Light Reflective Paint

[Phill Fenton]

I found this which surprised me
http://www.amesresearch.com/reflect.htm?gclid=CLaa4dK5m50CFQwgZwodN36F2A

It could also be that your customer is really meaning Fluorescent paint – check his understanding of what he is after?

[David Rowland]

haven’t you shown him the door yet? 😉

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I think you can make a sort of reflective look with paint by first painting the letters then while they are wet applying glass beads (ground up glass/smalts)
But I think that would make a real mess trying to do it on a chimney.
Love….Jill
Here’s a link (somewhat useless)
http://www.paintcenter.org/rj/feb09c.cfm
also a Fleabay link to show that they are available:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Reflective-Glass-Be … 634.c0.m14

[Gary Birch]

Thanks very much your input on this, I think it sounds like the fret cut option is going to be the way to go.

Dave
Customers like this don’t come along every day you know 🙄 :lol1: ……..Thankfully.

Cheers again

Gary

[Jim Kitts]

That Jill is one pretty smart cookie, but here’s a wild one:

In a past roadbuilding life, just after the pavement was cold the contractor would bring out this roll of really tough shiny yellow tape impregnated with glass beads; rip off 30cm strips and stick it right to the fresh blacktop. A construction wholesaler would have such a thing, or perhaps a municipal worker or paving contractor.

I presume it would stick and could be cut for signage

jim

[Steve Maple]

phosphor paint
shine a uv lamp on them

did a job in a club basement -rolled the paint on white matt sticky – let dry, put through plotter – low low low tack, then applied
shine the uv on them, they glow

[Hugh Potter]

quote Steve Maple:

phosphor paint
shine a uv lamp on them

did a job in a club basement -rolled the paint on white matt sticky – let dry, put through plotter – low low low tack, then applied
shine the uv on them, they glow

UV sensitive / photoluminescent vinyl is next to useless outside, tried it with several applications and no joy.

Gary,
can you not cut reflective vinyl to stick on the letters? even if it means some kind of laminate wrap around the letters to ensure it stays there?

Hugh

[Gary Birch]

quote Hugh Potter:

quote Steve Maple:

phosphor paint
shine a uv lamp on them

did a job in a club basement -rolled the paint on white matt sticky – let dry, put through plotter – low low low tack, then applied
shine the uv on them, they glow

UV sensitive / photoluminescent vinyl is next to useless outside, tried it with several applications and no joy.

Gary,
can you not cut reflective vinyl to stick on the letters? even if it means some kind of laminate wrap around the letters to ensure it stays there?

Hugh

Hugh/Steve
This is an old post mate.

I eventually talked him out of this idea and got him to spend the money elsewhere. To be honest it was needed elsewhere anyway.

Thanks anyway for the input.

Cheers

Gary

[Hugh Potter]

quote Gary Birch:

Hugh/Steve
This is an old post mate.

I eventually talked him out of this idea and got him to spend the money elsewhere. To be honest it was needed elsewhere anyway.

Thanks anyway for the input.

Cheers

Gary

lol, hadn’t noticed!