Hello all!
At work, there was an old computer monitor kicking around without its casing. It got shoved and moved around until the CRT socket board hit the table the wrong way and broke off the end of the tube. All of the metal bits (electron guns, filament, etc) came out with the bit of glass around the pins, so now I have the circuit boards in the salvage pile and this funny-shaped glass bottle on my desk. (It still has the metal band around the front rim.)
It occurs to me that it might be amusing to make a beer glass out of this thing. However, I don't think that CRT phosphors and the aquadag on the inside are part of the four basic food groups. I've thought of three ways to deal with this problem.
- Erosion - put a handful of sand, rocks, or bolts in the tube and shake it around to abrade the phospors and conductive coating. Then rinse well.
- Corrosion - put in a mild acid or other chemical that will dissolve the unwanted material. Then rinse well.
- Sealing - pour in some food-safe coating and slosh it around to coat the entire inside of the glass, covering up the phosphors etc.
I realize that if I want to drink out of the neck, I won't be able to fill it more than about halfway, so that there will be an air gap above the beer when I try to drink from it. I guess I could punch out the anode connector to make an air hole, or just drink from a long straw. Also I'll have to polish the edges of the neck glass where the base broke off.
Has anybody tried doing this before? What worked or didn't work? Is this a bad idea for some reason I haven't thought of?
Thanks!
Matt Roberds