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Night & Day sign. can you guess how its done?
Heres an experimental sign I did a few years ago.
The idea was to produce a sign that looked different at night than it did during the day.
Heres the daylight version
At night the sign changes – as the sky turns dark new images begin to appear – i.e stars, the moon and even a UFO –
Hopefully these photographs convey the general idea.
I’ll buy a pint for the first person to explain how this was done
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9 Replies
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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
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Nope!! 😉
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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
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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… -
Well done Rob – I owe you a pint 😀 (have you been reading my pm to Andy? 😉 )
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nop i didnt know anything about a pm to andy.
i entered the quick contest becauseA) 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.
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I was hoping Gray would win it – not so easy for him to collect 😕 😕
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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. -
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. 😀
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