Help me, m'Nerds, find a project I saw somewhere

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#1

I was scrolling… some feed … in the last couple of days and saw a project. I was on my phone, out walking my dogs, and thought I left the page up but alas it’s gone. Can’t find it. It was on Hackaday, or Hackster.io, or Make, or something like that.

What was it? It looked like a glowing blue potion vial like you’d get in a Zelda game. Only it looked like it was in an actual glass vial, with some glowy bits inside, and a cork in the top. And it was literally yesterday, or the day before.

Tried Teh Google and can’t seem to re-find it. It looked like something my “gamer kid” would like and there just might be enough time for me to pull it off before Christmas.

#2

Do you think it was resin? If it was, @Lordrook did a class on something similar with vials to make it look like potion. There’s glow in the dark powder you can add to resin that would do what you’re describing.

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#3

Here you go- https://youtu.be/eB1U0t0lLxE

I turned this into a class about 2 years ago. I’ll link bottles and glow powder below for you in a few min. The resin you use is whatever you want, pressure cure it for no bubbles or don’t if you don’t mind some bubbles in there.

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#4

Bottles- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073VHNCQK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Glow powder- https://www.amazon.com/Luminous-Non-Toxic-Festivals-Concerts-Halloween/dp/B07BNHCK4Q/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=glow+powder&qid=1614879804&sr=8-5

A note on the glow powder, i picked this one because its a good value and has color pigments already mixed in. the other option is to use an alcohol ink or pigment and then add in a basic strontium aluminate glow powder so you can customize. Either or but my link is the cheaper option.

and just my 2 cents, this is a pretty good all around resin for various projects- https://www.amazon.com/EPOXY-RESIN-CRYSTAL-COATING-TABLETOPS/dp/B00V2GXD5A/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=east+coast+resin+16+oz&qid=1614880044&sr=8-4

Key to the project is don’t overfill the potion bottles or they might break with the expansion of the resin.

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#5

And don’t make the mistake that I did in the class. Leave the cork top off of it while the resin is curing. I learned the hard way that it can shatter the vials if there’s nowhere for the pressure of the off gassing to go. :rofl: :grimacing:

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