Pedro, I use Acetone every day as a chemist...of all the solvents you can use, it's pretty innocuous (your body actually synthesizes small amounts normally)...just use it in a well ventilated area. Likewise, isopropyl alcohol may help you with the stubborn coatings also and is safe to use in a well ventilated area. If you still have some tubes with paint that won't come off, we can then talk about the solvents that are less friendly....:-)
Best of luck! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2016, at 06:21, Petro Vodopyan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for your idea, Nick. I will try it this weekend. Previously i used > a tank with acetone and also soaked tubes in it for a couple of hours. 70-80% > of the coating became soft and was easily removed. But the remaining pieces > still required manual cleaning. And another issue that different > manufacturers/factories used different paint and it did not worked on some of > tubes - the pain was not even softened. Also acetone is very toxic so i'd > like to find a more "healthy" way to remove the coating. > Anyway i will try your idea. Thanks > > > > С уважением, > Петр Водопьян > +38 066 55 78 780 > > 2016-06-10 16:13 GMT+03:00 Nicholas Stock <[email protected]>: >> Petro, no need to use ultrasound. I've had success with just soaking the >> tubes in warm water with a little soap for 30 minutes and then using a knife >> to scrape it off....came off quite easily. The only stubborn part was the >> glass tip of the tube where I gently used a scalpel to peel it off. >> >> HTH, >> >> Nick >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 05:51, Petro Vodopyan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> Does anyone know is it possible to remove the red coating from a nixie >>> tubes (e.g. Z574) via ultrasonic bath without making any damage to the >>> tubes? I have a bunch of this tubes but major part of them have scratches >>> on red paint. So i decided to remove the paint and now i'm looking for the >>> easiest way to do it (instead of scratching each tube with knife). Before i >>> buy an ultrasonic bath i would like to know will this approach work or not. >>> Any help is appreciated. >>> Petro >>> -- >>> 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 email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c73e0b3e-d9ef-4c1a-a4de-bd8151af2c65%40googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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 email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1D68C14D-3700-450A-990D-7E5CF039D9A5%40gmail.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPmEu%3DZ%3DVc%3DTDuREOhUWGEafjc3zzLsCPVJUnrv3BGwgRByzfw%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/88260FE6-AA60-47C8-8FB6-940B52101886%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
