Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Glow In The Dark Skeletons Part 2

We received the 4 glow in the dark skeletons we ordered from Target today. The Good: After charging them with our LED black lights they do indeed glow. The Bad: The pigment coating appears to be a "true" glow in the dark phosphorescent pigment and lacks the "reactive" quality of a neutral daylight/color fluorescent pigment under black light, e.g. the LED black light while on the skeleton almost neutralizes the glow effect. There may be an ideal distance between the light and the skeleton to get the optimal effect or perhaps we still need to go the extra mile and hand paint these ourselves with better quality pigments mixed into a clear acrylic sealer. That's why this is a Halloween 2024 haunt project. We're going to need to iron out the kinks between now and then. But here are some pics of one of the skeletons in the dark after it was charged up for a few minutes with an LED black light.

2 comments :

  1. Already working on 2024? You are putting us all to shame Eve.

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  2. Interesting discovery with the pigments, I'm interested to see the evolution of this prop!

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