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DP-63-A radium paint question
As a lot of you know, the DP-63-A has an extremely radioactive radium dial (or at least some of them do). Like all radium paint, the radium degrades the zinc phosphors over many years and the paint can no longer glow without the use of a UV light source.
Ignoring the obvious contamination problem with these units, let's say someone got a hold of one of these and decided to paint over the radium dial with a new layer of zinc-sulfide paint. Would the unit be able to glow by itself again? Also, would modern non-toxic europium-based paints work with radium as well? I feel like this would work, especially given the insane amount of radium found in these. But I could be wrong
u/ColdSteelMushroom — 3 days ago