lampwork question

Can you anneal beads after you take them off the mandrel? I have a small kiln and it can only handle a few beads at a time on the mandrel, so I am looking for a way to get more beads in and save room. Roxan

Can you anneal beads after you take them off the mandrel? I have a small kiln and it can only handle a few beads at a time on the mandrel, so I am looking for a way to get more beads in and save room.>

ONLY if they are small enough that they don't shatter due to the stress before you can get them annealed. I don't recommend you try this with anything sculptural at all.. small spacers - etc - you can run through a hot pot type cycle - clean and "batch" anneal later.

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Yes, you can! Just place them so they don't touch one another, on some kind of dish or a piece of fiber blanket so that *if* the kiln malfunctions they don't all fuse to the floor and ruin it. Clean the release out after you anneal, for a lower breakage rate.

-Kalera

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