Harry, it all depends on the epoxy
😉 Like I said Norland Optical Ahesive works well at the 365nm wavelength. "
within the range of 320-380 nanometers with peak sensitivity around 365nm" from their website, so I guess it varies on chemestry of the epoxy. +1 to safety, 365nm, while definitely down into the UV range is still UVA, and could certainly be a lot worse. And I think you might be mistaking 365 for 185nM or so which produces ozone. My blacklight definitely doesnt produce ozone, my xenon short arc lamp at work definitely does 😀
I think I found a french (?)
datasheet for your adhesive Ken, and looking at a rough translation, it looks like you should be fine with anything from 275 upto 425, with 365 being ideal. Pretty much any commercial blacklight should work for you, even if they are a bit slow due to low output.
I used
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 in a cheap floor standing accent fixutre. but if youre doing fishing rods, I think something like
http://www.buylighting.com/F32T8BLB-Black-Light-Blue-Fluorescent-p/d26136a.htm (a 4' long T8 black light bulb) would work for you. If you get a fixture that takes 2 T8 bulbs you could just lay the rod right between them for in the shop. Or even get 2 of the fixtures and drop one on top the other as a lid, for 4 bulbs all around the fishing rod etc...
As far as portable... I'd think something like a handheld spotlight sort of lantern with one of the 400nm LZC LEDs putting out 5W of UV, hopefully the longer wavelength is offest by the much higher power, and less absorbtion by other stuff. Then add reflector/cover to put over the rod and reflect the light to the back side would be workable. Pricy but workable. A taskled hyperboost would be a suitable driver. You could probably keep the whole portable assembly under $400, which is definitely cheaper then a lot of UV curing systems.
+1 to safety again, a 40W LED is going to be eye damaging regardless of wavelength, its just hard to see this one, I'd suggest some glow in the dark paint or fluorscent paint so it it lights up when its on for a safety aspect.
