Sounds like a good paint for repainting neon sign tubes as well.... what other colors did you find?
Terry On Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 8:43:56 AM UTC-5, Kyle Jones wrote: > > I'm new here, but thought I would share something I found a few weeks ago. > > I noticed when people ask about painting nixies red there is a lot of talk > about dipping them and such but I found a spray that is working wonders. > It's VHT Niteshades and meant for use painting tail lights. There is a > black one that all the annoying people that cover their tail lights with > black paint use but there is also a red one. The can sprays a nice vertical > line of paint so its easy to cover where you want. It must have a chemical > in it to make it cling evenly to surfaces because even spraying a side of a > round tube, turning it, and repeating until it was all covered the coating > was immaculate. > > It's a tough material and doesn't scratch off easily at all. When you > spray it the liquid goes a bit hazy for a couple of minutes and then clears > right up. > > Attached are photos of IN-12s(my sucker group, can't stand the upside-down > 2 for a 5) with no paint, 1 coat, and 2 coats and a 6CB6 with two coats I > painted next to a Z574M factory paint tube. > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sgq0elGjXD0/VieVUgZQcnI/AAAAAAAAAOU/jVEaIz2DwUM/s1600/WP_20151020_002.jpg> > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9Kh_V7Y2WAY/VieVGNbblII/AAAAAAAAAOM/TdzBpeCSh9k/s1600/WP_20151006_014.jpg> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/dc1d6107-7e30-4c24-bd05-624d4e8a6912%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
