how to De-honeycombe lights??

[juniorbamf]

ah right i see, ill have a go at that later tonight perhaps. cheers.

[juniorbamf]

pictures:

[juniorbamf]

still no idea about how to get rid of the honeycombe stuff, possibly have to get new lenses that fit or make some fit that are clear without the honeycombe.
going to seperate 1 of the kouki lights tomorrow and see if its any different inside compared to these ones.

[flatout]

still no idea about how to get rid of the honeycombe stuff, possibly have to get new lenses that fit or make some fit that are clear without the honeycombe.
going to seperate 1 of the kouki lights tomorrow and see if its any different inside compared to these ones.

when ya open it ya will see how, i used an oven,

[juniorbamf]

i am now very intrigued by what you\'ve said \'flatout\'
its now 1am and im tempted to go put the oven on ha :]

[papercutout]

The TII lights are different. Go get cooking! What sort of temp are you doing it at btw?

[juniorbamf]

i had it on the lowest setting on the fan assisted oven, think it would melt within a minute if i had it on full blast. the lowest temperature worked fine and didnt cause any damage or warping to the lights.
(duno why i emailed you btw, obviously should of just chatted away on here)

[juniorbamf]

SUCCESS!!!
completed it and it was much easier than the other lights because once  you have heated up the glue and got the light apart you simply just lift  out the honeycombe pieces, they are seperate lenses unlike the other  lights where it was just one lens with the honeycombe built onto it.
pictures to show it:






all i need to do now is get them cleaned up and looking nice, then put  them back into the oven for a couple minutes to reheat the glue up and  then get them back into their perfect position and leave them to set,  then probably laquer them to make them look nicer and cleaner.

[johnf]

I\'m confused

Surely the light cluster in #17 are different to the ones in #23

[B.Martin]

That looks good, what temperature did you have oven on? Also how do they look when they\'re lit Up? Any different, pics?

[juniorbamf]

yeah john they are indeed different, i was just using them to practice on to see if they would melt or warp or anything so that if anything went wrong it didnt happen to the kouki ones :]

and im guna put the 1 back together 2nyt and compare it when its lit up and ill take some pics,
got a cricket match to go play right now tho :]

[Timmyc]

going to do this with my lights but adding a twist glad you did it man, nice to see photos of the internals as well, good job

[johnf]

yeah john they are indeed different, i was just using them to practice on to see if they would melt or warp or anything so that if anything went wrong it didnt happen to the kouki ones :]

and im guna put the 1 back together 2nyt and compare it when its lit up and ill take some pics,
got a cricket match to go play right now tho :]

I\'d really like to understand this as I think the round lights look good but am I right in thinking the internals of a t11 cab have the rectangular sections inside.
if they have can you still do this conversion?

John

[juniorbamf]

which rectangular sections do you mean?
if u have the round lamp lights and open them up you can then just take out the honeycombe pieces like i have done,
only rectangle pieces left are the white reversing bit and the long red reflector piece along the bottom of the light.
but if you have the other lights, standard ones (the ones i practiced with putting into the oven) that type of light cant be de-honeycombed because it is built into the lens, you would have to get or make new lenses which are clear and fit correctly.

[GeenIdee]

Going to save this topic in case i decide to do the same.
 
But i do think the glass should be smoked to get it a bit darker.