houtex
Enlightened
Any problems that I may encounter adding glow paint around the emitter board of my Ray o vac 3c cree?
Adding glow paint to emitter
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greenLED
Flashaholic
None that I'm aware, unless you coat the LED's dome. :nana:
houtex
Enlightened
I was afraid there may be some concerns about heat.thanks.
Nereus
Enlightened
One of my experiments is closely related to this topic: I coated a Seoul P4 dome with glow powder with mixed results - see this thread.
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greenlight
Flashlight Enthusiast
I usually paint up on to the clear dome over the led. If you leave the front unpainted the LED is still bright, but the sides that now glow will appear brightest in your reflector/optic.
houtex
Enlightened
Thanks for the replies.It took so long,about 2 weeks for this light to arrive and it not yet being in stores I was afraid to mess it up when i just got it.I'm in love with it now.I know someone will figure out a way to make it better,shorter in size,longer life,brighter,custom accessories.Until that day comes this is my new favorite light.
greenLED
Flashaholic
You'll see no ill effects on the GID material, at least not at regular LED flashlight operating temps.
houtex
Enlightened
Well i added the glow to it.Carefully painting thin even coats all around the emitter.Then i waited about 2 hours for it to dry.I then re-installed the head and guess what,it lookks like crap.The base of the collimator lense rest on the board of the cree emitter.All my work was crushed and smeared.Pushed out to the side.:shakeheadI guess I could try again and this time not screw the head all the way down but the hot spot doesn't look as tight and defined when the lens is backed off.
greenLED
Flashaholic
I'm having trouble picturing what exactly went wrong here. That said, now that you know where *not* to put the paint, you can use a toothpick as you paint to keep the GID paint away from unwanted places.
I once added GID to an emitter slug, and the extra thickness of the paint messed up the Z-axis and the LED module wouldn't complete the circuit. Took a while to figure out what the hey was wrong.
I once added GID to an emitter slug, and the extra thickness of the paint messed up the Z-axis and the LED module wouldn't complete the circuit. Took a while to figure out what the hey was wrong.
