer of about 1 µm, you can expose the glass for a period of approximately 40 min to an alkaline solution with c(NaOH) = 1 mol/l at 100 °C.