Quick way to dry out bead release...?

[beadysam]

Okay, I know I'm daft but I got distracted and put too much water in my bead release.  Any ideas how I can dry it out quickly - I've only got about 20 dipped mandrels at the moment and that won't even last an afternoon!  I don't think I have any other bead release, powders or kiln wash in the house either.  I've tried standing the bottle in hot water with the lid off to warm up the solution a bit and help it evaporate.  Any other ideas?

[Jolene]

You could experiment of mandrel while your bead release sorts itself out

[Kaz]

Will it not stick to the mandrel and then dry out in the torch?
Everything I think of - flour, arrowroot, thickening granules - would probably cook in the flame and make things worse.
Not got another dried out tub somewhere where you could just add a bit of this release and shake like mad to get the old stuff off the walls of the tub.
Mercy dash from/to another local lampworker - I know local in the UK can mean several hundred miles!
Stumped otherwise???

Kaz

[ralphus]

Sam

If you want to head out in the Mold direction I bought two lots of bead release from Martin at Nantwich not realising they were in packs of three!  Its not the fancy stuff though.  Let me know if I can help.

Edited to add that I'm about tonight but not tomorrow

[Vicki]

simmer it in a pan

[Shirley]

Take some out of the pot, put in a bowl and microwave it, maybe, or put it in a normal oven for a bit so it dries to powder, then stir it back in really well.

[beadysam]

You lot are brilliant!   I'm going to start with a bit in the microwave I think and see how I go from there.  I was talking and instead of dripping water in and I went on auto pilot and turned the tap up like I was filling a kettle....
All I get when I dip a mandrel is a thin layer of grey - so thin you can see the powder granules!!!     
Off mandrel also sounds like a good idea , Becky, if I get stuck I'll give you a shout hun - thank you.

[Amber]

I did the same last week and tried to use it, but the release kept breaking off as I was trying to wind the glass. Not a good idea.

Let us know how you get on so I know for next time! 

[Mary]

Watch how hot you cook it, cooked bead release is no use!

[turnedlight]

I'd leave it in the airing cupboard with the lid off..

[TiaraHelen]

If you "spread it out" it would air dry out really quickly - what about pouring it onto a large dinner plate, or a baking tray?  If it's not too runny, you could put it on a sheet of flexible plastic then it would be easier to get the liquid back in the tub.  Then scrape it back in when it's beginning to set - it would only take about 15 mins or so I'd think, given normal bead release dries so quickly.

[Pat from Canvey]

Let the solids settle and then pour off the excess water? I thinned down my release with a bit too much water but found that it provided a thin coat on the mandrels which made cleaning the release out of the made bead so much easier. I also put a fugly bead in the release pot to make mixing before use that much easier. From a tip on here, I forget whom.