Crikies...looking back to 2007 hurts my brain.
I'd have jellyfish focals get bid up to $200 on eBay back then. Now I'm scrapping for $29 and lucky if I don't have to relist them.
Lisi...relieving stress is the whole point of annealing. If the bead survives the thermal shock of ramping up for a batch anneal---it ends up just as annealed as any other bead. It starts out the cycle with more stress than a garaged bead--but it should end up 'relaxed', which is what annealing is intended to do.
The larger and more elaborate a bead is, the more sensitive it will be to the added stress of rapid cooling in a fiber blanker, and the ramp up for a batch annealing cycle. Those are where people suffer the losses---thermal shock. I don't batch anneal because I make mostly sculptural work, huge focals, or I work long enough hours each day to warrant running the kiln. However, I would not consider a batch annealed bead less annealed than a garaged one.
Just wanted to reply to your comment from before. Don't mean to turn this into an annealing debate--there are already plenty of those here at LE. LOL Any newbies just finding this thread and you want to know about batch annealing---you should do a search here and Google it. There is plenty of info out there so you can make a decision.
~~Mary
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