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DIY Neon sign BATES MOTEL (under £5)
I ordered some Electroluminescent (EL) wire from Ebay a while ago and wanted to experiment a bit with it. I have seen people include it in costumes etc, but I thought it had potential to be used in signs. When a thread popped up about a Bates Motel themed haunt, it gave me the nudge to give it a try. So here is the finished prop, with a short video, and I will add a tutorial as well when I have time. This method can be used for pretty much any neon sign. I made this in about half an hour (bar letting the paint dry) so it is a very quick and cheap prop to put together. I only had one colour of EL wire, but with this prop it would look even better with a second, red coloured wire to blink on and off with "Vacancies" in smaller lettering underneath. I got my EL wire from Ebay and it cost me less than £3 for a 9 foot length of wire and the battery box transformer to run it. The box does make a buzzing sound, which you can hear in the video, but it comes with 3 settings, on, slow flash and quick flash, so is quite suitable for a number of uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tly9uYzo5tw
I ordered some Electroluminescent (EL) wire from Ebay a while ago and wanted to experiment a bit with it. I have seen people include it in costumes etc, but I thought it had potential to be used in signs. When a thread popped up about a Bates Motel themed haunt, it gave me the nudge to give it a try. So here is the finished prop, with a short video, and I will add a tutorial as well when I have time. This method can be used for pretty much any neon sign. I made this in about half an hour (bar letting the paint dry) so it is a very quick and cheap prop to put together. I only had one colour of EL wire, but with this prop it would look even better with a second, red coloured wire to blink on and off with "Vacancies" in smaller lettering underneath. I got my EL wire from Ebay and it cost me less than £3 for a 9 foot length of wire and the battery box transformer to run it. The box does make a buzzing sound, which you can hear in the video, but it comes with 3 settings, on, slow flash and quick flash, so is quite suitable for a number of uses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tly9uYzo5tw