I, for one, am enjoying watching the experimentation with the set. I put Pandora on a black bead and let it sit through 3 annealing cycles. I liked the second and third cycles best.  Angelique
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Originally Posted by flyingcorgi
Here's photos comparing the first kiln strike to the second. The first photo is a re-post from earlier:
First kiln strike (batch anneal) at 950F for 4 hours:
Second kiln strike at 950F for 2 hours:
My husband moved the photo setup so the second photo is not lit identically to the first -- sorry (reflections!  )! But I think you can see they compare readily enough (?). I pulled out 2 beads which did NOT undergo the second strike so you can see the difference. The second strike brought out more blues and made them more opaque (you can't see the white base color much anymore). The raked oval bead struck further but still not enough, IMO. I think I'll leave the spacers as they are, and keep running the oval bead in other annealing batches to see where it goes.
I hope this is helping, or is at least interesting!
Regards,
- Becky in MN |
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