Thread: coloured lighting HELP

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Hi everyone,

Haven't been able to successfully find any suitable coloured light bulbs for my halloween party on Friday.

Im wondering if anyone has any good/inexpensive ideas of making standard house light bulbs coloured ha ha.

Just want the kitchen and the hallway to have a different feel.

thanks!

I remember doing that as a kid. Spray paint on a conventional bulb. Very effective. In fact, red is incredibly hard on the eyes! Give that a shot.

I just picked up a blacklight CFL from Home Depot... they had a bunch of other different colors there as well. Some were in the Christmas display but they do carry them year round. Our Super Walmart also carries color CFLs.

I am also shocked you cant find any good ones. Are you looking for hard to find colors? I found everything from black lights to yellow/green/purple at Home Depot for about $4 i think ??

I've never tried spray painting a bulb. Is that safe? I'm sure someone can answer this. I dont know if it is or not

Originally Posted by Xane

I just picked up a blacklight CFL from Home Depot... they had a bunch of other different colors there as well. Some were in the Christmas display but they do carry them year round. Our Super Walmart also carries color CFLs.

The O.P is from England not to sure if they have the home depots and lowes on every corner like we here in the states!!

Colored syran (plastc) wrap works well. Just don't put it directly on the bulb.

Oh gosh you're right. I didnt even see that. When i was last in the UK around Halloween they didnt have ANY halloween stuff. I was so shocked. Dang i'm sorry.

Oops. Sorry about that. Guess I really should pay more attention to the user name and location bar!

Originally Posted by krissibex

Oh gosh you're right. I didnt even see that. When i was last in the UK around Halloween they didnt have ANY halloween stuff. I was so shocked. Dang i'm sorry.

Yep, tis why we had that lil Revolution thingy...

You can get glass paint at craft stores. I made a nice orange flood bulb last year and am doing it again for another scene in my haunt.