<div dir="auto">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...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> - Jon</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 10:39 AM Joe via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">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.<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">But, regardless of the above, Bruce Cooper's recommendation of the "shatterproof" ones is perfect. And they seem to have many styles of shatterproof. <br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><<a shape="rect" href="https://www.paperlanternstore.com/products/led-filament-plastic-led-light-bulb-s14-shatterproof" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">https://www.paperlanternstore.com/products/led-filament-plastic-led-light-bulb-s14-shatterproof </a>></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Now that I know shatterproof is my key word, I can find them many places. Home Depot has some.</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">-Joe</div></div></div>
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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
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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
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