Drstrangefart
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Yet another one made of FIMO polymer clay. Turned on the lathe, CA finish, MM, and the rest is history. I like how this one turned out!
Glow-in-the-dark with large blue color swirls!!!
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Yet another one made of FIMO polymer clay. Turned on the lathe, CA finish, MM, and the rest is history. I like how this one turned out!
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maxman400
Member
That's Very Cool, a Night stand pen for sure.
Drstrangefart
Member
The ironic thing is that you can't really use it while it's glowing.
maxman400
Member
Make one that is red, and you could use it with night vision equipment for special OPS.
Drstrangefart
Member
I do need to fully blend a small batch and see if I can make glowing colors.
crabcreekind
Member
you need glow in the dark in now.
Drstrangefart
Member
Not sure I follow you here... You mean full-on glow-in-the-dark??
Did that one yesterday. The Blue Swirl is a glow-in-the-dark pen as well. Or are you getting at something else?
Drstrangefart
Member
Here's the other one in the glow pen bonanza. Tubes were super short and it was stuco in the OPEN position, but I managed to grind down the end of the refill to compensate. Gonna have to remember that if I sell it.
Drstrangefart
Member
Just an update. I tried blending Nightglow and Red. Ended up with NOT glowing kinda hot pink.
bensoelberg
Member
No pic of that one? :devil::wink::biggrin:
If you could figure out how to get glow-in-the-dark ink, you'd really be on to something.
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
It would look cool.. for about 10 seconds. The red powders don't last for
any length of time. They fade faster than your eyes can get used to the
dark!
Drstrangefart
Member
Good to know! I was using the straight glow in the dark clay as my base material. Wondering what to use to tint it. Maybe a colored sealant before CA finish? BTW: Excellence on the profile pic. I'm kinda jealous!
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
It took me a few years, but I finally solved the cube! :tongue:
As far as I know, the brightest and longest lasting glow stuff is green. There's
different sizes of grits and the size makes a difference in how long it lasts,
too. But the eye will get used to the green color pretty quick, which leaves
you some wiggle room when it comes to tinting it.
check out glowinc.com .. there's some good info there on which colors and
materials work best/worst.
.. and if you try mixing powders with resins to turn? Keep your sharpening
tools close at hand..
Drstrangefart
Member
If I ever get to doing my own resin, you better believe I'm gonna be all over the glow powders. The clay is awesome, but isn't translucent and only gives me the greenish color.