[Milsurplus] Radium Paint

[Kees & Sandy]

What's also interesting is to take a reading of someone who has had some radioactive dye used for a medical proceedure. It will surprise you. Of course the radiation effects are accumulative and the half life of those medical radiations are measured in hours and "wear off" after a few days. 
Radium dial paint lasts a looooong time and on the "good" side, the particles are readily stopped by dial glass, etc. so you are OK  .....but not if you ingest it.
Kees

---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Kees & Sandy" <windy10605 at juno.com>
To: kargo_cult at msn.com
Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Radium Paint
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:03:25 GMT


Hope he/she and their kids didn't ingest any of it. I think it's a good idea that anyone collecting or handling old military gear get a low level "Geiger counter". The old radiation counters like the CD V700, with the test sample on the side, is great. The other "standard" CD counters are way too insensitive for our use. 
73 Kees K5BCQ

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Milsurplus] Radium Paint
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:31:53 -0700




I saw a TBY once that had the original paint removed and with it

all the original control markings. I stifled a gasp. I was sure glad

I wasn't there to witness the work. But, no one warns you.

-Hue Miller 
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