Glow in the Dark Powder Pink-Purple 40 g – Coloured Glow Pigment

Pink-Purple is a strong pink-purple colour in daylight and has a purple afterglow in the dark after charging. The colour stands out clearly by day. To charge, purple needs UV light or sunlight – with normal room light it hardly glows.

Properties

• Material: strontium aluminate doped with europium and dysprosium, with a protective coating – which makes it water-resistant
• Colour: strong pink-purple in daylight, purple in the dark
• Afterglow duration: up to 2 hours after a full charge in complete darkness; at its strongest in the first few minutes
• Particle size: approx. 20–30 µm (1 µm = one thousandth of a millimetre)
• Charging: ideally with UV light or sunlight; the purple component hardly charges with room light
• Heat: tinted pigment – do not process above approx. 150 °C
• Classification: not classified as hazardous under CLP – see safety data sheet

How to use the glow powder

The pigment does not dissolve but is stirred into a carrier: epoxy and casting resin, clear varnish, acrylic paint, adhesive, wallpaper paste, wax or silicone. As a starting point we recommend approx. 20% pigment, relative to the carrier; in opaque carriers such as white wall paint rather 30–50%. Test the mix on a small sample first.

• The more transparent and lighter the carrier, the stronger the glow. Prime dark surfaces in a light colour first.
• In thin, runny resin the pigment sinks: let the resin thicken slightly, then stir it in.
• You can also scatter the powder onto tacky surfaces such as adhesive, wax or paste, or apply it in clear varnish with an airbrush.
• For outdoor use, choose weather-resistant clear varnishes or epoxy.

What's included

40 g glow powder Pink-Purple in a resealable poly bag.

Good to know

For technical reasons, purple glows considerably more weakly and for a shorter time than green or blue-green and needs UV light to charge. In return, the powder shows a strong colour even by day. Afterglow is an aid for orientation and effect, not lighting: it becomes visible in real darkness, but hardly under a street lamp. Colours look different in photos depending on the camera and the charge. The raw pigment is not a toy. When working with larger quantities, avoid dust and contact with skin and eyes.