I have personally used lacquer thinner, and a common cleaning material sold in most U.S. hardware stores called Goof Off which is especially good at removing dried tape and label residue, magic marker, some paints, etc. I use both outdoors, with nitrile gloves. Testing of the surface to be cleaned in an inconspicuous spot is highly recommended, especially with the lacquer thinner, and the acetone. Ira.

On 6/11/2016 7:14 AM, Nicholas Stock wrote:
Hi Eric, not familiar with working with cellulose nitrate (not common in drug discovery...:-). We tend to use MTBE in place of diethyl ether if possible..that might be a good solvent to try, but I'm not sure it's as readily available to Joe Public as Acetone or IPA. Petroleum Ether (Mineral Spirits or White Spirit as my Dad would call it...) is still used in lacquers, paints etc, so could also be worth a try....again, bit more hazardous to health over the long term...

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On Jun 10, 2016, at 23:43, Tidak Ada <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hi Nicholas,

Am I right the material of the red coating is on base of collodion (cellulose nitrate) ? So the best solvent should be diethyl ether.? Highly flammable and known as anesthetic!

Eric

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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!

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On Jun 10, 2016, at 06:21, Petro Vodopyan <[email protected] <mailto:[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

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    2016-06-10 16:13 GMT+03:00 Nicholas Stock <[email protected]
    <mailto:[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

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    On Jun 10, 2016, at 05:51, Petro Vodopyan
    <[email protected] <mailto:[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

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