[SML] Plastic for practicals

[Jon Ares]

I've bought gobs of "Edison"esque decorative clear LEDs, Amazon and eBay -
and about 50% have had plastic globes. No way to really tell from the
descriptions, so maybe the price may be the clue...

 - Jon

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:39 AM Joe via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the ideas Mr. Durand.  But, in regard to a coating, had done
> some shrink-wrap on a lantern I made, though it wrinkled a lot.  I looked,
> but didn't find a good coating to paint on. I am guessing if I could get a
> less viscous version of silicone, that would be one option.
>
> I considered  taking off the glass, as you suggested. And perhaps get one
> of those battery-operated toy gag bulbs, to get the bulb part.  However, I
> know that OLEDs are very sensitive to moisture in the air. And I don't know
> the kind of LEDs used in the ones that have the visible "filaments". So,
> they may deliberately be choosing glass, and fill it with something that is
> OK for an OLED.
>
> But, regardless of the above, Bruce Cooper's recommendation of the
> "shatterproof" ones is perfect. And they seem to have many styles of
> shatterproof.
>
> <https://www.paperlanternstore.com/products/led-filament-plastic-led-light-bulb-s14-shatterproof
> >
>
> Now that I know shatterproof is my key word, I can find them many places.
> Home Depot has some.
>
>
> -Joe
>
>
> On Monday, February 15, 2021, 12:02:29 PM EST, Jerry Durand via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>
> Could just dip glass lights in anti-shatter plastic coating.
>
> Or remove the glass from an LED light and replace with a plastic bubble.
> I assume it doesn't have to be perfect unless it's really close to the
> audience.
>
> On 2/14/21 8:56 PM, Joe via Stagecraft wrote:
>
> I am trying to avoid glass on stage, as much as possible. And in Diary of
> Anne Frank, we want to have some practicals on stage.  I've chosen a table
> lamp that is metal, and even made a ceiling light fixture that is from a
> plastic cut-glass type of bowl, but the light bulb is now the issue.  In
> both fixtures, the bulb itself is somewhat visible.
>
> I have seen LED bulbs that had plastic lenses, but those have an opaque
> lower half, and the light only comes out the upper half.
> [image: Inline image]
>
>
>
> All the other one's I've been able to examine, use glass.
>
> Does anyone know of LED bulbs, that aren't obviously LED bulbs, have
> plastic lenses? I slightly prefer clear, but frosted is OK as well. And of
> course, must be dimmable. (I know they won't dim smoothly down to 0).
>
> -Joe
>
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