How to make lume WHITE

[COLDI]

My new FGD hands are tan. This will not work for my mismatched hands for my 201 and 202a

How do I relume them white. I have the binders, lumes ect. I just need to know what to add to the green lume to make it WHITE, unless I there is such as thing as white lume.

Any help would be awesome!

 

[trksh-bzr]

opcorn: I was thinking the same just yesterday

 

[rol_man]

Can't find the link but it's here somewhere... anyhow I seem to recall a thread where they used white acrylic paint mixed with the lume and binder.

 

[COLDI]

If someone links me. MASS rep points LOL

 

[no_one]

I add some (a drop on a toothpick) white Testors model paint. Simple & works like a charm...

 

[COLDI]

I add some (a drop on a toothpick) white Testors model paint. Simple & works like a charm...

have any pics ?

 

[no_one]

have any pics ?

 

[Wiz]

You want the lume to be white when uncharged or to glow white?

 

[COLDI]

Lume to be white in daylight. Needs to glow green (have green lume and other colors), but very faintly. Bc a 15 year old won't have bright lume.

AWESOME.

Just what I wanted!

When you say testors model paint, is it like an acrylic or something?

 

[GSi2K]

You can get white daylight lume, I think W@tchlume guys sell it.
Have you tried luming your hands as normal, then putting a thin layer of white paint under the hands.

 

[COLDI]

it still shows green. I need them white. No green can show. I could care less how much it glows. Like I said for a 15 year old watch the lume would be little to non-existent.

 

[GSi2K]

I see.
Only thing I can think of, is mix some white model paint in with a little lume mix

 

[alvinado]

White paint will clog up the pigment, making unusable. Use paint pigments instead

 

[COLDI]

So white model paint will work?

 

[Wiz]

Yes, just use watchlume's WG with clear binder (mate will make it look more beige).

I haven't tried but I don't think you need white paint.

 

[GSi2K]

It looks like it works.
I just mixed a drop of flat white model paint into some beige daylight lume and clear binder. The mixture is the same flat white, plus it still lumes in the dark.
Just mix in the right white colour you want and it should turn out ok

 

[Wiz]

It looks like it works.
I just mixed a drop of flat white model paint into some beige daylight lume and clear binder. The mixture is the same flat white, plus it still lumes in the dark.
Just mix in the right white colour you want and it should turn out ok

What kind of pigment did you use? I'll try it out tomorrow but with the right pigments I think it might work without the paint.

 

[no_one]

Lume to be white in daylight. Needs to glow green (have green lume and other colors), but very faintly. Bc a 15 year old won't have bright lume.



AWESOME.

Just what I wanted!

When you say testors model paint, is it like an acrylic or something?

It's an oil based enamel paint. Mixes well with most binders unlike a lot of the water based acrylics.

And even with a drop of it in the mix, it will still glow like a torch.

 

[COLDI]

Well after trying a few mixtures over the last few days, and figuring out that acrylic sucks for this I bought some model paint. Found the right consistency and here are the results.

Thanks to everyone for their advice

 

[no_one]

Looks amazing.

You did a better job than I did. :lol: