UV Reactive Suits?

[Pastebox]

Im working on designing a suit for one of my characters, Flux Husky (admittedly designed somewhat after my wonderful town of Owatonna), that I’m planning to finish by this fall, and I wanted him to be UV reactive. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for maximum glow? Best types of fabric to use, etc.? I’m also tentatively planning to purchase some LED eyes and jaw sets from DVC to install in him

[Shoku]

UV reactive mediums tend to come as dyes, dry pigment, and paints. In your case it’s probably worth experimenting. A clear dye I think would give the best results but fake fur is often extruded acrylic which doesn’t hold dye well. Local sources, you’ll probably have the best luck at Blick Arts. Online, can fever go wrong with Amazon.

"The problem is not that there are too many idiots in the world, the problem is the distribution of lightning."
- Mark Twain

[Shoku]

Probably worth noting that white fur often has a strong blue glow under UV as well.

"The problem is not that there are too many idiots in the world, the problem is the distribution of lightning."
- Mark Twain

[Cvoid]

Materials often don’t advertise that they’re UV reactive.  If there’s somewhere to buy fur around you then you may want to go there with a blacklight pen or similar to check the intensity of what they have there.

Also may be important to note which parts you want to make UV reactive.  Do you want all of it reacting, only some colors reacting, or do you want additional patterns that only show up under UV light?

[Pastebox]

I wanted most of him to glow, with the exception being any darker spots in his design. The character is 1/3-2/3 white, so that’s not what I’m worried about. The trick is finding synthetic cyan fur that’ll glow like I want it to, which I would think would be possible since most neon colors are UV reactive

[Shoku]

Dayglow colors kind of work by UV fluorescent to begin with, on top of which many laundry detergents contain UV brighteners to make “whites white-er.”  I only know this because I use Scent Killer products which advertize the lack of UV brighteners.

I’d second grabbing a UV flashlight to test.  They’re pretty cheap, pretty strong, and generally fun to have around.  I got mine off Amazon.  I was testing some dice to see if I could find any UV reactive one.  Sadly none of mine glowed.

"The problem is not that there are too many idiots in the world, the problem is the distribution of lightning."
- Mark Twain

[Sauce]

Sounds damn cool, I’ve been shopping around for a full suit with lots of neon but UV reactive is awesome too

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