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Chris:


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AlanS17:

You could try shooting a dab of hot glue down into the button. It would make the spring a little tighter, but it ought to do the trick. I don't think the LED could get hot enough to melt the glue back down again. You could experiment with different kinds of hot glue like hot wood glue to get the desires effect.

quarterback:

I haven't mentioned this before since it might not be readily available to most people, but buying some Lee or Rosco diffusion and cutting a little disc out of it would be a very cheap/easy way to do this.

Rosco or Lee (or Gam) gels are very available in Los Angeles (because they're used every day on film shoots) but are also present in many theaters and are available in some photo stores.

You could even make a little 'cone' to sit on top of the LED if you didn't/couldn't make a disc that would slide into the button.

216 would definitely work, is very common and cheap but might be too diffuse.  A nice opal, frost or 250 might be better.  But one ~$5 2'x2' sheet would certainly supply enough diffusion for a common CP and this is exactly what this stuff is made for: diffusing light.

OR, if you live in LA, go down to any rental house/expendable supply store and pick up the FREE swatchbooks.  They should be just the right size to get one or 2 discs out of each swatch.

This is what I'm talking about:
http://store.yahoo.com/cinemasupplies/leedifsheetx.html

RayB:

OK it sounds like the solution here is not in messing with the button, but [as already mentioned before] to use the proper LEDs. Don't use a bright focused LED!


tetsujin:


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--- Quote from: RandyT on July 07, 2005, 02:28:38 pm ---Acetone:  First tried nail polish remover (don't tell the boss! :) )  Dumped it in, swished it around for about 5 seconds with a cotton swab,  then dumped it out.  Looked great, even better when lit.  5-minutes later, it was mostly clear again and a little sticky. 

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Maybe something to stabilize the plasic after application?  What neutralizes acetone?

(insert quick Google search here)

Baking soda, followed by soap and water.

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I'll give that a shot with one of mine (probably an orange, since I'm still waiting for the full-on clears) - I'm not sure whether it will work, of course: if the acetone is sitting on the plastic or in the pits the acetone's etched in the plastic, then probably...  but if the plastic absorbs the acetone then maybe not...  But, hey, this whole etching idea wouldn't be nearly so fun if it were easy...  :)

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