Hello again — cool, thanks! And a very good tip about ensuring the lamps fit in whatever rig I setup, that’s a good consideration for sure.
Multitasking got the better of me as I was replying… the ones I was eyeing are 60W (not 50W, sorry) but should work. And yep, I’m in Michigan where it’s currently a balmy 37 degrees so perhaps every watt counts! ;-) Cheers and again, thanks, SB -- Greetings from Steve Baker “Gravity brings me down…” > On Jan 4, 2021, at 12:07 PM, Scott McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Those are not the exact models that I bought. > > I just went back through my Amazon order history and what I bought was > actually two 10W lamps. There was no concern about power. I just bought > whatever was the cheapest. 50W is fine and would likely work much faster. I > do my retrobrighting in the garage which gets well over 120 degrees in the > summer here in Florida. These lamps are not going to reach those temps, so I > wouldn’t worry about it. > > So, in short, go with the 50W if you can afford it. I wasn’t sure the UV LEDs > would even work so I didn’t want to invest much in the experiment. I should > probably upgrade mine as well. > > If you are going to use an inverted milk crate (plastic ones I bought at > Walmart for a couple bucks) the only consideration really is the size of the > lamps. I have mine just hanging from the top, but it would probably be better > to mount them in the corners to get some light on the sides. > > When I have done parts that were a bit bigger or too deep, I prop the > milkcrate up on 2x4s. > > I will take a picture later if the description sounds confusing. I really > need to revisit it, honestly and find something a little bigger than a milk > crate. > > Scott M. > > From: Steve Baker <mailto:stevebake...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 11:57 AM > To: m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com> > Subject: Re: [M100] Retrobrighting. To do or not to do? > > Greetings Scott — thanks for sharing, this is really helpful! > > Just curious about the 30W choice for the UV setup; I see they offer a 50W > pair for $10 more and was wondering if the extra power would be too much? > Perhaps there’s a risk of overheating and that’s why 30W is recommended? > > (Put another way, I’m looking to setup a rig like this in the next month or > so and wondered if 50W would damage the cases… just thought I’d check with > you to see if 30W was the correct way to go or if 50W would be fine too, etc.) > > Again, thanks! > SB > > > -- > Greetings from Steve Baker > “Gravity brings me down…” > > > > > On Jan 4, 2021, at 11:32 AM, Scott McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net > <mailto:mcdonnell.j...@comcast.net>> wrote: > > My UV set up is something like these: > https://www.amazon.com/Onforu-Waterproof-Blacklight-Lighting-Fluorescent/dp/B07GGV5B7R > > <https://www.amazon.com/Onforu-Waterproof-Blacklight-Lighting-Fluorescent/dp/B07GGV5B7R> > > Two of those zip=tied to the bottom of an inverted milk crate. I place my > part to retrobright on a piece of wood and then set this lamp assembly over > it. The UV light is not very powerful, so it usually takes days to work. But > I have been using it for various projects for over a year now. > > Scott M. > > From: Jeffrey Birt <mailto:bir...@soigeneris.com> > Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 8:44 AM > To: m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com> > Subject: Re: [M100] Retrobrighting. To do or not to do? > > Both heat and UV add energy which will speed up a chemical reaction. The UV > could have other effects as well. IMHO, heat is probably the easiest to > control even if it might take longer. > > Jeff Birt > > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com > <mailto:m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com>> On Behalf Of Scott McDonnell > Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 8:34 PM > To: m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com> > Subject: Re: [M100] Retrobrighting. To do or not to do? > > Yeah, the saran wrap has helped a lot. It keeps it from getting dry. > > I think heat has a much bigger part in the process than UV light. I will > sometimes go out periodically and use a hair dryer to help speed up the > process. > > If you think about it, the developer is used on hair and they use heat, not > UV to make the bleach process happen.
