Can I save them?

[firedinglass]

I've just been up to my kiln after one of the best beadmaking sessions yesterday for ages and sob, sob, i had turned off the kiln when i left!! sob sob   I made 3 of my best ever goddesses, large and lovely and when switching all things off must have  got distracted and turned the kiln off!  They've been sitting there all night.   Can i carry on today and either: leave them until i can batch anneal tomorrow (I want to make more today)  or can i leave them in the kiln, heat up garage them with new ones and then anneal as usual with new ones?  I've never batch annealed before an am very nervous of trying it with such large beads.....  (I have an SC2 with bead door and have no idea of the schedule needed for batch annealing such large beads 1 1/2 - 2 inches)  Can someone help please....  PS Can i leave them on the mandrels when i batch anneal them < I don't want to risk them cracking on removal or will they stick permanently if left on and annealed?

[Trudi]

You can leave beads on the mandrels to batch anneal.

I'm not sure how big your goddess beads are, but with smaller beads I have put them in the kiln while it ramps up ready to anneal as you go and I've made beads as normal. It might work  - I would have a look and see what the goddess beads look like before you start.

[theflyingbedstead]

I have done a simultaneous batch and anneal as you go with my SC2, but I ramp up the kiln more slowly, so I don't shock the beads already in there.

I hope that they are ok!

[sparrow]

If they're in one piece, put them back in and just run a batch anneal - I've once forgotten a rose after a normal as-you-go cycle, and it survived the speedy ramp with the next normal session, I just found it after that session...but there's no need to take chances if the kiln fairies have been kind and protected them once - I'd run them on a batch anneal

[Helen G]

I agree with Sabine, batch anneal on the mandrels and hopefully you're stacking the odds in your favour 

[Lush!]

Here's the batch anneal programme that came with my Paragon kiln - good luck!


Batch Annealing Programme

Ramp 1    150c per hour
Temp 1    510c
Hold 1    60 mins
Ramp 2    80c per hour
Temp 2    370c
Hold 2    0 mins
All the rest set to 0000

[firedinglass]

Thanks everyone, I'm just off to try..... I've posted photos in the gallery of 2 of them just in case they don't make it!  I want to try and start selling onetsy as now we've moved, i'm not doing shows and the local gallery puts so much commission on anything it makes it too expensive.  Gotta pay for all the glassiness somehow!

[Margram]

Woops, I've just started putting a batch of unannealed beads in the bottom of my kiln and running the usual anneal as you go schedule - I've done two batches like this and they've been fine...none bigger than an inch though. Think I might put a slower ramp up next time

[Trudi]

Woops, I've just started putting a batch of unannealed beads in the bottom of my kiln and running the usual anneal as you go schedule - I've done two batches like this and they've been fine...none bigger than an inch though. Think I might put a slower ramp up next time

Marg - I've done beads that way and they've been fine!

[AnnaSpanna]

I frequently put unannealed beadies into a cold kiln and then switch it on for a normal garaging/annealing torching session and they are absolutely fine. I have slowed down my initial ramp to 745 instead of FULL and whilst it is getting up to temp (510) I just use the time to do my stringers and fart around with glassy admin. I have an SC2 too.

[Trudi]

I don't ramp at full either - I did try it once but it kept overshooting!

[Krysia@No98]

I found that I'd done this same thing a few weeks ago!  Fortunately I discovered my error before the kiln had dropped too much.

Look at it this way, you'd not do that again!  I know I won't