Annealing

[ralphus]

I went to a lampwork day last week and learnt a little bit more!  The one thing that did make me wonder though was the teacher annealed her beads using vermiculite in a warm slow cooker.  Will that do the same job annealing them in a kiln or is it to cool them down slowly?

Becky

[Redhotsal]

It won't anneal them, it will just prevent them from cooling down too quickly. They'll have to be annealled later on.

[Les]

Yeh.. Sal's right there.. that's just cooling.. not annealing.. If only it was that easy eh ??

Les xx

[ralphus]

Wishful thinking on my part I think!  Never mind. 

Not that I'm able to get anything annealed - haven't had time to play for ages and May is looking bad already!

[Clare Scott]

If you want any beads annealing, let me know....I've got kiln space.....

[ralphus]

Will do.  Thanks for the offer.

Becky

[Clare Scott]

Your welcome...I know what its like to have no cooker!
Not that I didnt not have one for long after I got hooked!!

haha!

Clare