Sounds good. The Tesla tubes are the reverse of that. So my hope is that the water will only remove the red. I will find out soon enough and post the results.
Keith On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:15 PM, David Forbes <dfor...@dakotacom.net> wrote: > On 5/21/12 11:07 AM, heavyleaded wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> Wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to remove the red coating >> on the tubes? >> I purchased some Tesla ZM1082T's with back printing. I want to make sure >> to get the red coating off without destroying the back printing. >> These tubes were hard to track down and I don't want to ruin them. After >> all I think it would be cool to have my clock say Tesla on the back. :) >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/**msg/neonixie-l/-/vLjOmgXdkoQJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/vLjOmgXdkoQJ> >> . >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> neonixie-l+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> >> . >> > > The Philips tubes I have had the printing done *over* the red coating, so > you may not be able to achieve your goal. > > The red coating comes off by soaking in hot water. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB<http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
