Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread John Rehwinkel
Wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to remove the red coating on the tubes? The usual way is to soak them in warm-hot water, the coating peels off nicely after a few minutes. I purchased some Tesla ZM1082T's with back printing. I want to make sure to get the red coating off

Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread David Forbes
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

Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread Keith Kirby
Thanks John, I appreciate the advise. Keith On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM, John Rehwinkel jreh...@mac.com wrote: Wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to remove the red coating on the tubes? The usual way is to soak them in warm-hot water, the coating peels off nicely after a

Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread Keith Kirby
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

RE: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread Tidak Ada
] On Behalf Of John Rehwinkel Sent: maandag 21 mei 2012 20:13 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes Wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to remove the red coating on the tubes? The usual way is to soak them in warm-hot water

Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread Keith Kirby
, so that wouldn't be the problem... eric -Original Message- From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Rehwinkel Sent: maandag 21 mei 2012 20:13 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie

RE: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes

2012-05-21 Thread Tidak Ada
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Removing red coating from nixie tubes Wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to remove the red coating on the tubes? The usual way is to soak them in warm-hot water, the coating peels off nicely after a few minutes. I purchased some Tesla ZM1082T's with back