[Hallicrafters] Re Coloring Dial Bulbs

[Peter Markavage]

I use to go to the craft shops, you find them in all the strip malls
under a host of names, and get those small bottles of paint that they
sell for glass painting. Very abundant supply during the Xmas season. I
don't remember the cost but it was relatively cheap. Lasted for many many
years before the paint in the bottle got too hard to manage. When I was
doing service work for Lafayette, the paint on the lamps used in their
receivers use to chip off after a few years so I use to repaint them with
the stuff from the craft shops.

Pete, WA2CWA

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:00:52 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
<dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> 
>         
> For those of you who have the need to color a lamp in your 
> Hallicrafters, or any
> other electronic item, here is some information that should prove 
> very useful.
> It is courtesy of Ed Benjamin, one of the list subscribers, who 
> rarely posts
> publically.                 
>         
> Hello, Duane.
> 
> Your friend may find it even easier to locate than I did.  I
> heard about it some time back on the good old Hallicrafter's
> List, and found it at Ryder's Hobby Shop.  I doubt if Ryder's
> have got all the way to California yet, but the paint
> actually comes from Japan, by way of California.
> 
> The product is "Tamiya Color Acrylic Paint".  The hobby shop
> has it in a 10ml size (which will color a lot of bulbs!) for
> $2.  Now, just don't try to convert that to dollars per pint,
> or none of us could afford it!
> 
> Luckily for your friend, it is distributed in the USA by
> Tamiya America, Inc., 2 Orion, Aliso Viejo, California 92656.
> Their phone number is 949 362-2240.
> 
> I really like the way it works.  It's clear as a bell, and
> one dip leaves the bulb fully coated with brilliant color.
> 
> Ed Benjamin

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