Every job comes with its benefits. I wish I had more jobs ;) Nice to know you're into chemistry. Always nice to know which people are into what.
On Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 2:18:10 AM UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: > Excellent! > > I'm blessed with access to solvents as I'm a chemist by trade.... :) > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 5:16 PM Yohan Park <[email protected]> wrote: > >> IPA (which I was referring to as alcohol): nope >> Dichloromethane: I've got quite a bunch of chemicals lying around but >> unfortunately not that >> Paint thinner: Yes! I let it sit in a test tube with Naphtha for a while >> and everything rubs right off! >> Thanks. >> >> On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 1:20:51 AM UTC+1 Pramanicin wrote: >> >>> I'd try soaking them in either IPA (no, not the >>> beer...)...isopropylalcohol (unless you're referring to that when you say >>> alcohol above)....or, dichloromethane (if you can get hold of it), or paint >>> thinner (mineral spirits). Or hot soapy water may work. I used hot soapy >>> water on some old RFTZ568 tubes many many years ago to remove the red >>> lacquer on the tubes and it worked remarkably well.... >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:16 PM Yohan Park <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I've received a few boxes with TH4B tubes which I think look quite nice >>>> as coluns. >>>> However, since these are not meant to be used as neon tubes there's >>>> printing on them which I have to remove. >>>> I've tried putting the bulb in the usual suspects like alcohol (97%), >>>> Acetone and sticker remover GooGone and WD40) but all to no avail. >>>> There's a layer of lacquer protecting the printing which I can scratch >>>> off with my finger nail but this is quite tedious and I would like to be >>>> able to process many bulbs at one. >>>> Does anyone know how this can be easily removed? >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> [image: TH4B_1.jpg][image: TH4B_2.jpg][image: TH4B_3.jpg][image: >>>> TH4B_4.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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d8beacd7-676a-447b-abea-e618bcc14566n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d8beacd7-676a-447b-abea-e618bcc14566n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d0e24738-9833-4015-9d74-72c45cc01d21n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d0e24738-9833-4015-9d74-72c45cc01d21n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9e5fc42b-6a58-4946-a7af-c263e83edeban%40googlegroups.com.
