Fire bulbs too red

[Jim S]

I need some replacement orange bulbs for my electric 'coalfire'. I got English Electric Glowlight(?), but they are strawberry red. Are there any other around.

[terry]

If red glass bulbs can't see any alternative to changing the bulbs. But what the heck the bulbs are only for effect! If the red bulbs have a painted on coating maybe scraping off some of it will allow enough 'yellow' incandescent light to mix with the red to give suitable effect? Just an idea anyway!

[Frank Erskine]

Craft shops often sell paint for glass. Quite how durable this would be on a hot surface I don't know, but it might be worth experimenting painting an ordinary clear bulb (40W or thereabouts, ISTR). .

[brass monkey]

My old chap used to do lighting (c1960) for am-dram, for orange he dipped bulbs into chip batter. No, really :)

[brass monkey]

For dimming, he used galvanised buckets filled with salt water at 240VAC. Dunking small spades in them (wooden handles admittedly), the deeper the brighter. I kid you not.

[NT]

just scrape it till you get what you want. Use a copper scourer, not steel

NT