On Monday 12 August 2002 05:07 am, Loren Muldowney wrote: > That's interesting! Tell us where you got the stuff and if it has a > name. Hard to say if there's a downside without a little more info.
Hi Loren, There are many distributors of "glow-in-the-dark" products and different chemical compounds. It makes research a little difficult. A few sites give data on how much light it takes to charge and how long the charge lasts. Some polymers release light very quickly and stay bright for a few minutes and others give off less light but last longer. They have lots of different names and it appears people are repackaging the stuff for resale. I ordered from the following Oregon site because it was local, inexpensive, and the descriptions appeared to be accurate: www.identi-tape.com/phosphor.htm A few wholesale manufactures have web pages with more data but it is difficult to track their raw ingredients to the various products. It appears this stuff starts out as a powder and is then mixed into paint or plastic. What i want to see is a house painted with this stuff. It would glow all night and attract attention. They sell a house paint so somewhere there must be a bunch of strange houses glowing in the dark. jeff
