Well...if you must, try this link in Freestyle sales:
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_pro...=2108&pid=6007

The last time I saw the CLEAR red or amber glass safelite bulbs, made with
ruby or amber colored glass, they were not cheap (like $10-20), the painted
ones are cheap but how safe they really are is anyone's guess. I guess when
I can buy a 10x12 Kodak Utility Safelite (model D?) for ten bucks with
filter at a swap meet I'm not very interested in the alternatives. (Even
better, I bought a Thomas with filters and bulb for $45.00--use that
safelight and you just don't have any dark corners!) I worked in a place
that sold the cheap painted ones and used them in their darkroom and recall
many quality moments spent patching the coatings on those bulbs with heat
resistant black paint to blot out all the dang-blasted white pinholes. BTW,
the ones made with colored glass were really intended for graphic arts
applications and may transmit too much of the wrong color light to be really
safe around VC papers.

But if $10 is really too much? Make your own housing and beg a couple
sheets of RubyLith form a graphics arts guy, since they are all going
digital they will probably give it to you for free. The RubyLith is tacky
enough to stick to a piece of glass.

BTW I also had the good fortune to pick up a couple rolls of 3M
lithographers tape, it's like clear cellophane tape but dark red in color,
great for patching pinholes in safelights and a couple layers over the lens
of a small AA flashlight make a great safe flashlight for checking lens
aperture settings, looking around in those dark corners or under the edges
of counters for the dodging tool someone just dropped (it's never happened
to me of course). Great for sky parties, too, if you're an astronomer,
makes it easier to find the Thermos with the hot chocolate.

--
darkroommike

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"Stephan Goldstein" wrote in message
...
When I was in high school (1970s) I had a 15W red-colored bulb
that fit a standard US light socket that I used as a safelight. It was
a "Mazda"-type bulb, i.e. unfrosted with visible filament and red-
colored glass. During my life's travels that bulb has disappeared,
but now I find myself in need of it or something like it. I looked
on the B&H site but saw nothing like this. Does anyone still
sell these? Yes, I know other solutions are possible, but this
would be by far the least expensive way to shed a little safe light
in a dark corner of my B&W darkroom.

TIA

Steve

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