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#1 ashbogg

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:38 PM

has anybody used glow in the dark spray paints?. im looking to respray my wheels in a glow in the dark white but i can only find pigments from the united states :( any one know of any reliable sources in the uk that sell the glow in the dark pigments? cheers all :D

#2 cooperdan

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:40 PM

Wow, this will intresting to see...if you do it

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:46 PM

i was tempted to do my bonnet stripes with this stuff.

http://www.specialis...ucts/alien-glow

#4 david@skeggyminis

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 07:58 PM

ash give vrs at boston a ring they will know about the stuff 01205311914

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:13 PM

I might have a go at a glow in the dark union jack on the roof when i get a job to pay for it :(

#6 ashbogg

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:56 PM

ash give vrs at boston a ring they will know about the stuff 01205311914


think ill have a ride down during next week. deffinatly somthing i want to do :D

#7 ashbogg

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 10:03 PM

Wow, this will intresting to see...if you do it

ill get a topic with pics up ect when/if i get to do it, just depends how much its going to cost. carnt see it beeing cheap lol

#8 vtec_miniestate

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 10:27 PM

If you want to do a DIY job, you can get some pretty good glow in the dark spray paint from graffcity.com I've used it on some things and it seems to work pretty well. :)

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 06:30 PM

Do you reckon a glowing mini would be legal? Just curious lol wonder if its been done?

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 06:51 PM

Woerd you should ask this was just in wilkinsons earlier and theynhad some in there, made by plastic cote. Along with there special effect spray paints bbq paints etc. dont know wheter it is any good ormwill suit your purpose but thought i would let you know

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 06:57 PM

Its funny, friday i was watching an episode of fools and horses, where they paint a take away kitchen and del finds out that it is illuminous haha

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 07:09 PM

I spray painted my roof rack white and then went over that with glow in the dark spraypaint. Unfortunately its not quite what you would imagine.

Obviously it only works in the dark and I imagined the sunlight would enable it to glow at night, but obviously the sun doesn't just disappear like a light going out so its fluorescence is basically useless as it doesn't hold its light emanating powers for hours on end until its properly dark.

You should also note its also a solvent and will strip and paint or lacquer you spray it onto - which I found to my detriment on my roof rack when it started dissolving the white paint in front of my eyes.

Unless you're carrying a high powered light in your car and shine it for a few minutes on each wheel (or roof rack in my case), you'll not see any glow in the dark effect

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 07:30 PM

just found this:


not sure if you could wrap wheels though

Edited by seanmaskill, 28 January 2012 - 07:30 PM.


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Posted 28 January 2012 - 08:12 PM

I had thought about doing a roll cage before but thought it would just end up look crap lol.

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 08:33 PM

has it developed a stutter that video :lol:




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