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Mike,
I'm not sure of the name, but i have seen it at stores like Home Depot.
It's in the lighting department. You can always call before you go.
If yours has not been misplaced or removed, there should be a tube around
the bulb in your game. There was in my South Park, Kelly Packard Golden Cue
and in my Simpson's. You can always use that.
I'll send the photos directly to you. No place to post them to, yet. The
didn't come out great. South Park is still a bit brighter than a game lit
with bulbs, but it's not so annoyingly bright like it comes from the
factory, and the light is more even. Still very 'flourescent" colored,
though. Maybe you will do better! Try a coat or two of yellow.
Don
"Mike & Tiff" <mtlew@(no spam)charter.net> wrote in message
news:EbLRe.4009$UQ1.1263@fe03.lga...
> Don,
> Thank you that was the post I wanted to see
Not sure what shatter
> guard tubing for fluorescent tubes is but hopefully Home Depot has it.
> Any
> chance you could take a picture of it in your game? thanks -Mike
> "Don Caldwell" <djcaldwell@ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:_sJRe.2690$la.39@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I posted this technique that I used a while ago- I could not find it
> myself
>> by googling. It's cheap, easy and safe.
>>
>> Buy a length of the shatter guard tubing for fluorescent tubes- they sell
> it
>> at home centers in 8 foot lengths.
>> Cut it to fit the length of your lamp.
>> Now get a can of white spray paint. Plain old Krylon gloss white works
>> fine.
>> Put the tube down on some newspaper and use a couple of small pieces on
> the
>> inside at the ends to keep it from rolling around on the newspaper.
>> Shake the can and spray from about 16-20 inches DIRECTLY ABOVE the tube,
>> pointing straight down, sweeping from end to end ONLY.
>> The idea is to have full coverage on one side of the tube, no coverage on
>> the side down on the newspaper and coverage on the sides that tapers in
>> density.
>>
>> Now let it dry and try it out. Put it in with the painted side facing
>> out
>> towards the translite. You need to use a pretty thick coating, so you
> may
>> need to go back a few times and put on more coats of paint.
>>
>> What it does is reduce the amount of light that comes straight at you,
>> allows light to go out the back, top and bottom of the tube, and diffuses
> it
>> all.
>>
>> A good way to compare the light output of your Stern games and your other
>> games is to take a digital photo of the lit-up games in a dark room. The
>> differences stand out. Before my Stern games looked like a bright stripe
>> across the backbox- now they are fairly evenly lit and the same
>> brightness
>> as the others.
>>
>> An ivory colored paint, or even a mist coat of yellow could mimic the
> light
>> from incandescent bulbs.
>>
>> I'm sure others will give you other ideas, or maybe improve on my idea.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike & Tiff" <mtlew@(no spam)charter.net> wrote in message
>> news:vcJRe.2539$3R1.1568@fe06.lga...
>> >I am hoping to find the person that posted this or someone that is
>> >better
>> >at
>> > googling then myself to help. Someone had posted about modifying their
>> > backbox fluorescent lighting in a Stern to cut down on glare. They
>> > made
>> > some kind of shield to cut down on the glare. I tried googling it but
>> > didn't find the post I was looking for. I did find these posts below
> but
>> > not what I am looking to get involved with yet, Maybe someday though.
>> > Anybody have a extra Williams head lightboard? Thanks for any
> help. -Mike
>> >
>> >
>
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.pinball/browse_frm/thread/deaf7fe8e29f1cde/ce9198926d8370a7?q=fluorescent+stern&rnum=3&hl=en#ce9198926d8370a7
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.pinball/browse_frm/thread/e56f6b7ae0e84f3/cd42743dda065969?q=fluorescent+stern&rnum=4&hl=en#cd42743dda065969
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