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Re: More information about carrying a sextant with radium
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2013 Mar 17, 12:05 -0700
From: Bill Morris
Date: 2013 Mar 17, 12:05 -0700
Those who follow the thread in 2010 will come to my account of how to replace the radium paint with photoluminescent paint. In it I suggest scraping it off the radium paint. Though I was very careful not to swallow or inhale any,I now dissolve it into acetone, to reduce the risk of doing so.
Bill Morris
Pukenui
New Zealand
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