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These are seven 1oz bottles of high grade GID Acrylic water based paint
1 in each color: AQUA, GREEN, BLUE, ORANGE, WHITE, RED, & LILAC.
GID paint NEEDS charging to keep it glowing. UV is its main source of charge.
We use UV Black lights to help charge the paints in some cases. Colors do NOT last as long as the glow. Once the crystal is FULLY charged the crystal will glow. Since they can t hold the same charge continuously, the color fades to a white-off white & then continues to glow until it runs out of charge.
GREEN has the LONGEST lasting color & glow time, lasts about 30min-2hrs, fades to white, & then fades over the next 2-4hrs. This is Glow in the Dark; it applies to ALL COLORS.
AQUA holds its color for about 1-2hrs, & its white glow time is about 6hrs.
BLUE is also a strong color. Average glow time down to 0 is about 4-6hrs.
LILAC is the HARDEST color to CHARGE. To get a true purple we mix a number of crystal variants (some say this is filler, but it s NOT). The more pigment you use the stronger the color. When Lilac is fully charged, look closely & you ll see speckles. Average glow time to 0 is about 3-5hrs. This color is classed as a medium glow & needs a strong UV to charge.
The next range of colors are classed as complicated to use & have short glow times.
ALL of these colors require UV Black light to CHARGE & HOLD their color because they need EXTRA UV to charge them. These colors are normally used in the creation of Cosmic Star Ceilings and special art work.
WHITE glows white but can also glow a white-blue color. It has a short glow time of 3-4hrs & is not like the other colors.
ORANGE shows well under UV Black light, but has an average glow time of 2-3hrs & a short color glow. Not suitable for many applications.
RED has a VERY SHORT glow time, designed specifically for FLASH work in the creation of Cosmic Star Ceilings. Glow time is generally a very short 30min max.
