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I wanted to make a yellow radiation sign and paint the symbol with some sort of black light reactive "paint" I heard anti freeze glows but if you brush it on and let it dry does it still glow. If not what else glows?

when my dog pees on the carpet, that glows under black light

BTW: don't try that at home...you really reallly reaaalllllly don't want to know what the dogs been relieving himself on

Originally Posted by crazydecorator

I wanted to make a yellow radiation sign and paint the symbol with some sort of black light reactive "paint" I heard anti freeze glows but if you brush it on and let it dry does it still glow. If not what else glows?

I was thinking flourescent paints work..

Laundry detergents. Like that invisible list from that car stealen movie with nicholas cage 10 years ago.

I used fluorescent painter's tube paint for the blue dots in my dot room. It really worked great and glowed better than the ones I spray-painted on from a can. This year I plan to paint over the spray-painted dots with the other colors from this brand to have it glow better. Here's a link to the tube of paint I used : 129075100 System 3 Acrylic Paint | Crafts, Etc! ® I got it Hobby Lobby but they sell it online at the link.

Highlighter ink glows under a black light too =)

Originally Posted by Scatterbrains

when my dog pees on the carpet, that glows under black light

BTW: don't try that at home...you really reallly reaaalllllly don't want to know what the dogs been relieving himself on

lol i will go to bed a little less stupid tonight knowing that fact , that was too funny

ok , like the others said , fluorescent acrylic paint works , or ink markers (highligther ) will work too

Originally Posted by crazydecorator

I wanted to make a yellow radiation sign and paint the symbol with some sort of black light reactive "paint" I heard anti freeze glows but if you brush it on and let it dry does it still glow. If not what else glows?

Scorpions

Seriously, if you want BL specific paint, look for clearneon. It's not the cheapest but It does work well. BTW, it only glows in BL, it's invisible under standard light. I'm not sure that's quite the look you want or not, but it could be cool.

Clearneon Invisible Black light Paint, blacklight posters, glow in the dark, blacklight fixtures and bulbs, special effects, lighting, uv

Highlighters ink, laundry detergents, tonic water if it has guinie in it. Some vitamins like a & b work if you crush them up and mix vinegar.

We have 14 48" blacklights with which we flood our haunt. You can find party stores and novelty stores that will carry frogs and lizzards and other glow items. One of the favorites of our TOTs is a large cauldron that we fill with water, place and aquarium aerator in the bottom to make it bubble, then a mister is placed in the center and finally about 4 dozen gummy eyes that glow in the black light. Great effect.

For Blacklight paint, I've used dayglow tempra most often. Very hard to find a red that really looks like blood, but the idea is conveyed. Glow in the dark hairspay works great indoors, but will wash right off with rain or even heavy dew.

The best - by far - black light paint I've used can be found at Blacklight.com under the blacklight Paint/Ink section. Warning- this stuff cost less than some of the professional stuff I've priced, but is still not cheap. So far we've found it to be very durable - once dry, it won't wash off from rain or even sprinklers.

My favorite is the trasparent white. As advertised, it is clear during the day and VERY VERY WHITE at night. Again, not cheap.

BTW, We had some Mrs. Stewart's , bluing sitting around - very old - and tried that but did not get any glow when applied to any object. I suspect it needs reacts with cotton or other fabric to glow, because others have used it successfully.

Hope this helps.