UV-reactive PC accenting

[devinXkillyou]

Hey guys i was looking at this website UV Accenting and think that would look really cool in my case. Its basically just using UV-reactive gel pens to accent capacitors, circuit tracers, heatsinks, etc.. to give them a cool glowing feel. Unfortunately ive searched everywhere on google/froogle and only came up with UK stores. Could someone be a pal and help me find an online store in the states that sells these uv gel pens? thanks alot guys, im looking forward to this new cool look.

 

[Munkul]

sorry i cant help but for once im pleased i live in the UK!


edit: after reading the article, i noticed that the pens he was using wernt even branded as uv reactive.
tonight im gonna raid my sisters stash of colored gel pens and test them. woohoo!

 

[devinXkillyou]

i found a place online in the UK where the pens are, converted, about $11. then the shipping overseas made the total about $30. i think im just going to go to Wal-Mart and buy a pack of gel pens, i assumed they had to be uv-reactive, but i think as long as they are "gel pens" they should work.

 

[ATIonion]

Those pens are kinda cool...but the paint they leave fades pretty fast over time.....just so you know.....

 

[Munkul]

i have tested 4 different brands of flourescent yellow pens and they are all UV reactive, while the others in the packets are not.

 

[devinXkillyou]

i have tested 4 different brands of flourescent yellow pens and they are all UV reactive, while the others in the packets are not.

im wondering if most "gel pens" are uv reactive.

my uv light just came yesterday so im planning on picking up some pens today, but i want to make sure i buy the right ones.

 

[devinXkillyou]

UPDATE:

I bought some gel pens at Wal-Mart, RoseArt brand. It seems i bought my UV light for no reason because the cold cathode light that i currently have in there makes the gel pen accenting glow better than the UV light does I drew with the gel pens over a bunch of circuit traces, capacitors, my northbridge heatsink, and other chips i didnt know what they were Overall it looks really cool, its a cheap mod for a sweet effect. I will update and post pictures soon.

 

[ATIonion]

by chance do we get any pics??

 

[L|NK|N]

Shweet..Ive been thinking about doing something similiar...interested to see those pics..

 

[i_am_mustang_man]

can imagine full circuit traces?

this is pretty swank imo

maybe i'll do it someday

 

[wtf8269]

Pic I saved a year ago or so. Not my PC obviously; thought it was frickin sweet.

 

[ATIonion]

thats cool as hell...im thinken of doen this on my new rig i'm building late this month...that is pretty cool...

 

[devinXkillyou]

Pic I saved a year ago or so. Not my PC obviously; thought it was frickin sweet.

that is pretty sweet. mine doesnt even compare to how much that pic has. i was up till 3:30 this morning doing it and i was freakin tired. im going to put a little more on tonight.

mine also doesnt look that vibrant, maybe i just need to do more...

 

[devinXkillyou]

here is a pic..its pretty bad quality but you can kind of see the circuit traces and the northbridge heatsink. and my improvised AMD logo on one of the chips
i will post more pics later when i crack it back open.

 

[broken-arrow]

that rig is very sweet if i had the time when i did mine i would of modded it up that way. I saw a episode on the old screen savers show on G4 Tec TV and YOSHI did that mod.
SWEEEEEEET

 

[Taz100420]

Pic I saved a year ago or so. Not my PC obviously; thought it was frickin sweet.

damn that had to take A LONG TIME, but shit for the time done on it Id be proud over that!

 

[devinXkillyou]

Pic I saved a year ago or so. Not my PC obviously; thought it was frickin sweet.

im trying to figure out what kind of pens they used in that picture. i just bought gel pens but they showed up better under my regular blue cold cathode light than the UV light i bought. Maybe only special "uv reactive" pens glow best.

 

[Carcenomy]

Help, my computer's been attacked by the 80s!