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I got the idea from 'LEDobsession' turning a part from his ring blue with heat. I think I have seen one (maybe 2) flashlights done as well. I haven't checked but I'm thinking this is popular for knife collectors as well. So this is nothing new or ground breaking. I really should have studied up a bit on the best way to do it because I didn't quite get the result I was after. My first attempt was with a heat gun after I don't know how many minutes I came to the conclusion that it wasn't hot enough, so into the kitchen I went and cooked it on the stove. It took a little longer than I thought to heat up but once it started turning colour it changed fairly quickly. I've previously tried to disassemble the head before but was unsuccessful so I could do the whole light, just the battery tube. Given the head wasn't going to change colour I tried to make a slow blend of colour over the length of the tube with the darkest blue at the tail and the other end near same as the head. Well, it turned out I got a little more blue than I bargained for.
I also made my own style of lanyard with a clip and short piece of paracord. I walked around work all day with it hanging of my pants. It was very comfortable, it didn't get in the way, particularly when sitting or getting in/out of the car and I was starting to feel at ease that I wouldn't lose it because it didn't budge the whole day (of course, I took it off to show a workmate).
Anyway, pics of my half**ss'd attempt
I also made my own style of lanyard with a clip and short piece of paracord. I walked around work all day with it hanging of my pants. It was very comfortable, it didn't get in the way, particularly when sitting or getting in/out of the car and I was starting to feel at ease that I wouldn't lose it because it didn't budge the whole day (of course, I took it off to show a workmate).
Anyway, pics of my half**ss'd attempt
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