haha, jeez. Scott, I understand the whole idea behind heating elements yellowing units. I've been doing this for a long time. Likely as long as you.... mill well over a hundred units daily for the past 7 years. While I don't have the time or capacity to test everything scientifically, I have seen just about every issue you can think of and I usually work with the manufacturers to fix them. This one, however doesn't seem to be the same issue. The units looks "stained" and not the typical look of heating element issues. I didn't have time to play around with this as our ovens are always running so I simply returned them.
So, all things being equal, if the other beads we use... in the same oven... using the same cycle... in the same tray... with the same zirconia... DO NOT shade the units, then why would both of the two test batches with these beads come out shaded? It is the only thing different in the process. I would like to hear your theory, truly. There are a few types of beads on their website, maybe we got beads which aren't meant for sintering but rather grinding (if there is a difference)?
I'm not attacking your expertise, Scott. So please don't take it that way.
