Dye Lite Question

[phreenet]

Hey I have some Dye Lite, I was wondering, if a blue neon light will lite up the dye or does it have to be a Black Light?

[Joe]

Its gotta be a Black light.

[Alives]

No, I have blue neons and they light it up better than a black light i have. http://www.islc.net/~friedman/Comp

[Alives]

Actually its not showing up too well in those pictures, but trust me on this one...it will look the same with the blue neons.

[UnaClocker]

I painted the inside of the beast black to help it absorb visible light, so that when I have the blaclight on, the ONLY thing you see from the outside are the glowing tubes. I may have a problem with the motherboard being too visible, not sure till I try. I have no problems with spray painting my motherboard black. ;> hehe.. I wouldn't want blue neons for the simple reason that they'd light up the case too much to be able to tell if the tubes are glowing or are just lit up.

[rumblefish]

where can i find blue dye-lite in stock...and where is a good place to find a uv light that is about 6mm x 100-200mm.....120v or 12v

[melvyn]

Originally posted by rumblefish:
where can i find blue dye-lite in stock...and where is a good place to find a uv light that is about 6mm x 100-200mm.....120v or 12v

You can get 12 volt blacklights from Streetglow (http://www.streetglow.com/site/auto2.htm). Click the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

[Joe]

Alives, YES visible light WILL make it show up, hell a light bulb would. But at the black light wavelength it glows more then in visible light and looks better as its a contrast to the dark case. Like una is doing.

[UnaClocker]

Rumble, CaseEtc has blue dyelight in stock, even tho they list it as out, the owner went on vacation, it should be updated when he gets back. :) At least, that's what Chip at OCWC says..

[Alives]

No, I've tried both...it glows the same with both.

[Dv8shawn]

Ah ha! You could kill 2 birds with one stone. We use a PCB coating where I work (assembling avionics PCBs) that not only seals the boards from moisture, but glows a really cool color under blacklight. I don't know if it's available non-commercially or how much it costs, but it would look cool as hell.

[verapelle]

I wish I had been more patient... I bought the green dyelite when it was the only thing available. Now I've got enough to light up the Atlantic and I'm sitting here wishing I had 3 drops of the Blue :). It would look sooo good in my case! It's hard to spend $15 on it though. Maybe I can con a friend into buying it and steal a few drops. BTW, if anyone needs a little green I'll send it for the cost of shipping. (not the whole bottle, just enough for one system)
-verapelle