Electroluminescent paint...

[Buzz]

Looks pretty cool.......or not?  No "glowing helmet" jokes please.


LumiLor From Darkside Scientific Unveiling at Main Street Station Daytona Bike Week 2013

[DryRob]

Did Joel Schumacher paint this bike? :lol

[His Dudeness]

Bike what bike? :lol Could be useful stuff. Don't think I'd paint a bike with it though.

[Revilo18]

I'd like to just paint it on my my seat and ingnition locks so's I can find the damn things in the dark!

[Grahamm]

I'd like to just paint it on my my seat and ingnition locks so's I can find the damn things in the dark!

But it needs the bike to be switched on to work...! :pokefun

[Revilo18]

Hmmm that's quite a good point. You could have it motion activated and as long as it only draws a relatively low amount of current it could come on for a few second as you walk towards the bike.... but then again I could just use a torch.  :oops

[Dead Eye]

[quote author=Revilo18 link=topic=6878.msg64884#msg64884 date=1363967618]
I'd like to just paint it on my my seat and ingnition locks so's I can find the damn things in the dark!

But it needs the bike to be switched on to work...! :pokefun
[/quote]

Could be connected direct to battery and have a waterproof switch on the outside of the bike to activate? Mind you, its a lot of work

[Grahamm]

then again I could just use a torch. 

Or get some luminous paint!

[His Dudeness]

[quote author=Revilo18 link=topic=6878.msg65098#msg65098 date=1364062092]
then again I could just use a torch. 

Or get some luminous paint!
[/quote]

Normal luminous paint only works by shining a light on it, this paint lights itself so it has a purpose.

[DryRob]

Is this definitely real stuff then? Any idea how it works?

[Grahamm]

Normal luminous paint only works by shining a light on it

Err, yes, it "absorbs" light energy when it's light and then gradually releases it so it shines in the dark...

[DryRob]

[quote author=His Dudeness link=topic=6878.msg65129#msg65129 date=1364071463]
Normal luminous paint only works by shining a light on it

Err, yes, it "absorbs" light energy when it's light and then gradually releases it so it shines in the dark...
[/quote]

There's also fluorescent paint that absorbs high wavelength light and releases lower wavelength light that is visible.