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shortwave uv light
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:21 pm
by Ann Demko
Are the lamps that people use for detecting repairs in antiques the same short wave uv lights needed for detecting the tin side? I thought I had read it in the archives but couldn't find it. Thanks Ann
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:45 pm
by Ron Coleman
The lamp you want is the shortwave uv lamp that outputs light in the 254 nm wave length. This lamp is available in a small fluorescent tube style. The lamps will be clear not violet. The violet colored lamps are long wave and sold mostly as "black lights", they won't work.
The clear lamps are also sold as germicidal lamps.
Ron
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 1:16 pm
by rosanna gusler
http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wanche ... +right.jpg here is a pic (i hope) of a uv light at work. rosanna. edmond scientific is where i got it
