Flexiglow UV Reactive Neon Paint

VL is running a review of (no I'm not kidding) UV Reflective Paint for whatever sort of artistic case design aspirations you might have. Various colors and some bad photos make me kind of wonder about the whole thing, but perhaps others have more informed thoughts...

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Note

[elid]

Note that you can see some pretty interesting "pre-painted" gear directly at the company's website.

I have to ask

[Ryvar]

I'm not terribly familiar with the latest in case-modding, so I have to ask - are these UV lights entirely safe for longterm exposure? Say, 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year?

--Ryv

Re:I have to ask

[WareW01f]

Prolly not. Most things I've read indicate that even the tamer wavelengths of UV used in black lights can still cause cataracts I would imagine that the UV LEDs would cause problems too (with enough exposure) although there is not yet an LED out there at the right wavelength to do real damage (and be useful for things like steralizing things, or say, keeping water in water cooled PCs from getting slimy... if I'm wrong about this please post a link here as there are many that would like to know) There are many fun links (like here and here) on the fun effects of the different forms of UV. Most deal with tanning beds and sun, but I'm sure if you spend enough time in blacklight, the same applies.

I'm sure in the end most Slashdotter's will opt for more enertaining ways of going blind. >;^)

the laws

[myukew]

did you know that (at least here in germany) it's actually forbidden to use computers which don't have a complete metal cover? it's because of the radio interference, I believe.

Re:making a bitchin hoopty

[bergeron76]

Interestingly, they sell clear versions of this paint for use on license plates. They apparently make your plate illegible to Traffic Camera's.