Actually, if you multiply it up, its a bit cheaper to buy it by the litre (GBP 22 from Flints vs. 4*6.58 = 26.32 from GLS), but 250ml is probably enough for at least 100+ tubes of any size (except CD47s!), so a litre would be a waste - Flints only sell by the litre, the reason I used Gold Leaf Supplies is that they sell in 250ml bottles so much cheaper in real terms...
I put it in a narrow pyrex lab beaker so you actually need very little volume of FEV to dip the average tube - maybe 100ml? Pour unused FEV back into the bottle and clean beaker with meths. I've done 10 tubes and probably used about 1 to 2 ml so far (I can barely see the drop in the bottle - as much is wasted on the walls of the beaker as is used on the tubes and the coating is very thin !). Nick On Oct 26, 10:13 am, Quixotic Nixotic <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26 Oct 2011, at 09:14, Nick wrote: > > > I therefore ordered 250ml of Mauve from > >http://www.goldleafsupplies.co.uk/acatalog/ > > V_French_Enamel_Varnish.html. > > > ...FEV is available in a very wide range of colours - it is expensive, > > but you don't need much. I had a whole bunch of rather rare VFDs with > > damaged coatings - now they are like new. > > Nick, > > I think it depends where you buy it. If you go to a theatrical place > it will be cheaper, or you will get much larger bottles for your bucks. > > http://www.flints.co.uk/acatalog/French_Enamel_Varnish.html > > John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
