THE BEST Glow In The Dark

IPA Creations makes these bold and dramatic rings which feature real carbon fiber on the outside, and a layer of glow-in-the-dark resin inside. Each ring is super smooth, and is available in a variety of different glow colors as well as a rainbow mix. Be sure to check out their Etsy shop for more sweet glowing jewelry.

After receiving countless fan requests, the guys at DipYourCar got the brightest glow-in-the-dark pigments they could find, and covered a Mitsubishi Evo with the phosphorescent agents. They applied numerous coats on top of a peel-off white basecoat, and the finished effect is impressive in a darkened environment.

Part of Tockr’s unique hydro-dipped watch series, the Lume Air Defender features a luminescent stainless steel chassis in either camouflage or marble designs. Its stitching also glows in the dark, as do its hands and dial markers. It has a Valjoux Swiss movement with second, minute, and hour counters, and day/date functions.

Apollo’s Rings handcrafts these vibrant orange and red rings which glow after being exposed to bright UV light source like the sun. When the lights go down, it looks like you’re wearing a lava flow on your finger. They’re made by infusing different types of glow powder into resin during the casting process.

Puppeteer Barnaby Dixon is an expert at creating simple characters with tremendous expressiveness. His latest creation is a tiny, glow-in-the-dark fish puppet that has a wonderfully fluid movement, despite being controlled by just two simple rods. It even can be operated underwater.

This crazy puzzle from Japan comes with 150 pieces which are all the same exact color, making it extremely challenging to complete. To add to the fun factor, its pieces are phosphorescent, so you can work on it in the dark, and leave temporary shadow art on it.

Musician Alan Gogoll has made a number of videos that capture the vibrations of the strings from inside of his acoustic guitar. This clip features a medley of some of his warm and inviting fingerstyle tracks, and enhances the hypnotic visual with the addition of glow-in-the-dark guitar strings.

Science guy NightHawkInLight takes a popular pendulum physics demonstration and amps it up. He starts out with a large pendulum made from metal nuts and varying lengths of strings for the bright shots, then covers them with tape and fluorescent paint to make them glow brightly under UV light.

This 2″ x 3″ slab glows brilliantly for up to 12 hours once exposed to sunlight or a UV light source. Its got a hook and loop backing so you can Velcro it onto bags or other objects to improve nighttime visibility. Available in green or aqua, or with an optional biohazard symbol for added effect.

TEC Accessories’ bead-blasted titanium fob serves little purpose but to look cool, and we’re good with that. The machined housing holds three or six self-luminescent tritium vials for a striking visual effect on your keychain, a pendant, or on your bag. Also available in stainless steel. Tritium vials sold separately.

Limited to just 250 pieces, this special edition Bell & Ross timepiece shows off with an exceptionally bright all-over Super-Luminova C3 face, along with a matching luminescent rubber strap. There’s no chance you’ll miss this watch in the dark, and we can only imagine how radiant it would be under black light.

Pelican’s 3310 ELS emergency flashlight is designed to be wall-mounted and has a luminescent body that makes it easy to find in the dark. The LED light offers three brightness modes up to 378 lumens, with runtimes from 8 hours at high to 202 hours in the lowest setting.

Ever put your tool down in a dark room and then have trouble finding it? These hand tools from Klein glow for up to 30 minutes after 5 minutes in light, making them much easier to locate. They’re available as various cutting pliers, as well as a wire stripper/cutter. They also make flexible glow rods for fishing wires in dark spaces.

We’ve seen guitars made from pencils, skateboards, cardboard, and titanium, but this is definitely the first one we’ve seen made of noodles. Daniel Seidel of forward >> audio crafted this wild instrument by casting a resin body filled with Japanese udon noodles. As an added bonus, he made it glow in the dark with UV powder.

These automatic wristwatches feature an array of 61 tritium micro gas tubes around their perimeter which makes them glow brightly in the dark. Each timepiece is designed for durability and everyday wear, with a sapphire crystal and water resistance to 100m/330ft.

Nate from The King of Random shows us how to make a soupy, goopy concoction using Borax detergent and Elmer’s clear glue that can glow brilliantly in the dark when combined with the stuff from inside of glow sticks. If you’re gonna try this, wear gloves and eye protection!

TiSurvival’s 1.18″ long titanium cylinders have a capsule inside which glows brightly for up to 24 hours after being charged in the light. They’re great worn as a pendant, zipper pull, or on a keychain. Available in a variety of finishes.

Vollebak’s Black Light is a collection of athletic wear that appears all black in daylight. But you’ll still be seen in them in the dark, because they have black glass spheres that easily reflect light. There’s a t-shirt, long sleeved shirt, sweater and jacket.

NEWwooDESIGN creates these unique tables by engraving detailed maps of cities into oak wood. Each table has three layers representing streets, buildings, and water, and is coated with a resin that glows in the dark. Choose from several European cities, as well as NYC.

Engineers from MIT have developed a fascinating way to enhance plant leaves so they can subtly glow in complete darkness for up to four hours. Their aim is to someday create plants which are bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace.

Vollebak’s waterproof jacket glows in the dark for up to 12h with as little as 2h of exposure to sunlight and other sources of light. Unlike most treatments, the jacket’s glow-in-the-dark compound won’t wear off. It’s also stretchable, packable and weighs just over 8oz.

Beyond the Brick’s Joshua Hanlon met up with builder Carter Baldwin at Philly Brick Fest to check out the section dedicated to glow-in-the-dark creations. Seeing these constructions under black light gives a whole new dimension to LEGO that we never knew existed.

Artist Peter Draws creates a wonderful line art illustration using “invisible” ink under a black light. Watching the ink flow off of his glass pen tip into the water is just as mesmerizing as onto the canvas itself. His charming and soothing narration definitely reminds us of Bob Ross.

The Science Channel’s series Street Science presents a neat experiment, mixing bulk quantities of the nasty goo inside of glowsticks to produce a variety of vibrant colors. The result is a new abstract painting medium. Needless to say, don’t play with these chemicals at home.

Innovo Design creates jewelry and other accessories packing tiny vials of radioactive tritium gas, which makes them glow in low light or darkness without need to be “charged” in daylight. They offer rings, pendants, USB drives, bottle openers, and even a tritium “flashlight.”

If you’ve ever been to a science museum, there’s a good chance you’ve seen one of those walls that temporarily glows and captures shadows when exposed to light. Mark Rober shows us how to make your very own glow wall. Grab the phosphorescent vinyl sheets here.