6 Band Resistors, which way should the bands be read

The folks at itll.colorado.edu have a resistor chart that includes how to read 6 Band Resistors. You should start with the thick band. You can always test with a Multimeter too!

The Gold or Silver band is always set to the right, then you read from left to right. Sometimes there will be no tolerance band -- Simply find the side that has a band closest to a lead and make that the first band." [1]. Also, usually you'll see one band off by itself, that is the tolerance band.