[pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint
- From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:44:45 -0400
Hmmm??Thanks for all the help. I don't know. The rubbery consistency does
resemble dried latex paint, and I distinctly remember that the stuff had no
odor when I used it when new. I guess I'll buy some new label material or
paint unless anyone would want to venture forth an idea for getting latex
back into a thick liquid. Thanks.
On 4/27/09 7:37 PM, "Ray Rogers" <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> True. But since that time newer, more powerful materials have been created
> based on europium etc... they are both more brilliant and longerlasting...
> however, I can pretty much say with some certanity that you would be better
> off buying the seals (stickers) as they have been professionally and thinly
> coated and results are, everything considered, superior to the paint it
> yourself versions; the newer material is more expensive; thin coatings are
> more economical for the same glow.
>
> Not all of the seals are made with the newer material, but even so, the
> stickers are the way to go.
>
> Ray
>
> --- On Mon, 4/27/09, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint
>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 10:55 PM
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: joe mcguckin
>> To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:21 PM
>> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: phosphorescent paint
>>
>>
>> I have a bottle of glow paint - I'm pretty sure it's a
>> latex based paint.
>>
>>
>> It's probably cheaper to buy a new bottle of paint than to
>> revive your dried out bottle.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe McGuckin
>> ViaNet Communications
>>
>> Probably true. I bought some when I first set
>> up my darkroom here for use on light switches, etc. Its
>> still there and still works about as well as it ever did.
>> Note that this stuff glows when exposed to
>> light but the glow dies down pretty quickly because there is
>> nothing in it to excite the fluorescence. The "illuminated"
>> clock and watch dials of many decades ago continued to glow
>> in the dark because they contained a small amount of
>> radio-active material. That turned out to be hazardous so it
>> was discontinued quite some time ago.
>>
>> --
>> Richard Knoppow
>> Los Angeles, CA, USA
>> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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