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case lights and other lighting features

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Looking for like a black light that I can use with the inside of my case to get it to light up a little more, and also interested in some paint that I can mod the inside with, maybe video card, fans and other kinda stuff...

Links are fine, and suggestions are welcome...
 
Well, I like the UV paint... But don't you need a black light type light to get them to glow ? I have the nf4 ut expert dfi board and want it to look all neat, and possibly get some red uv and a couple other colors to spice my case up a bit...
 
DONT paint the traces on your board with those paints!

High frequency circuits will often change their properties when many or a few traces are covered.

I killed my radeon 9200 by painting the entire bottom of it with that stuff. No real loss really :D
 
oh no I wasnt meaning I was gonna paint my board... Only the plastic covering on most heatsinks... I dont wanna mess up my boards :)...

and oh... Didn't know the uv cathodes were like blacklights :)... See... Learn something new everyday... Thank you for the information...

I have a black thermaltake shark case... Would like to add some red and a little yellow kind of things...
 
I have used some paint that is intended for lexan rc car bodies that works extremely well under uv light. It's made by Pactra, called "racing finish" and the part number is RC279. It says it's fluorescent yellow, but under uv light it looks like xenon green. Really cool effects.

I have not used this on heatsinks and such, but I have painted the edges of my cards and mobo with it and it works really well.
 
Thank you for the advice on the coloring :)... I'll see what I can do... are there any stores like Michaels that actually sell this kind of uv paint ?? cause if I can buy the paint and order the cathodes that'd be nice... because all the uv pain varieties that they seem to have on the websites are few... red, green, and yellow... lol

Soon as I get the cash I'll get started on setting this up... then I'll show it off... I dont have any water cooling, so no cool green/yellow hoses running round, but egh... I'll work with what I got ;)
 
What a lot of people do is paint the edges of the video cards PCB with UV paint, it shows up really well without affecting the card at all. I'm probably going to paint the fan housing of my AC freezer pro with orange uv.
 
The CLEAR NEON UV paint is awesome btw. It can be removed with 99% ISO alcohol, incase you screw up. It's brush on, or spray. Getting your cathodes from Jab-Tech, as well as the paint from them is a bonus too, cheaper shipping.

It's clear under normal light. I've used it to paint things on my window, and light it via UV. It might be time to do a UV [H] stairing down one of the most populated streets in Toronto, Canada... Hmmm.

Home Depot sells fluorescent Yellow, Pink, Orange and Red paints in spray form which also work wonders. They're oil based which takes forever to dry on anything other than plastic. Personal experience...

Linky to paint! White, purple, orange, yellow, green, red, blue, pink etc.

The spray versions can be mixed (IN LAYERS! let a layer dry before applying another colour, the top colour will be predominant, so experiment on white paper first) if needed. You can also clear-coat the entire thing to keep it waterproof.
 
For anyone seeking UV reactive paint (aka-fluorescent, neon, day glow) I would strongly encourage them
to visit their local craft &/or hobby store - Michaels or the like. Often called "poster paints".

Alternatively, you can buy the same products from online arts & crafts sources. The PC modding supply houses charge
entirely too much for such products IMO.

The exact same kit of poster paint used in my UV reactive system can be found online here = $4.14 for a set of six colors (bottom of page).
 
wow... Lot of rockin replies... thanks...

and yeah, I was thinking about painting on the video card, either a little design, maybe my name or something on the heatsink, and then the side edge of the card to give it more of a 3d looking effect when looking inside...

Thanks for the link to the clear uv paint... that'll be probably what I'll do, and I'll also check out michaels... If they still have one down the road :)...
 
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