Three weeks ago I changed my annealing program. I now have one to reheat cold spacer beads and hold at 940; a second one to just go ahead and anneal spacer beads from cold and a third one which heats the kiln fast and holds at 940 for me to make lentils and other pressed beads, rugby, etc. Since doing so, I have not had one broken bead in the kiln or during cleaning. I am so thrilled. I will happily share the details for any beginners like me.
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