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Reprinting Interior Blacklight Graphics

By HighTower

11 months ago



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    #1 11 months ago
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    HighTower

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    Hey Guys,

    I am restoring a Bromley Ghost Town and looking to reproduce the interior graphics.

    They are printed on thick paper and stapled to the sides of the cabinet interior.

    The current ones seem sunlight damaged and very faded, in patches you can see how bright it used to be.

    My question is, do you need special flurescent inks? Or would just a strong bright colour work the same?

    How does everyone reprint artwork for blacklight cabinets? Whatvwould you suggest?

    Cheers.

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    #2 11 months ago
     
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    P2K

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    Yes, you need fluorescent inks for the blacklight effect.
    I think any outside custom printing (silk screen or inkjet style) would be very expensive.

    In your case the blacks and whites appear just fine on your panels so maybe just buy fluorescent paints (neon paint) or markers such as craft store acrylic paints and paint accent colors the best you can to make things pop a bit. You don't need to copy exactly what they originally had, make your own accent colors and shapes surrounding the black outlined images.

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    #3 11 months ago
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    HighTower

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    Cheers, you confirmed what I thought was probably the case.
    Unfortunately the bottom piece is completely destroyed (not shown), so at the very least I need to redo that one.

    You're right the blacks and whites are fine...maybe if I reproduce them I could attempt a very fine airbrush of fluorescence to create the sky effect?

    Does anyone know if the white on these what "white" from factory or more of an off white? Obviously with age these are now more of a dirty wash white.

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