Do you want something unexpected to surprise your friends or acquaintances at a party? Of course you can do it yourself interesting crafts, for example , or . These items, of course, will decorate the interior, make the atmosphere more festive, but they are unlikely to surprise. We have prepared a more non-standard idea for you. If the party or celebration is designed for the evening, we suggest you make glowing water at home. From what they see, the guests will definitely be delighted. Familiarize yourself with all the methods for preparing a bright liquid, choose more for yourself convenient way and get to work. Good luck!

The easiest way

• Water one part
• peroxide one part
• Vinegar one part
• Salt one part

It is advisable to choose a glass container that can be closed with a lid. Combine all of the above ingredients in equal proportions. Close the vessel with a lid. And shake until colored water appears before your eyes.

Please note that during the preparation of this liquid, the ingredients that make up the composition may come into contact with the skin. In order not to provoke an unwanted skin reaction, be sure to protect yourself: wear gloves, do not leave body parts exposed.

With added soda

For liquid preparation bright color you just need:

• Soda 1 tsp
• Sparkling water 0.5 l
• Peroxide 3 tsp

All components that are part of the same as in the previous version must be combined and shaken well. The reaction will also be amazing. Just to make a liquid that glows with these ingredients, you have to shake them for about 10 minutes, sometimes more.

With phosphor

To prepare a liquid of bright color, you will need:

• Luminol 0.15 g
• Dry alkali (KOH) 0.75 g
• Dimexide 30 ml

The container will need the same as in the previous methods: glass with a lid. Pour all the ingredients into the vessel. Screw on the lid. When the ingredients are mixed together, you will see a bright light. If the glow subsides, it is enough to slightly open the jar, as it will shine again.

To change the color of glowing water, you just need to add a little fluorescent dye to any of the solutions.

Glowing paint

You already know the easiest ways to make a bright liquid that glows beautifully at home. Another one interesting idea for a party - paints that also reflect in the dark with a bright light. You can buy them ready-made or you can make your own. For this you will need:

• Paint 0.5 kg
• Phosphor 175 g
• Varnish 375 g

Combine all ingredients and stir. You can paint different patterns with this paint that glow at night in an original way, or paint parts of the body for yourself and your friends.

When you have a long-awaited party with best friends and friends or one of your family members is about to have a birthday, then the question arises - how to entertain guests, how to surprise the audience and cause them a surge of joyful emotions. It is easiest to surprise and amuse little children, who will enthusiastically blow out the candles on the cake, participate in various scenes, or recklessly look for a gift hidden by their parents in the room.

In order to interest adult participants in the festive event, you will have to show imagination and organize an original scene or tricks. To help you organize an entertaining action, in this article we will tell you how to make a luminous liquid or luminescent paint with your own hands at home. Glow-in-the-dark paint can be used to cover balloons, ribbons and other decoration elements of a room, and any container can be filled with liquid, and when it gets dark, the room will be filled with bright fabulous colors!

There are quite a few ways to make such water or paint. But most of them are laborious and not quite suitable for home cooking or too complex for an unprepared person. In this article you best options, with the help of which you can easily and quickly (and most importantly, safely for yourself and others!) make a phosphor with your own hands.


First, we will tell you how to make luminescent liquid at home from improvised means, which can be easily found at home or purchased at a nearby outlet.

So, let's start with the easiest way:

Recipe 1

Today, you can easily purchase luminescent markers or felt-tip pens. To make sure that the marker has luminous properties, draw a few thick lines on a sheet of paper that will glow in a shaded area. It remains to pull the fiber rod out of the marker body and rinse it thoroughly in water.

Recipe 2

how to make luminous paint without using luminol? Everything is very simple!

