Coating on coloured light bulbs

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Topic: Coating on coloured light bulbs

Posted By: sufferrar
Subject: Coating on coloured light bulbs
Date Posted: February 03, 2003 at 9:42 AM

Hi there ,

I'm in the process of changing the lights in my instrument panels to blue colour.

it looks great but the problem is that my air condition carries a type of bulb that is hard to find . i used some super brite leds instead. but these leds are expensive and i cant keep using them . i tried to paint the bulbs blue with heat resistant paint but it heats up to much . i tried paint ,water colours, nail polish but they all heat up....

anyone know what the coating on these coloured bulbs are or hat i can use to get them blue ..?

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"I'm So Loud It Hertz"

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Posted By: kickyride
Date Posted: February 03, 2003 at 11:00 AM

Higher quality bulbs actually have a dye in the glass so it can't burn away. I'm not sure how much you are paying for blue LEDs but I can get them to you for $2.50 US ea. plus shipping. That may still be too expensive for you. Hope this helps.

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Mike
Sales/Tech Support - KICKYRIDEoCOM mobile electronics
MECP 1st class-Security Specialist

Posted By: sufferrar
Date Posted: February 03, 2003 at 11:09 AM

Actually i'm paying $2.50 each but i found that buying a scanner with 7 super brite blue leds is much cheaper( about $13.00). i usually just remove the leds and use them and keep the scanner circuit.

Is that there is a coating on the glass or is it that the glass is blue when made..?

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"I'm So Loud It Hertz"