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Originally Posted by LarryC
Thats just simply not true. It is possible to batch anneal and end up with a fully de stressed bead. Its true that by NOT annealing up front, you will generally end up with a bead that is quite stressy initially but assuming you anneal for long enough to reduce that stress to an acceptable level, it can be equivalent to something annealed right after its made before it cools. A stressy object will take longer to properly anneal though. How long? You will have to experiment and test to determine that.
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Annealing does not heal cracks. And the chances of thermal cracks are much higher in un-annealed beads than annealed. Small beads, you can get away with. Blown hollows, you can get away with. Medium-large opaque beads should not be batch annealed. It's possible Big Foot exists. Doesn't mean it's a good idea to go look for him.
Artsyuno, makes sense. I do that too. *shakes head* I'm not sure why I thought batch annealing would be different in this case.