[Tigers] bulb dye

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

The easy solution is probably also the cheapest, in the movie business we
use gel material on frames placed in front of lights. It comes in hundreds
of colors, it can stand the heat of 10k lights.  Just cut out a round
circle and put it in the lens or wrap the lamp/bulb with it and call it a
day.  It can be bought in small sheets or in long rolls.  Try gels made by
Rosco or Lee.
On Jul 19, 2012 8:50 PM, "David Sosna" <sosnaenergyconsulting at cox.net>
wrote:

> 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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