Reusing existing lume - Good, Bad, Ugly

[Jimlad]

Hi All,

I have a 1950's clock which the minute hand lume has broken apart and fallen out. The lume has broken in to 4 parts and are all recoverable as they're laying on the dial.

My question is can I reuse the old lume. Can it be reconstituted and if so whats the best method? I was think pecil and morter in to a fine powder then add bindng agent.

Any thoughts welcome, I can't seem to find any mention in any posts.

 

James

[JohnR725]

You can do that but be warned you might be dealing with radium. The problem is without a Geiger counter you can't be 100% sure whether it is or is not but from the 50s they were still using radium.