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Re: Mercury Pink

Posted By: Winslow
Date: Tuesday, 28 August 2007, at 6:42 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Mercury Pink (Gavin)

> Having succumbed to the dreaded "quick
> silver" in the past ive got alarm bells
> ringing here!!!
> But seriously, pinks and purple/mauves can
> be tricky to determine the manufacturer of.
> It pays to have a sample tube of each lying
> around, pumped and unpumped. I recently
> replaced a tube that under the UV lamp was a
> dead ringer for Neon Prod 1505 pink. Once
> pumped and in place it was clear that it
> wasnt that at all.
> Technolux do have a lovely strong pink, the
> name of which eludes me at the moment, but
> their Rose pink is weaker than the EGL
> Coral. If your in good favour with your
> suppliers, theyll quite readily bring a
> sample to you to compare. Good luck!

I ended up going to Voltarcs Website. Found a cross reference chart. With Voltarc, Egl, Tecno, and some others I cant remember. Basicly had two Pinks across the board. I had the corel so I went with other which is Flamingo in EGL. I was able to find a sample stick. With the UV it didnt match
I pumped it and it is a shade closer. I wonder if you put a broken mercury tube under the UV does the mercury effect its color? And also How Acuarate do you think the cross reference charts are?

Thanks Winslow

Messages In This Thread

• Mercury Pink -- Winslow -- Monday, 27 August 2007, at 1:48 p.m.
  • Re: Mercury Pink -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Monday, 27 August 2007, at 2:43 p.m.
    • Re: Mercury Pink -- Sean S -- Monday, 27 August 2007, at 6:53 p.m.
      • Re: Mercury Pink -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Tuesday, 28 August 2007, at 12:23 a.m.
        • Re: Mercury Pink -- Gavin -- Tuesday, 28 August 2007, at 7:26 a.m.
          • Re: Mercury Pink -- Winslow -- Tuesday, 28 August 2007, at 6:42 p.m.
            • Re: Mercury Pink -- SVP Neon Equipment -- Wednesday, 29 August 2007, at 4:45 p.m.
              • Re: Mercury Pink -- Chris S. -- Sunday, 2 September 2007, at 4:51 p.m.

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