Annealing larger beads

[Trudi]

Hi

I've been happily using my marble marver - and was going to try one of the bigger ones, but then I thought that I'd need to change my schedule!! Does anyone have a schedule for larger beads please?

Thanks

Trudi x

[Steampunkglass]

What shedule are you currently using? If you are holding at about 1hr at 520 (I assume it's normal glass) then that's always been fine for anything I've done.

[Trudi]

I'll double check, I think I'm holding for about 40/45 mins ..........

[Lush!]

I garage and anneal at 520 (annealing for 1 hour) and I make tons of large marbles - I frequently bounce them across my kitchen floor so I reckon they pass the test 

[Trudi]

so I just need to lenghten the anneal time - doesn't matter about the ramping?

cool!

[Sarah]

No the ramping is the same - I sometimes do an hour and half soak for my larger lentils. But be careful about extending for too long if you're using a kiln striker.

Sarah
xxx