Night & Day sign. can you guess how its done?

[Andrew Blackett]

hi phill,

reflective vinyl, or black light paint?

or even photoluminesent (thats not how you spell it but you get my gist!!!)

anywhere near ??

ANDY

[Phill Fenton]

Nope!! 😉

[Andrew Blackett]

illuminated sign box with transparent vinyl applied???
if thats not it I give up, email me with the right answer please Phill or I won’t be able to sleep!! 😉

ANDY

[Robert Lambie Robert Lambie]

have you applied, say a light grey vinyl on the inside of the light box with the stars etc cut from it.
during the day you cant see anything as its inside & the outside is white/opal perspex. and its not illuminated.
but at night when its illuminated the stars and the rest seem much brighter as they have been weeded away but the remaining vinyl still lets an eliment of light through but keeps it darker at the same time…

[Phill Fenton]

Well done Rob – I owe you a pint 😀 (have you been reading my pm to Andy? 😉 )

[Robert Lambie Robert Lambie]

nop i didnt know anything about a pm to andy.
i entered the quick contest because

A) there was a pint on the go
b) i thought i knew the answer
c) your just up the road so collecting my prize would be easy… 😆 😆 😆 😆

nice idea though phill, very clever. i would never have thought of doing that only when seeing the pic i worked it out.

[Phill Fenton]

I was hoping Gray would win it – not so easy for him to collect 😕 😕

[F. Skierk]

Hi Phill
I know rob, The smarty pants solved the puzzle you set.
What I would like to know is how did you come up with this idea.
I think it’s very clever. Well done Phill.

[Phill Fenton]

Thank you Sally 😳

I had a customer looking for sign that was a bit different (aren’t they all).
I’d seen a picture of an advertising sign in a magazine that changed the words when lit and unlit. I guessed this had been done using masks to block out the light and thought it would be interesting to try and do something like it myself. 😀