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THIS STUFF IS INCREDIBLE!!!!! When they say it's the brightest glow-in-the-dark paint on the planet, they MEAN it! (OK, so I once found some slightly brighter stuff on Saturn, but it was way radioactive, and took forever to dry.)

The texture is akin to slightly grainy gouache (opaque watercolor paint), and can be thinned if you want to have a more translucent quality. Please note that they also sell more transparent versions for creating cloudy effects, like the Milky Way. I strongly recommend going to a hardware store and springing for one of those tube-shaped blacklight fixtures and bulbs (total cost usually about $24 for the 12-inch set) to get the most out of your paints if you're going to go into wall painting (because c'mon, don't most of us buy this stuff to do starfields on the ceiling? Admit it).

The colors are AMAZING, and definitely show up best when charged up either under direct sunlight or the aformentioned blacklighting. This particular sample pack includes: White, which isn't particularly bright but is a true white, though ONLY when fully charged (otherwise looks like a sort of wimpy greyish-blue); Green, the typical glow-in-the-dark yellowish-green, except strong enough to read by (I kid you not); Ultra Blue, which is a lovely color, also very bright, and actually closer to teal than blue (really lovely; did I mention that?); Pure Blue, a true, fairly deep blue, not quite cobalt but definitely pleasing; and the incomparable Purple, which is an intense deep blue-violet and looks, in fact, just like the picture. Like white, it hasn't as long a glow life as Green and Ultra Blue (and to a lesser extent Pure Blue), but while it shines, you won't be able to take your eyes off it.

Interesting sidenote for physics nerds: all these colors respond to sunlight and blacklight, BUT the purple paint does NOT respond to incandescent or LED light. It DOES respond to fluorescent light, however. Discussion? (And before you ask, why yes, I am unemployed right now. How did you know?)

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If your only previous experience with glow in the dark paint is the stuff that is sold for Halloween and at crafts stores, you will be surprised by how intensely these paints glow. The least intense (purple) paint is stronger and longer lasting than the zinc-based craft store paints. The V10 and Ultra Blue colors will glow bright enough to cast shadows if applied to a large enough surface. This is a superior product.

These paints are white when wet, but they dry to a near-transparent finish with a slight sheen. The glow pigment is granular, so the paint doesn't flow as well as a typical acrylic. I got the best results using natural bristle artists' brushes. Three coats will produce a bright, uniform glow effect.

Smooth plastic and metal should be primed before painting with glow paint, otherwise it won't adhere well. The acrylic base adheres very well to painted surfaces such as walls, and it is quite resistant to chipping. If the wall is painted with a gloss or semi-gloss paint you might not be able to see the glow paint in daylight, but if the wall is a flat or eggshell surface the glow paint will show up as a slightly glossy area when viewed at an angle.

I purchased the 2oz sample pack from Glow Inc before they moved their store to Amazon, so this review won't show up as a verified purchase.

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I had the paint in my purse with me during the day. I had forgotten it was there and at night my purse had light shooting up from it!! It freaked me out, but this product it awesome!!

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The sample pack was my first purchase. Playing around with it answered my questions and fired my creativity. I put the bottles on a low speed rock tumbler under a light for a day to get them fully charged before painting. I like that it is a thick consistency and is easily thinned with water. I paint at night, flick the light on, paint a dab or two, light off to inspect. At the end of my first night, I happened to leave the light off as I cleaned my brushes in the (flat bottomed) sink. You should do this. It makes a galaxy explode out. If you know someone with a jungle or forest wall graphic, put some eyes on it.

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I used it on pumpkins at Halloween,

I'm going to paint rocks in my gardens this summer

very easy to paint with