Simple improvised means - boric acid and coniferous concentrate. If these funds are not at hand, then in the nearest pharmacy you will definitely buy them for ridiculous money;

Now pour 50 ml of clean water into an aluminum container (for example, into a ladle or ladle) and dissolve 3 g in it. needle concentrate. In another small container, add a pinch of boric acid and add a little bit of coniferous concentrate solution;

Gently mix everything and continue to add the solution drop by drop. We hold the container over the fire and bring the mixture to a boil;

After boiling, we wait for the mixture to cool down, add another solution of pine needles concentrate with water. Boil the mixture again until a yellowish liquid is formed - a phosphor. This hand-made phosphor will glow beautifully in the dark and can be used as a paint for decorating various interior objects.

Recipe 3

How to make luminescent water using hydrogen peroxide and other improvised means.

To begin with, let's take care of safety precautions by protecting the eyes and open areas of the body (with a thick cloth);

AT glass jar pour 300 ml of water, add a couple of spoons of hydrogen peroxide 3%, a tablespoon of salt, a little vinegar;

After that, tightly close the jar with a lid and shake it very vigorously and keep shaking until glowing water forms.

Recipe 4

A blue glow liquid can be made with this method, but the color of the glow can be changed by adding a fluorescent dye.

cook glass flask with a tightly fitting stopper, 0.15 g of luminol, 30 ml of dimexide, 35 g of dry alkali.

Place all components in a flask and close tightly with a stopper. Stir vigorously until a bluish glow appears. When the glow fades, gently open the plug and let in air to make the herd glow brighter.

Recipe 5

From hydrogen peroxide and luminol

Prepare a tall glass beaker or flask, a solution of 3% luminol - 5 ml, hydrogen peroxide 3% - 10 ml, a couple of crystals of potassium permanganate, a solution washing powder.

First you need to pour a solution of washing powder into a glass and add a solution of luminol and peroxide there;

Now you need to thoroughly grind the potassium permanganate and also add to the mixture;

Stir the liquid in a glass. It will begin to sparkle and glow beautifully. By adding a little tap water glow effect is enhanced.

HOW TO MAKE GLOWING SHOES AT HOME?

1 way:

What we need: tall glass or flask, 300 ml of water, 2 tablespoons of soda, 3% hydrogen peroxide (2 teaspoons), thick cotton laces.

First you need to pour baking soda into a glass of water, close the lid and mix well. Then open the lid and pour in the peroxide. Close the lid tightly again and mix thoroughly. Then you need to put the laces in a glass with a mixture and hold them there for 10 minutes.

2 way:

What we need:

150 ml of pure water;

5 gr. luminol (sold in specialized stores with chemicals) or 200 gr. phosphor (this ingredient easily converts energy into a glow);

90 ml of hydrogen peroxide 3% (usually sold in any pharmacy);

15 ml of sodium hydroxide solution;

3 g of copper sulfate;

Ruben or any other fluorescent dye.

Pour the prepared luminol (yellow powder that glows bluish in neutral or acidic solutions) into a tall glass flask with water. Mix thoroughly.

Now slowly pour the peroxide and mix the solution again;

Add a solution of caustic soda and mix everything;

It remains to add copper sulfate and a fluorescent dye to the mixture;

Mix everything thoroughly and dip the laces into the liquid. After 15 minutes, you can pull them out. In the dark they will glow.

3 way:

The surest way to make yourself not just slightly luminescent laces, but laces that glow in the dark brightly. A great feature for lovers of dancing in nightclubs!

But this method will appeal not to amateur chemists, but to lovers of electrical lotions and all sorts of fashionable devices. The design for the manufacture of luminous shoelaces is as follows - we make a miniature electronic unit with a thin LED. This LED will run along the central part of the silicone string that allows the light to pass through. The unit will be recharged from the battery. But the lacing must be loose - if you tighten the laces on your shoes too tight, you will damage the LEDs.

In the photo: a phosphor applied to various objects (paint) or poured into containers (liquid consistency)

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Helpful Hints

If you are fascinated by objects that glow in the dark, then you will be interested to know how you can make different liquids and things shine. Children and teenagers will be especially happy, but you need to carefully follow the instructions to make it work.

What is a fluorescent?

How to make glowing liquid

To begin with, it is worth noting that creating a luminous liquid at home is not an easy process. It is also not very clean, which means that you will have to properly wash the dishes after it is made.

