apparently you now can with electric paint,
with just the flick of a switch the colour of your car or motorcycle can change, LumiLor is the world first and only patented
electroluminescent paint, which can light up virtually any solid surface when
an electrical current passes through it, luminescent paint has been around for decades, but it has
never looked as cool as the ingenious invention that is LumiLor. Fluorescent
and phosphorescent paints only maintain their glow for a short duration after
being exposed to long-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation while radioluminescent
paint contains a small amount of a radioactive isotope mixed with a
radioluminescent phosphor chemical. Lumilor, the world’s first
electroluminscents coating, only requires an electrical current to achieve its
glowing effect,
LumiLor
was the brainchild of Andy Zsinko, an aftermarket painter with over 25 years of
experience. One day, in 2009, while sharing a beer with some friends, Andy
imagined a solution that would allow him to control the glow of the paint and
make it last for hours. He had just finished a glow-in-the-dark paint job for a
friend, but was unhappy about the short life and lack of control of the glow,
Zsinko
started researching ways of making his idea a reality, and by June 2010 he
already had a prototype that he used to paint a 1976 Kawasaki Police 1000
motorcycle, which he showed off to his friends, above a Triumph was given the same treatment,
because
LumiLor paint is activated by an electrical current, the intensity of the
glowing effect can be controlled via smartphone app, which also comes with
preset effects, like strobe, sequencing or motion and sound activation,LumiLor
coating has a grey hue, similar to that of a paint primer when inactive, but it
can be used in combination with a range of topcoats (airbrushing, tinted clear
coats, colored top coats, hydrographics, etc.) without losing it losing its
amazing properties. When lit, LumiLor produces a single-color light that is
visible at long distances and shines through many types of atmospheric
conditions such as fog, snow and smoke,
LumiLor is currently available in eight native colours (the colours you
see when the paint is lit) and can be applied to almost any 3D object when an
electrical current is passed through it. The electroluminescent paint is sold
in kits that include both the paint itself and the basic electronics needed to
activate it, Darkside Scientific’s amazing paint has been around for
years, and LumiLor is already available in 19 countries around the world, so
why don’t we see it more often? one major reason is pricing,
when it was originally
launched, the electric paint was priced at a whopping $4.50 per square inch,
which was very prohibitive. Prices have since gone down significantly (between
$0.26 and $0.46 per square inch), but the cost can still add up, according
to Wonder World, if you were to cover a mid-size car with LumiLor, you
would have to pay around $15,000 for the paint alone. Few people would cover
their whole car in electric paint, but still, even smaller areas would still
cost several thousands of dollars, plus labour costs, now, if you wanted to
paint your motorcycle helmet in LumiLor, you’d be looking at around $350 plus labour costs, which actually doesn’t sound too expensive, considering how much some people spend on their cars, I am surprised a car manufacture has not put this paint on the options list, imagine the neighbours surprise when you drive out of your garage with a different coloured car every day of the week!
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