you could try a UV-B (UVB for searching) 'reptile' bulb:
http://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-Repti-Glo-Fluorescent-Terrarium/dp/B00101GDIG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412993860&sr=8-1&keywords=uvb+reptile

UV-B is 280nm-315nm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Subtypes

as for filters... umm, *scratches head thinking I should know this*...
dichroic mirrors come to mind but I don't know if they'll be cheap

Apparently blacklights are coated in 'woods glass' which people use to DIY
UV photocameras, but this passes ~365-400nm so still too high.

This page links to an ebay listing from Vermont that is selling a bandpass
for 325nm for $~45:
http://www.savazzi.net/photography/uvpassfilters.html

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310295977900?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

That page has lots of other links too, so you'll need to dig a bit. The
'Asahi Spectra' company it links to seems like it has a good selection and
I imagine they would be cheap, but there's no prices and being from Taiwan
might not make it here for halloween.

On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Paul Stoffregen <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm fiddling with a Halloween decoration idea that involves
> glow-in-the-dark material.  I bought a couple cheap UV flashlights to
> illuminate it.  Trouble is, they have quite a lot of visible blue light
> output.
>
> Does anyone know of a material that can pass the UV and filter out most of
> the visible blue?
>
> Or maybe an affordable UV blacklight that doesn't have a lot of visible
> blue output?
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