nacoran
8157 posts
Dec 13, 2014
8:31 PM
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I don't know if this would pass the food safe standards, but as soon as I saw this I thought someone should make a comb or a mic shell out of it. (Or I suppose a guitar body, but that's less interesting to me.)
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arzajac
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Dec 15, 2014
7:06 AM
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I will be using this to engrave the key label on the side of my combs. White in daylight, bright blue in the dark.
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nacoran
8159 posts
Dec 16, 2014
9:03 PM
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That would be cool!
edit: also, that wood be cool!
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Greg Heumann
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Dec 18, 2014
8:17 AM
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Funny. My son saw that article and sent it to me as well. I have to search his blog to find the source for the powder, but there's no reason this couldn't be done on one of my wood mics.
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ridge
577 posts
Dec 18, 2014
9:55 AM
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If only they made the table edges glow so I could stagger drunkenly into my domicile without hitting my shins.
@nacoran - I see what you did there. Sounds like a catchy company name.
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nacoran
8163 posts
Dec 18, 2014
1:14 PM
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Greg, that could look really cool. I wonder what level the stage lights would have to be at for it to show well. And you'd have to remember to put it under a light for a bit before each show, but it could really look slick.
I just about had enough money saved up to buy a mic this spring, but my car decided to break down and now I'm stuck with car payments for a little bit. I stuck to a tight budget though, so there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. I will, someday, get one of your mics. It's on my bucket list.
Right now I'm using a Shure Prologue that at least gets the signal to the amp and has an on/off switch.
Ridge, my dad has a lovely table he made from a slab of redwood that he bought. It's got all sorts of crazy and sharp angles. For several years though he had to keep a thick comforter over it so the step grandkids didn't split their heads open on it. At my house, the worst trip I've taken was over my amp- just high enough to both keep you from recovering with your feet or knees and tall enough to kind of act like a fulcrum. Not fun. Maybe I should make new case for it using some of this!
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Greg Heumann
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Dec 18, 2014
3:23 PM
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Well I found some glow in the dark powder and ordered some. But I doubt it will be successful. If you read the guy's DIY Blog - he has to take it out in the sunshine, then take it in a dark room to photograph it before it vanishes. Just like everything else "glow in the dark" I've ever seen - it doesn't really light for very long and is difficult to see except in a very dark area (or under black light, which makes it go crazy.)
So I'm not hopeful but... who knows? You never know unless you try. So I'm going to try.
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Greg Heumann
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Dec 24, 2014
8:10 AM
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UPDATE: I got the powder in the mail. It does in fact act like any other - cool blue glow in very dark darkness after freshly exposing to a very bright light in bright brightness. Sitting by itself? It just has a pale yellow appearance. Next year I'll see if it glows naturally under the stage lights. If it DOES I'll consider making a mic with it. Otherwise...... meh!.......
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HawkeyeKane
2673 posts
Dec 24, 2014
9:25 AM
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Greg, one thing I've noticed over the years...UV light is what GID material thrives on. And putting it under a black light overnight will usually charge the GID far more efficiently than sunlight. I sometimes leave my wristwatch with luminescent hands under a black light overnight, and the hands will glow in the dark for almost a week.
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