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Jesse De Freitas

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Hello! New to this very useful online group and pleased to have found it! I use fluorescent pigment in some of my work and although I haven' had much problem with fading yet, i know this is in the future! So far my googling efforts have yielded very little in the way of a solution to this problem. The best thing I've heard of so far seems to be a varnish which contains ultra violet light stabilizers of which Liquitex Soluvar® Gloss Varnish is an example. Does anyone out there use fluorescent and have any ideas r know of superior brands? Thanks very much!

Sylvia Evans

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Frankly I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. It's highly toxic and the reason for many deaths in the forties and fifties.
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Linda Wilson

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I don't think that fluorescent paint is radioactive these days, as it was in the 40's, Sylvia. - not sure about the normal toxicity though.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Fluorescent paint isn't lightfast in any medium, so far as I know, and I never use it - but there are some acrylic colours that are interesting to research: take a look at the Golden paints: in fact, look at all the acrylic manufacturers: I wouldn't have any faith in any fluorescent, but there are different effects that can be obtained which might give you scope for your imagination and extend your work. I don't think the fluorescents are hazardous now - you'd hope they weren't, given modern safety regulations. But a paint that fades in a couple of years is of no use to me - bad enough that I'm fading myself..... but then, that applies to all of us except Syd.
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Robert Jones, NAPA

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Syd, you're more alive than many of us, and long may you continue to be.