crappy rep yellow lume - can it be lightened?

[hackR]

Wondering if anyone has experience in "lightening" the yellow rep lume used on various Rollie reps?...can it be slightly bleached (or something) so that it's more creme or off-white?...

thinking if the yellow rep lume can be lightend to an off-white color - you could then vintage the off-white using the usual coffee/iodine/other methods...not concerned about the lume losing any luminosity in the process...

any thoughts or experience?...

thanks...R

[aeromatic]

_{Best bet would be a relume i believe that there are a few members that do this service i always try to darken the yellow markers just posted it today titled (not another dial ageing experiment) ! good luck !}

Edited October 16, 2012 by aeromatic

[Nanuq]

If it was up to me, I'd try a drop of hydrogen peroxide from a toothpick onto a lume marker. Let it soak and see what happens.

[hackR]

my experience has been that it's tough to not effect the writing/printing when using laquers or heat on dials to make them darker...i was actually thinking to do what nanuq recommended - perhaps starting with diluted bleach and/or hydrogen peroxide...start with it dulted and then increase strength if no difference...

just wondering if someone has done this or something else...i don't have a couple of spare dials to experiment - but may do so...