I wonder if red-coated nixies were an attempt to entice manufacturers from switching to 7-segment LEDs, which were mostly red at that time.
On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 4:28:16 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: > I did something similar with some B7971 tubes (and a lot of other smaller > ones). I used Vitrail Glass Paint, diluted with some mineral spirits > (Paint:Spirits 4:1) and dipped the tubes and dry inverted. Turned out very > well. Private message me and I can give you more details.... > > [image: Screen Shot 2021-07-26 at 4.25.16 PM.png] > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:12 PM Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I saw kainkalabs suggest glass paint >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021, 7:10 PM LB <liambart...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I picked up a ZIN-70 tube from Millclock a few weeks ago, and after >>> powering it up, I thought it would look nice with a red coating like that >>> on the Z568M. I assume the coating is some kind of lacquer, but I'm not >>> completely sure. Anyone know what it is and how it can be applied? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7d5aa84e-5870-4012-bd35-18f3b41d8525n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7d5aa84e-5870-4012-bd35-18f3b41d8525n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPDJQ6Bkz7qCaxT17kSpsbvPXouNjHeokLhBiYK0jG_MGWPhng%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPDJQ6Bkz7qCaxT17kSpsbvPXouNjHeokLhBiYK0jG_MGWPhng%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/fd04a9fb-c23c-4095-bc9f-faff7f93d63en%40googlegroups.com.
