Thanks Cracker

[Finepics]

Just a quick thanks to one of our members - Cracker, who very kindly ordered some of the Lume from United Nuclear (I love that name!!) and sent it to me free of charge - how about that!! Thanks a lot.

This stuff is not sold outside the US (which is why Cracker got it for me) and I have to say that whilst it is not as good as super lume the colour is almost C3 and the glow is very very good. It would certainly be a cheap substitute for less discerning members who maybe want to have a go, or those with cheaper type reps that cannot justify the cost of a proper re-lume. It would need mixing with a varnish to use it but ids so cheap you can experiment to you hearts content.

Personally I will stick with SL as it is the gen stuff, but then I can be very anal at times!!

[amptor]

Aren't you suppose to use some sort of shielding in the watches when you use this stuff? I mean such as, I heard rlx used lead in their crystal and possibly lead in the case as well to shield the radiation. I'm not sure though. But I know none of the new replica watches would have any lead in them.

[Finepics]

Only sunglasses, same as when you look at SL!! It's non toxic and even though the company has a glamourous name don't be fooled!! The interesting thing is that it is rare earth Europium based which I think is the same active component as regular Luminova. Super Luminova has an extra ingredient I think - correct me please.

[Watchmeister]

I have banked a couple of rare earth companies over the years and always wondered what the hell it was. No joke. Every time the technical consultant starts to explain it to me my eyes glaze over and all I can ask is "how stable is the cash flow?" The end products do command a pretty penny though. Nothing to do with this column but I never see "Rare Earths" in print anywhere. What a great forum.