There are many different glow in the dark pieces that you can buy. Glow in the dark glass can be made into a regular mug or a decorative drinking glass. Regardless of the piece that you purchased, there is one common denominator; all of the pieces glow in the dark.
Purchasing a glow in the dark piece can definitely be a conversation piece at the dinner table. However, finding how the piece was painted to be glow in the dark is another completely different conversation. Painting glass to be glow in the dark isn't an easy feat.
Many engineers have struggled with incorporating glow in the dark paint into glass. The reason for the struggle is because glass has a melting point of 3000 degrees centigrade and glow in the dark powder can only handle 1400 degrees centigrade. Therefore, combining both the glass and the paint is extremely difficult. If the paint is incorporated into the glass to soon it will turn brown and lump into balls, making the glass useless.
You might think that producing glow in the dark glass is impossible, but you are wrong. Producing glow in the dark glass just takes a lot of skill in knowing when to add the glow powder into the glass. By knowing when to add the powder at the exact time, you can avoid burning the powder and produce a beautiful piece of glass.
Having a piece of glow in the dark glass apart of your glass collection is definitely worthwhile.
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