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Originally Posted by Rob Lister
I suppose it depends on what you combine it with; copper/zinc was used on watch dials. Probably not suitable for this application. I'm sure the chemists can come up with something. 
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But - please correct me if I'm wrong - wasn't the radium used to paint the
numbers on the dial and the hands of the watch? It wasn't used as a transparent coating on "top" of something else.
Your idea is an interesting one, but I do have doubts about its practicality, unfortunately.