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John Browning
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Day Glow offers 2 different yellows, oranges and reds. So far my window splashes are more small town small business, and I haven't had the need to use flourescents yet. I was hoping to get a small collection to practice with and possibly use them to mix additional colors. Thanks.

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John Browning
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Once your customers see flourscent, they'll never want anything else. Mixing flourscent colors to get anothe color dosen't seem to work well....they get muddy.

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Many sign supply stores have 1 quart containers of DayGlo paints.

Get :
Aurora Pink
Rocket Red
Blaze Orange
Arc Yellow.

Don't bother with the Blue as it doesn't really glow like the rest.

Green is easily made with a bit of your regular blue.With the above 4 colors, you can blend other shades.

For long term, use their UV top coat.

Once you start using them, your customers will never want to go back to regular colors.

Be sure to charge more for using them.

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Thank you guys so much for your help! Si, you helped me last time when I had a question about what colors I would need to do some Dunkin Donuts windows. I really appreciate that.

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You might want to give Ronan fluorescents a try.
Got my first box of pints in the spring and blew through most of them already.
They have a nice variety of colors and they didn't gunk up as much in the bottom as the 1 Shot did.
Love.....Jill

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Just steer away from 1-shot fluros- I have some old oil-based ones here- yes they're OLD- but they don't last more than a couple of months before they fade dramatically to white.
There are good Aussie ones available, but I inherited the 1-s stuff and thought I'd give it a try.

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Thanks for the advice, Stewey and Jill. I'm going to get afew colors and give them a try. There should be no problem getting them off as I will paint over a white acrylic base.

Thanks again!

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John, I used to do windows and blackboards on a weekly basis for various customers for 25 years.

Like Stewey said,our floros are water based and I go thru gallons of it.

Last few years I got smart and started using Avery white "Window Splash" Vinyl. Quite cheap too! Cheaper than time and paint rolling an undercoat!

Basicly it is a 4ft wide roll of low tack, thick enough that you don't need app tape and a breeze to apply in minutes. Also means you can do them in your workshop. Takes minutes to remove and no mess.

Final tip: If you want an "outline" on the splash still apply it full width, then cut the shape out after applying with an acto knife.

If you can't source the vinyl it is the same as what wide format printers use. Try that!

edited to show an example. The cans and bottles were do at home. The rest on site.


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Ronan Aqua-Glo waterbased. I buy em' in gallons, yeah they can be pricey at first glance but you get alot of mileage from them. Direct sun will turn them into "pastels" after awhile, but that's fine with me as I use them when painting "window promo's" meant for shorter term advertisements. Sometimes I do get paid to freshen em' up a bit. They clean up easy and cam take a pretty good beating from the rain. I mostly use the Yellow and the Flame Orange. At times I will buy the Hot Magenta, but I use it so sparingly I buy it in small quantities. I find that just the 2 colors get me by fine, as I use panels of darker colors in layouts for a more interesting balanced promo.

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