Thread: Glowing liquid... what to use?

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Hi all,

I'm thinking about this effect where I'd fill up one of those bottles of Crystal Skull vodka (after emptying it properly of course) with some kind of bright glowing liquid.

Ideally I'd fill it with whatever that stuff is that you get in the snap glow-stick bracelets, etc. but that'd take about 500 sticks to get enough liquid.

I'm hoping for ideas & suggestions.

Doesn't need to last but about 6 hours, so it could degrade (like the light stick stuff). But if there's a more permanaent solution I'm all ears. I'd rather not have it hooked up to some source of electricity... would be cool just to be able to pick it up, etc.

Thanks for any suggestions!

If you have the time try this out

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If your bottle will be under a black lite, glow paint. Just pour some in roll it around and let it and cork it.

Ta Da

There was a clip on utube that showed peroxide and Mountain Dew. Sorry I couldn't locate it. Seen it months ago, unreal how it glowed. DOn't know if it would last six hours.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by TheEvilQueen

If your bottle will be under a black lite, glow paint. Just pour some in roll it around and let it and cork it.

Ta Da

There was a clip on utube that showed peroxide and Mountain Dew. Sorry I couldn't locate it. Seen it months ago, unreal how it glowed. DOn't know if it would last six hours.

Good luck!

The mountain dew thing is a hoax. snopes.com: Mountain Dew Glow



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You have two choices:

get a black light (and it needs to be either the long tube or the compact UV fluorescent type - NOT the incandescent bulbs that are complete crap) and use a liquid that is black light reactive. THIS IS THE EASY/CHEAP option. LOTS of stuff is reactive and will glow as long as there is a UV black light on. There are tons of cheap and cool things that glow and in different colors, too. If you have the bulb overhead, the effect will last no matter if you pick it up, etc...

or

get the glow sticks and crack them and dump them into your container. It's time-consuming, messy and you'll probably be spending a little $$ for the amount you'd need to fill your containers but that is the best way to achieve a glow that is not dependent on lighting.

Just a note here...that glow stick stuff is a chemical reaction, and it can burn...take the appropriate precautions.

One option I could add is if you use glow in the dark paint, and put your blacklight on a timer. It would only need to turn on for ~15 seconds once every 2-3 minutes to charge the glow in the dark stuff. Alternately, I've seen this effect used with an ordinary bulb turning on for about 5 seconds every minute. Can get quite disorienting...

We had a room lit with black lights and filled bottles with laundry detergent (tide was the brand- i think). We called it alien blood b/c it glows like crazy!!

Tonic waters glows in black light. I tried highlighters over the weekend (the 4 pack with yellow, orange, pink, and blue) and I tried all of them and the yellow and pink one glowed the best. Pink one came out to look more orange though. Just make sure you wear gloves cause I still have it on my hands a little. And I have heard the powder detergant works good.

another idea is to take yellow highlighter pens, has to be the neon type. Pull out the sponge inside and let it soak in a jar of water. Once the ink has leeched out of the sponge and into the jar it should glow under a black light. I think I've heard the green neon highlighter will work too but I've not tried that yet.

being an hvac / chiller guy I like to have this stuff around it's cheap and UV reactive, it's also non toxic

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I have opened a yellow high ligther, take out the core of the marker drop it in the bottle with water. Give it around 5 min., pull it out squezze the rest of the ink out of the core. Thewater should be yellow put it under blak light and it should glow nicely.