creation is messy glass annealing

[mindy23]

Hi,
I've been thinking about buying some of this glass to play with but I found a couple of threads about the annealing schedules and I'm a bit confused. Does each colour have a different annealing schedule?  SOunds complicated, what does everybody else do when using this stuff?  The colours look so nice but I'm a bit scared of not annealing it properly, when I've got my kiln on I tend to work for a while so I would find it quite restricting to only be able to use certain colours at one time. I have one program set that works for moretti and lauscha and that's what I tend to use most often, anyone else's experience would be really helpful before I take the plubnge to try some out..

[Les]

CIM has a coe of 104, just the same as Moretti, so it should just anneal like Moretti ...

I am not the expert though ...

Les xx

[mindy23]

HI Les,
That's what I was hoping for, I just went looking through the forums for any info before buying and I found a thread on one that listed different annealing temps for each colour, it's sounds so complicated it put me off, have you ever had any problems with it?

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

Ive not had any problems, I use the same annealing schedule for all of it

[mindy23]

Is that just the same schedule as for the moretti?  I have one programme set that does my moretti and Lauscha as it ramps down slower, do you think that program would do ?

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

I just turn the kiln off when I have finished working and let it cool naturally, I have never had a bead break yet!!

[mindy23]

Is yours a fire brick kiln? Mines is an sc2, am I being needlessly anxious again?   

[Les]

can't comment on the SC2 Mindy.. but I have a brick lined kiln and just turn it off... i have no idea how these proper bead kilns work..

Les xx

[mindy23]

another quick question, what is this glass like to work with? Do you all like it?

[glassworks]

a response on annealing from us, we just click our kiln off too - never had a crack..



must get a posh kiln sometime, or learn to programme ours!!!! 

[mindy23]

sounds like a fire brick kiln is much less complicated, I'd stick with that if I could! Didn't realise these ones got so complicated!

[Sarah]

Hi

I had a sample pack of these a while ago from Les and love them. I'm trying not to buy any more glass at the moment (you can only just get into our dining room as it is) but will crack soon.....

I have an SC2 and use exactly the same schedule as for Moretti. I had a lot of trouble with CIM cracking when I cooled in vermiculite then batch annealed - but I got the sample at the same time as my lentil bead presses so I don't know which is to blame (it would have been far more sensible to have tried a known quantity first in the presses but I'm not that patient).

I've had no problem with them when I put them straight into the kiln using the usual schedule.


HTH

Sarah

[BeverleyH]

another quick question, what is this glass like to work with? Do you all like it?

It's lovely.  I think it's very similar to Moretti for characteristics - similar melting, it just has a lovely range of colours.  I also use exactly the same annealing schedule as my Moretti.

[mindy23]

Thanks for that, I can go and get my order together now, I love the colours, they look so subtle.  Once again my panic is subdued! Quentin here I come!

[BeverleyH]

Hey, steady on with that credit card!!! ... or you'll be seeing the same glass addiction specialist I need to see....   


Bev