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2008-02-22, 9:00pm
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Glow in the Dark Powder...
Has anyone used the glow in the dark powders on their beads or pendants? I don't think I know how to correctly use it because my bead looks like white caca!! The first bead I tried to do didn't look so bad but it didn't glow and my second bead would have looked cool if you couldn't see all the powder spots. It sure looks good with the lights off ( and so do most of my other beads....lol) Anyways, I was just wondering if I could get some advise on how to use it properly! Thank you for your time and comments!!
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2008-02-22, 9:07pm
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I think you are using it correctly.... If you make a bead and then put a layer or 3 of glow and then thinly encase you can decorate the outside to hide some of the specks and use some transparent decorations.
I made glow beads a long time ago, but what your saying sounds about right!
try a few small beads, clear, roll it in glow stuff a bizzilion times, and melt it in until you are happy with the surface. Do a few with different amounts and then test the glowyness!
If you are making transparent pendants think of putting it only on the back side.... good lucK!
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2008-02-23, 7:26am
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Glow in the Dark Stringer Video on You Tube
I found this on You Tube. It's from the Netherlands so it's not in English but you can certainly follow the technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGXH31jrnI
It appears that you really have to work a lot of it in to have an effect.
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2008-02-23, 7:37am
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Thanks for that link.
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2008-02-23, 7:56am
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Thank you so much for the link. I am going to check out the other videos that they had for the powder too!!
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2008-03-01, 4:09pm
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I tried the glow-in-the-dark powder and I posted questions in the tips thread. Someone else did also. We got responses from some people who really knew what they were doing--check them out. If you put the powder over an opaque core, it cuts down on the light that your bead is exposed to and it doesn't glow as brightly. Make sure you anneal anything made with the glow powder as it seems to make the beads prone to craze-cracking. I made clear beads and used glow powder and the powder showed a lot. Once I turned the beads into earrings complete with caps they actually looked quite nice and would have been a lot of fun at night.
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2008-03-05, 10:23am
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I have a page with info about these powders on them that you might want to check out. I've just updated it to include the video (thanks for posting that!).
http://www.listen-up.org/kitty/beads/glow/glow.htm
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2008-03-05, 11:55am
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Kay you totally rock!
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2008-03-05, 1:39pm
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I tried it once with clear. I liked the result, but I used a LOT of powder. I probably did 6-7 rolls in it. It sure glows well! I plan to use it again, probably for Halloween beads.
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2008-03-06, 6:56am
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Thank so much.
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I found this on You Tube. It's from the Netherlands so it's not in English but you can certainly follow the technique.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGXH31jrnI
It appears that you really have to work a lot of it in to have an effect.
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2008-03-12, 7:45am
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I've made a fat stringer out of my glow in the dark powder. I use it for dot applications on top of the bead. Don't heat it to much, or it will go scummy. I didn't use much powder, just 3 or 4 rolls with my clear and pulled a stringer after that.
Glows very well!
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2008-03-12, 7:55am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Troll Lover
I've made a fat stringer out of my glow in the dark powder. I use it for dot applications on top of the bead. Don't heat it to much, or it will go scummy. I didn't use much powder, just 3 or 4 rolls with my clear and pulled a stringer after that.
Glows very well!
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What color do you put the dots over?
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2008-03-12, 9:32am
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Does it matter what type of glow in the dark powder is used? I use some phosphorescent green powder for some other projects and I have access to quite a bit of it. The stuff I have is the wrong particle size for what we were using it for so it's basically just going to sit around until I use it up.
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2008-03-13, 8:38am
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Quote:
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What color do you put the dots over?
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Different, like transparant blue, green, red... Could just as well work over opaque colors, but didn't try that yet!
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2008-03-23, 11:54am
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Thank you very much for the advice. I had some dark blue glow powder that was sitting on my shelf because I hadn't been able to get it to work. After I switched to transparent glass and rolled it 5-7 times it worked like a charm. I found that tapping the mandrel with the tips of my long tweezers knocked off the excess powder really well.
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2008-03-23, 12:22pm
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ahh, wish I had seen this before making the moon. It glows good, but looks pretty ugly in the light. It will probably crack, so it goes into my own collection. That stringer looks like the answer!
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