From: Jeff (jcerniglia@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Thu May 05 2005 - 05:32:13 PDT
I also have in my personal collection many aircraft
checklists and placards that were painted with the
radium paint, very cool stuff. It reacts very well to
red light, almost seems to be 3D when seen in red
light.
Regards,
Jeff
--- Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Put a "Russian tank clock" in my deuce some time ago
> (ebay). Looks real
> nice, but maybe I better get a Geiger counter now...
>
> Bjorn
> MVPA
> Meadows of Dan, Virginia
>
>
> >From: "JAMES MAYER" <jmc@nacs.net>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: [MV] lumen paint
> >Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:27:08 -0400
> >
> >It odd you folk's mention the Radiant Paint. Mr.
> Seth Thomas IV Whom was a
> >Personal friend of mine often spoke of his great
> grand fathers clock
> >factory
> >in Mass a chew it's and claimed the "clock face
> painters", which were
> >mostly
> >ladies-would LICK the brushes and roll the paint
> onto their tongue. They
> >also painted other device faces such as Speedo's
> and pressure gauges for
> >other manufactures.
> >This action caused the brush to become "pointed" so
> that the numbers could
> >be painted easier. The Ladies apparently had
> several miscarriages and
> >plenty
> >of birth defects were present within the community.
> Imagine That- the EPA
> >would have a field day with them today not to
> mention the Nuclear
> >Regulatory
> >Commission!!! The orginal clock company was riddled
> with "claims" and
> >closed
> >up shop. Mr. Thomas restored several "family
> heirlooms" during the 80 and
> >ended up with cancer himself.
> >
> >
> >
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