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Old 2007-06-05, 2:28pm
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Originally Posted by scupltorgirl View Post

. The most stress accumulates in the glass as you are working it, and that is why flame annealing helps to release the stress a lot -- but attempting to release residual stress is why kiln annealing afterwards is basically an accepted necessity among beadmakers.
Unfortunately there is no such thing as "flame annealing"..... Only things one can do is heat object in flame so it has a uniform temperature then either garage it into a kiln at proper holding temperature then finish annealing cycle, or slow cool it in vermiculite or fiber blanket and batch anneal later..

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