Is there a way to restore the paint and male it glow again without taking off the cap and risking it?
Clearer picture(maybe)
>>965588
Is it supposed to glow by itself (not charged by light)? If so, it used a radioactive element of some sort (usually radium or tritium) and that has decayed. There is no way to "refresh" it, you'd have to apply new paint. And good luck getting that.
>>965598
>There is no way to "refresh" it
You could always try putting it in a particle accelerator, as long as you don't mind the entire thing becoming radioactive.
>>965588
the radioactive material is still very radioactive. however the paint used to make it glow has deteriorated. It is not possible to make it glow again without repainting it with radioactive paint. which no one makes anymore.
>>965744
The phosphor used was zinc sulfide which is what pretty much every cheap glow in the dark paint is made of. So you could probably re paint it as long as you don't remove the old paint because I think it has the powdered radium mixed in.
Also the radium is known to turn into dust through normal decay and coat everything inside the watch.
>>965598
I know how to make the solution , the problem is removing the cap and swallowing or breathing the dust.
>>965756
The "dust" is radon-222
>>965744
Actually , making a solution of the newer paint and covering the old radium paint would mostly restore it.
>>965729
The entre thing is already radioactive , it puts out alpha and beta particles , and gamma rays. Sometimes the paint was stirred too hot and it gives off 100mR/hr , and most of the time 9.9 mR/hr.
>>965775
radon-222 smoke, don't breathe this!
