Not only do they glow in the dark and amplify with ultraviolet light, they also have a fluorescent effect through the application of natural light. This type of pigment is loaded with natural and ultraviolet light and reflects the light in the dark for up to 20 hours. The attractiveness of these effect-paints lies in the eye-catching pigments in combination with the photoluminescence.
Racing Fluorescent Set ml x Check out. Fluor-luminescent pigments These pigments combine the two aforementioned technologies. Tags body painting accessories pinstriping colour palette pinstriping special effects. Blog search Search. Cart 0. In normal, white light, the picture looks one way, but turn on a black light and the picture takes on a new, different look. Black light posters were popular years ago and many rooms were adorned with these posters as well as black lights, not to mention secret stashes of drugs not everyone had the drugs… just most.
Zinc Sulfide: Zinc Sulfide is the type of pigment that has been used in many products for years. One popular product that used this type of pigment was the cheap, plastic, stars that adorned many ceilings for years. It usually lasted, in the case of the plastic stars, just long enough to outlast little Johnny as he drifted off to sleep.
While there are various colors made from this pigment, the most popular color for this pigment is an ugly green. And, not only did it glow green, but it was also an ugly green in the light. Strontium Aluminate: Strontium Aluminate is a vastly superior phosphor to its predecessor, the previously mentioned copper-activated zinc sulfide. Glow paint made from Strontium Aluminate is about 10 times brighter and glows about 10 times longer than its Zinc cousin.
But for a price. It is also about 10 times more expensive. Normal, every day, glow in the dark pigments are NOT radioactive, and are basically inert and non-toxic. However, they are part of the silicate family and unless you have them specially coated they will react with water. Jeff, with Night Sky Murals, has mixed and painted with glow paints, made with the newer Strontium Aluminate for over 20 years. When he paints his murals, the paint gets all over him, in his hair, his eyes, mouth and all over his face and arms.
He was thinning long before he started painting his murals. He has had no side effects from ingesting large quantities of this paint over the years. Results may vary… but you should be fine if you are around this paint.
If you have been to a night club or ever played with a black light, you would have seen UV Black Lights at work. The white clothing shirts and shoelaces especially on some individuals seemed to glow in the dark. Those items were reacting to the UV black lights. Phosphorescent Dec 17, Search Blog add. Browse By Category add. Archive add. September 2 August 1. April 1 March 1 February 2.
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