Obviously, if the liquid glows, it means that certain chemical processes are taking place in it.

But you don't have to go deep into chemistry. To complement it, we can say that some substances, being in an acidic environment, can emit light.

For what we need chemical reaction, it is worth preparing the necessary reagents.

It is also worth noting that there are several ways to make a luminous liquid.

How to make glowing water

I Method

You will need:

Luminol (you can find it in chemical stores) - 2-3 g

Hydrogen peroxide 3% (can be found in a pharmacy) - 80 ml

Water - 100 ml

Copper sulfate - 3 g

Caustic soda solution - 10 ml

Fluorescent dyes such as rubren or brilliant green

Transparent glass container

Luminol is a yellow powder. If you pour it into acidic and neutral solutions, it will begin to glow. blue color. It is he who is the main ingredient in this experiment.

1. Pour water into a glass container and dissolve luminol in it.

2. Add hydrogen peroxide to the container.

3. Add copper sulfate (you can replace it with ferric chloride or red blood salt).

* In case you do not have one and three ingredients, you can use improvised means. Squeeze some blood from the chicken leg and dilute it in water, then add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of this solution to the mixture in a container.

4. Add caustic soda.

Now you can turn off the light and admire the blue glow from the container.

* In case you want a color other than blue, you can add any fluorescent dye to the solution.

II Method

You will need:

Luminol - 0.15 g

Dry alkali (KOH) - 35 g

Dimexide - 30 ml

Glass container with cork - 500 ml

Fluorescent dye

1. Mix luminol, alkali and dimexide in a container.

2. Close the container with a lid and shake. You should get a blue glow. You can recolor it with any fluorescent dye.

* In case the glow has weakened, open the lid to draw air into the container. After that, the liquid will again emit light.

III Way

You will need:

One tall glass

Washing powder solution - 20 ml

Hydrogen peroxide 3% - 10 ml

Luminol solution 3% - 5 ml

A few crystals of potassium permanganate

1. Prepare a solution of washing powder in a glass.

2. Add hydrogen peroxide.

3. Add luminol solution.

4. Grind a few crystals of potassium permanganate and add them to the same container.

* If you start stirring the mixture, it will begin to foam and sparkle.

* Since the water in the tap is chlorinated, under its influence the luminol solution will glow.

How to make a glowing liquid (video)

* Glows under UV light

How to make glowing shoelaces

If two options for the manufacture of luminous shoelaces.

It is worth noting that the luminous lace consists of a small electronic unit in which an LED is built. The latter is placed in a soft lace, which is made of silicone and which is able to transmit light. The LED is powered by a battery.

The color of the luminous laces is up to you. Luminous laces function in 3 modes. They have a switch located on the electronic unit.

* Standard length laces 80 cm.

* The shoelaces will glow for approximately 70 hours without recharging. Then just replace the battery.

* Remember that glowing laces are just an accessory and should not be used for tight lacing. They are not designed for specialized shoes such as running shoes or football boots (bumps).

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How to make glow paint

The main ingredient in homemade glowing paint is the same phosphor.

You can buy a phosphor, as already mentioned, in special stores, or via the Internet. It is a powdery substance that converts energy into a glow.

You will need (for 1 kg of paint):

250 gr. phosphor

750 gr. varnish

Just mix all the ingredients.

It is worth noting that such paint will not glow for as long as the one sold in stores. And don't forget to "recharge" your paint with sunlight.

Using luminous paint, we can paint a picture in a room or color any object. You can also print on a T-shirt.

How to make a glowing keyboard

You can go the long and hard way and use a 9V LED cord like this:

But you can do everything much easier.

Just use glowing paint. There is a special spray paint that can be found in auto stores.

Such paint is stored for a long time by the energy of the Sun or artificial lighting, and glows in the dark.

First, paint the keyboard with this paint, and then stick letters on the keys (you can buy them at any computer store or electronics store).

Such a keyboard will glow a pale green, but you can look for other shades of paint.