Introduction: Glow-In-The-Dark Epoxy!! Light Up Your Workshop!
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Glow in the dark epoxy has a MILLION awesome uses. Put it on light switches, tools, or even your clothes!
The process is pretty simple, so I'll try to make this 'ible as short as possable.
Make sure you see the second image below, it's animated (and therefore totally awesome.)
Step 1: What You NeedGl
Glow powder (source)
2 part Loctite Clear Epoxy
Toothpick (to mix the epoxy with)
Stuff to Glowify
Step 2: Mixing
Mix the epoxy according to the manufacturers instruction (in this case, 1:1) along with a good pinch of glow power. Glowing things have a sort of halflife, so an epoxy mixture with lots of powder will glow longer than the same mixture with less powder. Solid glow powder will glow for 10-12 hours.
Step 3: Dab It On!
Use a disposable tool to scoop up the well-mixed glowing epoxy and drip it on object you want to glowify. Once the epoxy dries it's hard, shiny, and glasslike.
Step 4: My Favorite Things to Glowify
I love putting glow epoxy on my knives, tools, and necklaces. If you're a fan of James Cameron's Avatar, then you can make Na'vi glowing skin t-shirts. Just drip it on a cotton shirt in a symmetrical pattern.
This glow powder charges best in sunlight, but UV or incandescent light works pretty good too. The longer you charge it, the longer it will glow.
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22 Comments
6 years ago on Introduction
Would you need to add more powder if you used more epoxy?
8 years ago on Step 4
just wondering if this is really toxic at all ? link if i had a glow in the hard beed made of this stuff and one of my nieces or some other small child eat one or more of the beads if there would be a reason to rush them to the hospital
what if i mixed the glow powder with varnish or paint? should still work pretty well i would imagine?
10 years ago on Step 4
Have you tried mixing the powder with the resin without the hardener? Seems it would make the hardener mixing part a lot simpler.
11 years ago on Introduction
where oh where do you come up with such amazing ideas? you get a "glowing" report from me
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
These ideas come from my incredibly messy workshop.
The combination of crumbled paper, chemicals, and strange materials have achieved sentience and they tell me these ideas when I sleep.
jk :)
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
ahh, I see I'm not the only one who knows better than to clean the studio.
11 years ago on Introduction
this is awesome gives me a few ideas namely for the table i want to make using some liquor bottles as the table top :D
11 years ago on Introduction
that is pretty bad 2 the bone! where do u get the glow pwdr ?
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
GlowNation.com
I recommend the green powder because it's the brightest. The powder comes in 1 ounce baggies, and that's enough powder to last a lifetime.
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Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
sadly GlowNation.com is not there anymore...
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
Here's another link :)
http://www.glonation.com/glow-powder.html
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
no "W" on the end of glow http://glonation.com
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
yeah, sorry :D
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
capital idea though
11 years ago on Introduction
nice one :p one question...
can you blend those glow-in-the-dark stars in a blender? :p
i don't know if i could get it in Belgium :p
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
If you do some research, I'm sure you could find a european seller. Just look for ''glow powder''
However, you may be able to dissolve the glowing stars in chemicals if you could find out what they are made of...but those stars don't glow very long. High quality glow powder can glow for over 10 hours.
11 years ago on Introduction
Very nice, you could do so much with this?
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11 years ago on Introduction
Why didn't I think of this. So many possibilities!
Reply 11 years ago on Introduction
One time I filled a clear acrylic tube with the epoxy and drilled a hole for a lanyard. Re-usable glow stick!
11 years ago on Introduction
Excellent idea, car/bike keys, tent pegs, a great idea at bike rallies where clubs have flag poles, even my lot would find their way back to a glow in the dark flag pole :-) & it would stand up to a lot more wear & tear than glow in the dark paint.