annealing enamel beads ?

[sarah t]

does anyone know if you do ?......been getiing into the effects you can get with enamels on beads but do you anneal them once finished or does the process of garaging than annealing affect the enamel  ?.....

[Mary]

Do you mean enamel on glass beads? Yes, you need to anneal as normal, or the glass base won't be strong. I always prop enamel beads not touching anything else, because I've heard that they can be "sticky" at annealing temp and leave kiss marks. Otherwise it's just as usual.

[sarah t]

thanks hun ..i thought it was right to anneal but the couple of tutorials etc i have got did not say

[Mary]

No probs!

[silverlemon]

Yes they do need annealing, as Mary said just make sure they're not touching as they can stick