Annealing........

[Willy]

That's way to hot
Gary

Lumpy,

So before today I annealed in a lighted room and removed the heat once the case changed to a blue color. It took about 7-10 seconds.

Then I read that you should turn off the lights and heat until the case just started getting red. I did that with some cases and it took about 10 seconds on average to see that change.

Squeezing the cases, and they are WW so they are kinda soft anyway, the later cases are definitely softer.

So on a straight walled case, how soft of a neck is too soft? The discoloration from heat only extends about a 1/2 to 3/4" from the end so the base of the case was not overheated. Will they work harden again or should I toss them?