Green Photon Blade Diffusion Project - Phase 1

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After seeing a post about someone changing their GB led color to green simply by changing to a special green blade I got the fever to do the very same thing. He had stated TCSS offered some options for this very thing I decided to give their site a visit. After some careful consideration I chose these;

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Pics of it lit?

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The main tube started out 40”, but I had them cut mine down to 32”, as my ultra edge mediums in 36” have been feeling a bit long for my short arms. The tip is the regular rounded variety, and has a nice mirrored insert mounted to the inside.

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Don’t worry madness, I’ve got you covered.

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After flying in my tip, I mounted it in both my Dominix GB and my Guardian FO. Here are some stock shots of both with the 36” Ultraedge for comparison.

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First, the Dom in GB...

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Please keep in mind my photos are only as good as my camera, and I’m using the only one I have, my I phone.
That being said, you can clearly see the “light in a tube” effect that is created, and how the tip section is clearly spotted as a different piece. He color isn’t what I’d calll bad, necessarily, but, it is definitely different that the ultraedge colors. It’s bright enough, and looks ok on camera, but is much more noticeable under real viewing conditions.

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Here’s the guardian with the photon just as a controll.

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You can clearly see how transparent the tube appears, and how pronounced the tip section looks.

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I selected some 220 grit sandpaper, and tore off a small section, and folded it into the typical shape any painter would use to prep A surface.



Here’s a shot of all my Stuff just before the sand down...

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I curved the sandpaper around the blade and used vertical light strokes, spinning the blade slowly as I sanded. For the tip I placed the paper cupped in the center of my palm and spun the blade at the base. The action created a nice circular pattern around the tip, which I softened wit some light strokes across the top center portion. Any cross strokes marks in the shaft then got smoothed out with more vertical light pressure strokes.
The whole process took about fifteen min.

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Here’s the result...

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I selected some 220 grit sandpaper, and tore off a small section, and folded it into the typical shape any painter would use to prep A surface.



Here’s a shot of all my Stuff just before the sand down...

Pick pick up on the green blade and great work