knife pimping question! glow powder

kevin4242 · Apr 10, 2015

Hi, hopefully i'm in the correct part of the forums. I was going through youtube and I saw this Boker urban trapper that was pimped and I want to know how that was done.After some light research, it looks like he took he expoxy mixed with glow powder and put that in the holes to set up and dry. Anyone have an idea? thanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTQVDH3BhQ

Neko2 · Apr 10, 2015

That's crazy, I was just planning out a glow powder resin project myself to make a toy for my son.
I'll have to keep an eye on this thread to see if it's more complicated than mix, pour, set.

Bill DeShivs · Apr 10, 2015

I would use a clear casting acrylic, rather than epoxy.

SunsetFisherman · Apr 10, 2015

yup ^ a lot of epoxies do not dry clear

Jemblade · Apr 11, 2015

Gavko did this video about knife scales with the glow in the dark powder... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7aTla4KAK_U

Rhinoknives1 · Apr 11, 2015

You can buy Glow in the daylight or glow in the dark already made scales if you want the handle too glow.
http://usaknifemaker.com/handle-material-hardware-c-95/g10-dayglow-yellow-3-16.html

Sanpaku · May 24, 2015

There's a thermosetting plastic called InstaMorph that becomes pliable around 65° C/150° F that may offer an easier route to pimping the Urban Trapper. I'm considering buying the 6 oz trial package ($10) and some Glow Inc. strontium aluminate blue glow pigment (1/4 oz, $9) to play with, with some scrap aluminum bars in a vice to keep the material warm and compress the InstaMorph to drive out air inclusions.

gadgetgeek · May 25, 2015

I just this week added some glowies to some of my flashlights. I used some no-name powder I got from the bay, but obviously the better powder the better. I also used some hour set epoxy, it seem to dry pretty clear. small bit of epoxy into a plastic baggy corner, then a bit of the powder, not sure of the ratio, might be as much as 1:1, mush it up, and then apply like cake icing. I believe there may be a diminishing returns as far as more powder might not be better all the time. No idea. the first attempt wasn't enough powder, so now I'm going whole hog on it.

I'm pretty limited in products here, so I've just been making do with what I can get. but it was pretty easy to do, and you could easily mix up a test batch.