[Tigers] bulb dye

[David Sosna]

Michael:
Interesting--Rosco was the first place I stumbled on when I was looking, 
but the actual glass dyes were sold by (what looks to be) the quart, and 
I kind of figured that given the size of the project I wouldn't suggest 
that. :-)
I didn't notice the section on gels until I went back to the site just 
now, but it wouldn't have mattered if I'd seen it earlier--I was focused 
on glass dyes.
Thanks for the information about the gels.  Learned something new today.

Best Regards
David

On 07/19/2012 06:02 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
>
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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