Light bulb paint.

[Ed]

Hi,

Was wondering if anybody had any ideas about how to paint a dual filament globe orange?

reason is I am using a dual filament globe as an indicator/reverse light and wish to have a clear lens rather than amber.

to overcome this i thought I could paint the bulb?

any ideas on a hi temp dye?

Cheers

Ed

[earlyholdenfan]

Check out the craft shops, or lighting retailers, there is a transparent paint that is used to paint light globes (to be sold at markets) and if it can withstand the 60 - 100 watt bulb temp it should be good for the lamps!
or why not replace them with LED amber globes from

http://www.led340.com/

or try this guy for orange bulbs with the correct fitting

http://www.classicandvintagebulbs.com/


Hope this helps a little
Matt

Wouldnt your reverse lights also be amber in that case?

[Ed]

Hey Matt,

that helps alot, i did a quick google on glass paint for bulbs as u suggested and it seems easy to get.. and cheap!

ive already replaced my stop lamps with LEDs, but im not sure if they come in orange to suit a dual filament.

hadnt thought to look in vintage bulbs, wasnt sure if dual filament orange globes are in much demand.

I can live with orange reverse lights more than amber lenses. :-)

the EH has orange reverse lamps and it is very bright.

thanks for your help

Cheers

Ed

[Jockster]

You can buy amber dual filament globes from any Repco store, they are conventional globes not leds and cost the same as an ordinary globe
Cheers
Jock

[blacky]

 You need to check that the little pins that hold the globe into the globeholder are right when trying to fit orange globes where clear ones used to live - I got caught with that on my EK , the orange globes have the pins offset a little , i.e. not 180 degrees apart when looking from the contact end.
Perhaps there is someone making them to retrofit the earlier models , I was using commodore globes and they wouldnt fit.

[Jockster]

Some of the globes have an odd offset for commodores etc, but the Repco ones have the standard offset pin common to most cars.
Cheers
Jock

[mcl1959]

I used the Commo offset globes and ground one pin off. Been in the car for over 2 years now without a problem
If they ever do fail I will get some Repco ones though.

Ken

[smithy]

hi ed, i used some light bulb paint for all my dash globes, my fiance uses it to paint glass arty things.
i painted the whole instrument lights including speedo and aftermarket gauges blue. gives off a realy nice glow and very cheap to do. and the blinker indicating lights are a purple (rusty one for you ) the only problem is they smoke for a couple of minutes when first turned on until the paint cures, all her artworks get baked in a oven to set the paint. before being sold
it can be bought from any good art store

dean

[Jockster]

Repco also sell coloured....condoms.... for dash bulbs, you just pull it over the globe, turn it on and allow it to heat and cure, they come in a variety of colours
Cheers
Jock

[Dr_Terry]

Hi Guys.

Getting back to the original post. Why do you need dual filament globes.

Doesn't your blinker switch allow you to run the blinker/reverse light from 1 filament like the factory set-up.

Also there are 2 types of dual filament globes. The normal 21/5w just like a standard stop/tail or front parker/blinker, also there is a 21/21W which is used in situations like yours where you need both the blinker & reverse to be bright. These are more difficult to find, but they're the ones you need, I think.

Dr Terry.

[Ed]

Hello,

thx for the replies... interesting!

ok I am running Dual filament globes simply beacuse a VB-VK indicator switch does not support standard indicators (not that I could work out anyway).

and it was easier to run dual filament globes for the reverse than to try nut out how they managed to use a single filament globe.

Hope this makes sense...

looks like 21/21 globes are the go then... I had wondered why my reverse lights were so dim....

Cheers

Ed