Hi Nick, that could have been me. In Germany the glass-paint that I use to colour my nixies and VFD-tubes is called "Gluehlampen-Tauchlack", which roughly translates as "bulb-dipping lacqeur". I got mine from this Ebay-seller in 100ml quantities http://stores.ebay.de/Super-Ingo-85-Shop/Tauchlack-/_i.html?_fsub=17515555&_sid=81142742&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 I don't know if he ships overseas. The orange paint is perfect for nixies and other neon glow-lamps, the green and blue ones give beautiful results with VFD-tubes. Perhaps a search on your domestic sites with "bulb lacquer" or "glass paint" gives you the right products.
I simply pour the lacquer into a vessel where the tube just fits inside. That way I can fully dip even quite large nixies with the 100ml qunatity. Just dip the tube upside-down two or three-times into the lacquer, slowly pull it out again, let the excess paint drip off and let it dry overnight. The tube should be grease-free. I clean it with isopropyl-alcohol before dipping. With a little practice You get very even results. In case You make a mistake You can wipe off the paint from the tube with acetone. Kind regards Roger On Friday, January 17, 2014 3:53:46 AM UTC+1, Pramanicin wrote: > > I remember a long time ago someone was describing how to color the glass > envelope on a nixie tube...are there any instructions out there on how to > do this? > > Cheers, > > Nick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f529a056-0572-4de1-a619-1cb38ca02f99%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
