DIY Glow Gaskets for Triples and Other Glow Stuff

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Hey guys, update on my progress with these. I have successfully made it work. Itā€™s not fantastic but if anyone is like me and doesnā€™t have a drill press or a steady hand for this I finally made a successful file with ZenitPCB. I sent it to OSH park and got the board i used to line everything up with in the mail. I did have to use a diamond file to get everything to fit right but it took less than ten minutes. I have shared the OSH park file if anyone else runs into issues with drilling the MCPCBs also.

Note: I know mine are ugly right now but they work so I wanted to shareā€¦ I will make more until I get some that look the quality I want. Thanks so much CRX for helping me get this done!

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Are those GITD?

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They are. Used the UV Glue mixed with GITD powder.

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Are UV glue and UV resin the same thing?

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Getting there Pw :+1:

Probably very similar.

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Hey mate, are you still selling the GITD gaskets and the fobs? :beer:

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I was revisiting this topic and in a post from back in 2018, thereā€™s an image of an FW3A with GITD insert. Time travel? Hah, then I realized it was edited in June 2019. Sneaky. :wink:

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CRX

Im loving these glow gaskets!

Im testing using them without precharging before turning on a flashlight when I wake in the dark. I want them to work as a marker on the nightstand. So far, all are winners for that application.

I waited til I woke in the dark last night (at 4am) to learn more about how visible they are after sitting in the dark for 6 hours. They were all still visible. The Aqua was really bright!

I could not see the colors, my vision at that time was scotopic (if Im using the word right)

next I will install one of them in a light and learn how visible they are under an optic

having tons of fun playing with this stuff

I think your two layer versions are absolutely brilliant!

for example the one with aqua on the bottom and orange on top, benefits from the brightness of the aqua feeding the orange

I also really like the orange under Red

the orange/orange is also very nice, easily visible as a marker on my nighstandā€¦

the aqua is actually brighter than the green glow tape I haveā€¦

so, in all regards, excellent outcomes for these glow rings in my application as locator markers.

Next I get to play with the glow gaskets installed in my nightstand lightā€¦ Im expecting a whole other layer of color entertainment :slight_smile:

great work!

thanks
Jonathan

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This is great

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Glow gasket from crx came today , super high quality , nice packaging , couldnā€™t recommend enough
Very high quality and Iā€™m super impressed

Thanks crx

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Been messing around myself recently whilst waiting for the resin to arriveā€¦. I just used thick superglue which actually dried rubbery, but rigid and not brittle.
Made a glow disk for my little fatty BC15 and filled the lanyard ring on the FW3A, looks quite trick :wink:

! !

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Iā€™ve been making some glow gaskets for my C8+ Anna-40-6 conversions. I tried to find some good glow in the dark 3D printer filament. The best I found was made by SunTop, which was OK, but not great. The other stuff I got was just awful.

I then tried moulding one with UV resin and Strontium Aluminate. I made the mould using alginate and dropped in one of the 3D printed gaskets, it worked, but the mould dried out.
I bought green and aqua Strontium Aluminate, the green is brighter. I also bought some LIT, the worldā€™s glowiest glow pigment, by Stuart Semple. The Strontium Aluminate is just as bright as LIT and much cheaper. The brightest below is the original Strontium Aluminate UV epoxy cast (mid left), next brightest is the SunTop filament (bottom left), the rest are the best from a pack of 6 glow in the dark filaments, which are useless.

Next step was to 3D print some positive moulds, to make negative moulds using RTV silicone, then some slow set crystal clear resin and Strontium Aluminate to make the final gasket (sorry no photos). As well as the Anna-40-6 I made some Anna-40-7, a skull lanyard bead and some large hole beads from a mould off ebay, to use up any excess. First gasket and bead went on a C8+ conversion I made for my Dad, and gave to him on Fathers day. The second batch are in the garage curing. The resin used a 1% hardener ratio, which is difficult to measure. I had to buy some more accurate ā€˜drug dealerā€™ scales. It also takes 7 days before you can start to clean it up.


Iā€™ve already put the designs for the Anna-40-6 and Anna-40-7 on Thingiverse (Anna-40-6 glow gasket by ecotack - Thingiverse). Iā€™m not saying they are great, but they work on my Anet A8. Iā€™ll put the moulds on there if anyone wants them.

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Nice job!
I used 50/50 Green LIT and Strontium Aluminate (coarse, not powder - better glow) in the disk and just yellow LIT in the lanyard holes (to try it out on itā€™s own).
Iā€™m not that impressed with the LIT really, it doesnā€™t last anywhere near as long, mixed it seems to work better though.

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Hi all,

Bravo CRX for all these amazing creations, you are both an artist and an extremely skilled craftsman!

I'm new to the GITD world and would like to start with easy jobs on flashlights, hence a few requests for advice:

  • In your first post ("experimentation with some GITD tape & powder mixes" section) you mention some AE GITD sticker: does AE stand for AliExpress? Any more precise product identification (link)?
  • I would like to fill the Trit hole of a Sofirn C01S AAA flashlight with GITD stuff. What do you recommend to fill this hole: many layers of GITD paint, or a GITD powder + resin?
  • Can you suggest a GITD job for the LED side of such small lights? No space for a gasket I suppose, maybe only a very thin ring of paint on the aluminium head around the lens?

On the other hand, I've found a few GITD powder and/or paint suppliers, but most charge deterrent shipping fees to France: Glow-on is $18 for an item weighing only a few grams (4.6ml vial + small sheet of glow film), i.e. more than the item value, and Glowtec although UK based (the country nextdoor) charges even more: Ā£25 for such a tiny item

Glowinc charges slightly less (about USD15 if ordering through eBay), moreover their website is extremely informative.

Any other supplier suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance

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another optionā€¦ strontium aluminate in nail polish

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glow paint arrived :slight_smile:
pic is a link to more info

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:slight_smile:
They are just 700 miles awayā€¦ I walk fastā€¦ LOL

and they gave me Swag:

like :+1:

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The discount 15% code shown in your photo of SPR15 works fine.... just ordered some. Thanks!

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glad it helped

I look forward to your impressionsā€¦

morning after, update
I was able to see the blue glow on my nightstand all night long, it was still visible when I got up at 6am. I did not precharge it before bedā€¦

Im really entertainedā€¦ this glow is bright and long lasting

choices are good:

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Im very happy with itā€¦ the glow is Very Strong.

there seems to be a LOT of glow powder mixed into the acrylic. In fact it is a bit thicker, more viscous, than I would likeā€¦

but I got it to work well enoughā€¦ without resorting to any of the thinning optionsā€¦

I feel the TechnoGlow company is doing a very good job at offering High Quality options. I also found them very quick and easy to communicate with. I would definitely do business with them again.

update
after the Acrylic Glow Paint dried 24 hours
while adding a jump ring to the tail of my light, I inadvertently poked a hole in the edge of the Glow Paint. It is not hard like epoxy, it is soft, and rubbery, a bit like silicone. This makes it easy to remove.