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2006-07-09, 3:13am
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Best way to anneal question.....
Ok, this may be one of those "dumb" questions but I need to ask. Since boro has to be annealed at such high temps, what do you do about your off mandrel work ? Put it on a fiber blanket ? Lay it on the floor of the kiln ? What ? Inquiring minds want to know. I don't assume anything anymore - it's gets me into to too much trouble ! lol !
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2006-07-09, 3:44am
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Hiya Debbie! Wouldn't want you to get into any trouble...I "toss" my off-mandrel work right into the kiln - the floor is covered with a layer of vermiculite. Some artists decide to use a crock-pot or fibre blanket, and then batch anneal. Both ways work. Have fun!
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2006-07-09, 4:02am
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Ah, multiple choice !!! Very good to know ! Thanks very much Val !  I appreciate the help !
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2006-07-09, 9:36am
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I just put it on the floor of my kiln -- no fiber or vermiculite. Just make sure that the piece is not still soft when you do.
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2006-07-09, 10:15am
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I put a fiber blanket on the floor of my kiln, but that is just there to keep marbles from rolling around. Before I worried about marbles I always placed everything regardless of whether it was soft or hard glass on the kiln floor.
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2006-07-09, 10:29am
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Annealing
I uses mostly soft glass and 12" mandrels and work in the middle of the mandrels.
I have a split door in my kiln and keep one side with a perforated metal sheet standing up into which I place the end of the mandrels for the first beads I make and the mandrel sticks part way out the door as I Like to grab the end and move them over to the other side where I keep a blanket on the floor to lay them when I fill up the first side.
The doors have insulated blankets that form around the mandrels that stick out so there is no heat loss problem. I do have brick inserts if I want to close the kiln doors, say for fusing. I have been told you can anneal boro and soft glass together if you use a temperature just under the melting point of the soft glass. Peg M
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2006-07-09, 11:59am
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Thanks to all you ! I do appreciate it. I'm gonna batch anneal as I'm not making much right now. Just a few pieces here and there. Learning the colors and what they do. lol !
Thanks again !
Debbie A.
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