[Tigers] bulb dye

[David Sosna]

Hi Jim!
I remember bulb dye also.  Probably at least 40 years ago, as a teenager.
Some sort of Popular Mechanics How-to-make-your-own-electronic-chess game.
Or maybe it was checkers.
Anyway, it involved red and green bulbs, which I dyed using something in 
little bottles.
The project never worked, and I found out that soldered electrical 
connections happened to other people.
But I do remember painting this translucent red and green dye on the bulbs.
Did some searching on the web--you might want to try this:
*http://tinyurl.com/6nnfh49*
Not water-friendly, but perhaps you could seal the generator light 
afterward.

Or maybe this:
*http://tinyurl.com/88y2pj2

*Maybe try a search under 'glass stain'.

Or check with your local hobby shops for glass dye or glass stain.

Best Regards
David Sosna



On 07/19/2012 02:58 PM, Rollright at aol.com wrote:
> Hello,
>   
> Most of my career I've worked for consumer electronics companies. Back in
> the 1970's, working for a company in Cambridge. MA called Advent, we used a
> substance labeled "Bulb Dye". It canpackaged in small bottles inside a
> transparent blister mounted to a cardboard backng. We used it as a sealer for
> tweeters; an outside coat on the working diaphragm. Red for Large Advents
> and  Green for early Smaller Advents. (some really useless trivia)
>   
> Someone just wrote in about vinyl dye and it jarred my memory. I've been
> wanting to ask anyone if they've seen this stuff on sale anywhere.
>   
> Reason?  The red generator light gets faded and this would be just the
> ticket to restore it. Yes, I know you can turn them around and I've got a good
> one now, but I'd like to play around and see if this works on the ones that
> are  too far gone other-wise.
>
> Jim  Armstrong
> Mk 1A
> 382002083
> LRXFE
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