UV paints

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

Hi

 

Right got some DDI gauges from zarman which are great only problem is that i can`t really see the needles that well at night so i got some dual 4" ultra violet tubes to fit where the old 3 dash lights used to be, Want to know whats the best paint/vanish to use on the needles to get them to light up with the UV light ?

 

Any ideas?

 

Cheers

Ian

[VR6 0]

Good question :)

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

Good question :)

LOL.... Cheers VR6

 

Got some UV revealing paint from Glowshop which dries almost clear then meant to light up RED under UV light... Trying it on some old white G60 needles, so far its not very bright red, more dull pink :-(

 

Isn`t there some UV clear coat nail vanish about that would make the Red VR6 needles glow at night?

 

Thanks

Ian

[G60Jet 1]

go to one of them wiredo shops and buy some UV nail polish!!

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

Or, goto your local Cop-Shop and ask for a UV pen so you can mark up your goods in case they get nicked. :)

[Henny 0]

Andi, tried that and it's pants...

 

The best I found was tippex... glows up nice and blue/white under UV... 8)

[dinkus 10]

I'm sure that Humbrol do UV enamel paints...?

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

Been playing with the UV revealing paint and after a couple of coats of the stuff its looking quite good, Still using the old G60 white needles at the mo will do the Red VR6 needles for the actual gauges

 

This is what it looks like with just the speedo needle painted with 2 coats of UV paint. I think after about 5 coats it will look more RED than pink

[dinkus 10]

I'm sure the standard red needles glow under UV without you having to paint them...

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

I'm sure the standard red needles glow under UV without you having to paint them...

 

Really? I never thought of trying them

 

Son of a :bad-words: :mad: :nuts:

 

Have to try that 2moro

 

Cheers

Ian

[dinkus 10]

Yeah, I'm fairly sure they glow at least a bit under UV because there were pages and pages of talk about this when people started talking about doing some cool dials and subsequently when zarman popped up with his. It's a bit of a mision picking through the 4 billion posts to find the reference, but if you have a search something should show up.

[Henny 0]

I can confirm that the RED needles DO glow under UV light... 8)

[dinkus 10]

:lol: Ahh well at least we told him before he spent ages trying to paint needles in UV paint... oh... wait... :)

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

:lol: Ahh well at least we told him before he spent ages trying to paint needles in UV paint... oh... wait... :)

 

Yeah!, cheers guys!

 

Yep tried the UV lights with the red needles today and they work very well. Shame the new polarising film still hasn`t turned up because i could of done the reversing LCD display at the same time :-(

 

This is what the needles look like under UV light

 

Thanks

Ian

[Supercharged Junkie 0]

Sorry double post

[dinkus 10]

I must say zarman's dials do look good although I'd prefer them with a Corrado script in the middle instead of ddi ;) :lol:

[Graham_E 0]

Just received my dials, glad this came up saves me having to figure it out! lol.

[Stormin Dave 0]

I think after about 5 coats it will look more RED than pink

 

Looks like a scene from Star Wars.

[CoxyLaad 0]

and you do realise you will be dead easy to spot out and about as you will be the one with the face tan from your dashboard lol :lol: