How to make plastic glow in the dark

Injection Molding:

The use of an injection mold machine equipped with a small chamber is recommended. For Instant, for injection molding a piece of 50 grams per shot with a duration time of 3 minutes, do not use a machine with a barrel capacity of 5kg it is enough for 100 shots. This will maybe darken the end product. An adequate sized chamber would be one that the resin stays in no longer than 30 minutes.

A test run with a virgin resin is recommended before injection molding is started.

Masterbatches or pellets containing luminescent pigment must be fully dried before using!

Temp. should be determined by experimenting.

It is difficult to inject mold resins containing a stabilizer or resins which are hygroscopic or containing water.

General Precautions:

Do not grind or mill the pigment, breaking the pigment structure will destroy the afterglow properties!

Avoid exposing the pigment to strong acids or mixing with resins containing heavy metal properties.

Keep out of reach from children, this substance is non-toxic but not intended for humane ingestion.

Keep pigment as dry as possible.

Photoluminescent pigment is a hard material and this may cause abrasion to the extruding machines, In order to avoid this problem either sue especially hardened barrels and screw fixtures or a wax to wet the pigment prior to extruding, or use a machine with two entry ports.

Avoid moisture and aqueous systems. Once the pigment is incorporated into a solvent based resin, it is not affected by moisture.

We have tested our pigments thoroughly but the afterglow properties depend on the pigment quantity used and manufacturing processes used. The efficiency of phosphorescent pigment containing articles can only be observed when installed properly and excited under correct lighting conditions as required by the proper authorities. Therefore we can not guarantee that the end product containing our pigment conform to your company expectations.

Note:

Molded parts and extruded strips as well as products made thereof are manufactured with a variety of base plastic compounds, to which luminous material are added.

For processing of photo luminescent plastic compounds, it is best to use machinery such as plunger-type injection molding machines or single-screw extruders, which ensure delicate handling of the luminous material. Consult extruding machine manufacturers' specifications for processing temperatures and injection speed.

Suggest using paraffin to cling to the surface of basic plastic, it is molding.

Disclaimer:

This document is intended to aid the use of the photoluminescent pigment and to be used as general information purposes. Ready Set Glo is not responsible for the damage to machines, loss of products or labor due to the misuse of the photoluminescent pigment.

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