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Originally Posted by yellowbird
how can something that is reduced re-strike ?
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The same way a striking glass strikes. If you get your reduced glass too hot again or expose it to an oxygenated flame, you will erase the reduction, aka restrike the glass.
You can let it cool and reduce it again if it isn't encased but you probably won't get as nice a reduction on the second go round.
It is the opposite of over-reducing the glass. Some glass tolerates a lot of reduction, some like the gentlest reduction and if you go past that, you will get a dull opaque cloudy result. You can erase/restrike the over-reduction. Take the bead back to transparent, cool and try gently reducing again.