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Old 2012-04-22, 5:32am
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I am now lampworking full time - hobby turned to business. I cool my beads in a fibre blanket. Sometimes 3 days later I put the beads from the blanket into the cold kiln, heat to 200F and add beads which are warm not just made. I prefer to fill the kiln to capacity to save on electricity. A couple of times transparent beads just made and not cooled sufficiently in the blanket have cracked. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me at what temperature one would make and add beads directly into the kiln. Obviously the programme would have to be adjusted to hold this temperature. Currently my Paragon programme 1 holds at 200F. Would this not be too cold for a hot bead just out of the flame?
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