Re: [neonixie-l] Is there a cheaper alternative to the IN-18 at that size?

[Nicholas Stock]

Yep, I've done it for a number of different tubes. Leave it soaking in warm soapy water for a day. The coating will bubble and separate from the glass. Carefully scrape the remainder off with a scalpel or similar. Some tubes are more stubborn than others. You can recoat them with a glass lacquer paint if you're looking for a fresh filtered look, works very well.  Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2023, at 02:11, Zachary Laurin <zacharylaurin2...@gmail.com> wrote:  Do you know if it's possible to remove the red coating from the Z566? On Mon, Mar 27, 2023, 9:23 p.m. Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Zachary, IN-18 equivalents that come to mind are Z566, Z5660, ZM1040/1042, LC631. With regards to price, they're all about the same these days, but I have noted that IN-18's have gone up a lot... the Z566 type are nicer tubes IMHO. I've seen them for about $50 each occasionally, but that's a used price these days...some NOS ones for about $60 each. If you can find them, National had NL807/821 type nixies that are larger than IN-14 but smaller then IN-18. Lovely tubes, but a bit on the rare side. Still priced cheaper than IN18's though, the last time I saw them listed.  Cheers, Nick On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM Zachary <zacharylaurin2...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, I was wondering if there was any Nixie tube (American or Russian) that was similar in size (Anything bigger than the IN-14 basically) to the IN-18 but that can be found for cheaper on Ebay. Thanks in advance -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/291f6d71-1289-42b6-a3ac-03a401d6a35en%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/HoUjLF2NAIA/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRHJGO%3DZPLAOWKaCRhGz-oyaoiGAK%3DzQXgQgyqsFSk4MJMw%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAGaumOnDDEOtreZWoQ4tAt0DvULTwwVxyKsptrRVd5rg6urvZw%40mail.gmail.com. -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0666AD87-8F13-41AB-8BD2-B8863F07F5A4%40gmail.com.