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Transform silicone caulk into silicone paint that glows in the dark all night. It is very
sticky and can be painted onto almost anything, including wood, fabrics, glass, and metal.
The intro pic shows a phosphorescent flashlight made out of a wineglass. It also shows a curved circuit board coated with two colors of Ooglo. At the bottom is glowing letters painted on glass.
sticky and can be painted onto almost anything, including wood, fabrics, glass, and metal.
The intro pic shows a phosphorescent flashlight made out of a wineglass. It also shows a curved circuit board coated with two colors of Ooglo. At the bottom is glowing letters painted on glass.
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Phosphorescent materials have been around for a long time but the newer ones are brighter and longer lasting than the older phosphorescent chemicals.
The sellers of the newer phosphorescent powders are cagey and do not want to reveal what exactly is in their glow powders. It does appear that the best ones available today are Strontium Aluminate that is activated by Europium,
In any case, they all work by absorbing visible or Ultraviolet light which charges the photophosphorescent molecules by absorbing the photons and moving the electrons to a higher orbit. As they slowly move back to their original orbits, visible light is given off. The best available phosphorescent powders once charged, will give off light all night long and will still be visibly glowing in the dark twelve hours later.
Some of the colors are quite bright and can be used to make a short lived flashlight that is bright enough to read by.
Ooglo is Oogoo that is thinned to a paint like consistency and mixed with various colors of phosphorescent or fluorescent powder.
Step 1 pic is a curved circuit board that is coated on one side with phosphorescent blue Ooglo and on the other with Aqua Ooglo.
The sellers of the newer phosphorescent powders are cagey and do not want to reveal what exactly is in their glow powders. It does appear that the best ones available today are Strontium Aluminate that is activated by Europium,
In any case, they all work by absorbing visible or Ultraviolet light which charges the photophosphorescent molecules by absorbing the photons and moving the electrons to a higher orbit. As they slowly move back to their original orbits, visible light is given off. The best available phosphorescent powders once charged, will give off light all night long and will still be visibly glowing in the dark twelve hours later.
Some of the colors are quite bright and can be used to make a short lived flashlight that is bright enough to read by.
Ooglo is Oogoo that is thinned to a paint like consistency and mixed with various colors of phosphorescent or fluorescent powder.
Step 1 pic is a curved circuit board that is coated on one side with phosphorescent blue Ooglo and on the other with Aqua Ooglo.
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also I found a supplier that claims a 14 hour glow here: http://unitednuclear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_45&products_id=383
I want to paint my 4 house numbers. So where can a person can buy it all ready to use.
Richard
would mixing the Fluorescent paint and the glow paint make it any brighter?
and how much golw stuff would you need to make a thin bit of wire glow, eg, fillimant in alight globe?
and how is stuff go with heat?
p.s the ooglo suff is neat, good thinking
I think I'll coat my housekey with this stuff and see what happens.
It does not dissolve.
What about painting a wall or two in a bedroom?
It is cool!