Heidi,
Malcolm was not claiming the product annealed the beads and he was making sure we were aware that the difference between japanese glass and 104 coe might make a difference to how happy we would be cooling our beads in this product. I think everyone who has posted on this thread uses vermiculite and fiber blankets for what the are good for, cooling the beads to prevent breakage and no one claimed to anneal them this way. With the electricity through the roof where I am it makes no damn sense to turn on a kiln to make a lot of experimental beads that will never see the light of day or to run the kiln everyday when you can batch anneal once a week.
For what it is worth,
Alison
p.s. Beadgal and yellowdog girl, this is exactly what I was hoping for, thanks for the info.
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