The factory color is a bit more orange so it lets more of the yellow out and is a bit brighter because of that but the spray-on paint does cover up the blue tinge from the mercury well. Especially with two coats, one kind of gets you there.
On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 8:47:19 AM UTC-6, Terry S wrote: > > 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/53cc57df-677c-4229-9248-bba8a3fd3814%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
