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Locus




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Black Lights
#7566981 - 10/27/07 02:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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im thinking about getting a black light for my posters...
should i just get a regular black light bulb that you stick in your lamp socket?
or one of those feet long thin more expensive black lights?
never had one so i dunno... any help is appreciated.. not to difficult to answer id think
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567041 - 10/27/07 03:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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the long thin blacklights are the way to go.
don't buy one at spencer's or a headshop, they rip you off.
the blacklights of which you speak are way less expensive at the hardware store.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: wps]
#7567064 - 10/27/07 03:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Get some glow paint from a craft store. You can paint your walls all crazy and it still looks normal in the daytime but with the black light it will glow. A nice trippy environment
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567193 - 10/27/07 04:18 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't buy the bulbs that screw into a socket. They aren't truly a "blacklight", just a regular bulb with a cheesy coating that will peel off in time.
Once when I did them in a room years ago I bought commercial fluorescent lighting fixtures and then bought the black light tubes separately. Still paid about as much for the setup as I would've at a novelty shop, but I had good commercial grade lights.
That room was bitchin. I painted the entire room (including the ceiling) flat black. It already had a dark brown carpet, so at night when that room was dark it was almost like sitting in the middle of space. Then I bought neon paints in many colors and a variety of paintbrushes and every time we had a party I would set them out and let party-goers decorate. After a few parties that room became my favorite place to trip alone. I'd lay in the middle of the room with the black lights on and it was as if all this graffiti and artwork was floating around me in space.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567243 - 10/27/07 04:38 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you dont even need special paint either, you can just use tide detergent it will light up under blacklight.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567253 - 10/27/07 04:41 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you wanna get the longest one. they glow really nice.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: wps]
#7567259 - 10/27/07 04:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
wps said: the long thin blacklights are the way to go.
don't buy one at spencer's or a headshop, they rip you off.
the blacklights of which you speak are way less expensive at the hardware store.
yeah and make sure to listion to him on that
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Make sure you get a UV black light. The bulbs don't emit enough like and generally look like shit.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: m.v2]
#7567802 - 10/27/07 07:54 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you can get 2' blacklight fluorescents at home depot or lowe's for like $10 or $15 i believe. a couple of them can fill a room quite well.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567807 - 10/27/07 07:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Def go with long ones. The screw in bulb ones are shit.
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567888 - 10/27/07 08:31 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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awesome, thanks to all you guys 
i know exactly what to do now
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567920 - 10/27/07 08:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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another thought... in addition to that paint.. i suppose i could also cum all over the walls every chance i get
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Re: Black Lights [Re: Locus]
#7567934 - 10/27/07 08:48 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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wow i just got back frm fred myers where i got 3 black light bulbs to compliment my 18 inch blck light tube  my rooom looks koooooool
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Locus




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nice man yeah deff monday i think im gonna go to the hardware store or home depot/walmart.. something along those lines... again, mucho gracias this is going to top off my room nicely
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