Re: CULT
- Subject: Re: CULT
- From: S* _*
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:31:40 PST
From: "Shauna _" <skorblizzard@hotmail.com>
Randy Penn wrote:
(snip)
>Over the years the yellow has faded to white and the red has faded
>to a dull pink. All others colors have withstood the sun, the rain
>and the snow. Even when the fading occured the black letters
>remained.
>I have contacted Brothers to see if there would be a reason for
>the fading for only the yellow and red, but they had no answer
>or reasoning for this occurance. (snip)
Randy,
various pigments reflect and absorb different amounts of
UV Rays, resulting in different fade rates. Red, out of all pigments
fades the quickest, then colours with lots red in them (like orange
or warm yellow). For that reason, sign painters or manufacturers of
outdoor signs tend to use red sparingly - especially if the sign is
going to be out in bright sunlight for a long time.
This all has some scientific textbook explanation, which I can't
remember at this time of night, and probably never will be able to
explain, even if I could.
You could still use the red and yellow tags if you could find them
with a UV protective coating - something I haven't seen in the stores
around here anyway.
Hope this helped a bit.
Shauna
(Zone 3, Alberta, still under 3' of snow but the forecast is for
+12 degrees Celsius tomorrow, so expecting a flooded basement!)
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