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Old November 12th 06, 04:46 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
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I'm single & live in a small town. Buying green nail polish may not be a
good ideagrin.


I've been using nail polish to mark the polarity of toriod coils. The
problem is, other than red/pink, most of the colors aren't very opaque.
Even though blue and fluorescent green look starkly diferent in the bottle,
if you paint them on something dark they are pretty hard to tell from clear.
Having the brush in the bottle is terribly convenient, though. Why don't
they make model enamel with the brush in the cap? Or nail polish that looks
like model paint?

Oh yeah, and nail polish has an amazing range of price. I have a few
bottles of the cheap stuff I got years ago. Might be more opaque if I could
get my head around ten bucks for a half-ounce of paint.

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