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Are certain materials recomended for different types of guitars? I'm planning on sliding on my standard tuned strat and my G tuned acoustic, will I need more than one slide?

I know it's mostly a matter of preference but I'm curious about what finger most of you guys use to slide.

Most slide players go through lots and lots of slides before finding the one that works best for them.

I have glass slides, steel slides, brass slides...even a couple of Coricidan Bottle slides that Curly gave me.

Glass is lighter than brass and I can play faster with glass. But glass weighs less and brass makes the string sound deeper and more solid.

I kinda like steel or or the right glass slide the best.

You need to try a bunch and live with them for a while and eventually you'll know what works for you.

Just buy a few Jim Dunlaps in brass, steel and glass and have at it.

I play with the slide on my little finger so the others are free to play chords.

I play mostly in open D or E....or open G or A.

I think it's another one of those things that boils down to personal taste.

I have several different kinds of slides, but most often, I like the thick walled Dunlop Pyrex for its light weight and warm tone. I use my pinky, and I like open G tuning for slide.

I use a Coricidan Bottle on my ring finger. I've tried bottle necks, mudslides
and steel. I've found the glass bottle to be the easiest to control and
I like the tone.

I like brass and glass. My favorite slides are made by Bigheart? I think???
I like the glass that's closed on the end, is slightly slimmer than average, and they come in blue, red, purple etc. I use my pinky, so I like them to be as small as possible. I was using the white/flame ceramic ones, but they'd break anytime I dropped one, so I switched to glass.

For electric slide with gain, I tend to think that brass sounds best, since it doesn't let all the small transient noises come through.

For awhile, I was playing a lot of slide in a bluesrock band, and never knew what to do with the slide when I wasn't using it. My drummer and I used drum hardware made for attaching a tambourine to a drumset, and created a clamp with a rod sticking out.
I'd attach it to the mic stand before the show, and always had a place to put the slide.