DIY Neon Sign, but It's Not!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2024
- What do Colin Furze, Doctor Mike and Veritasium have in common? Neon signs! I want one too but they don't come cheap. I only have one choice -- to make one!
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There are a lot of "neon" signs these days that are just dense LED strips with diffusers in front to give the appearance of old-school neon signs. I would bet many of the TH-camr examples are fake neon signs.
You've just shattered my world! But then again, it now seems so obvious.
@@MakeithappenDIY Lol shattered, huh? Nice glass pun. I really hate to break it to you, I thought it was pretty clear!
It’s very easy to see if it’s a neon sign or LED sign. Most examples in the video are actually neon signs.
This is absolutely amazing. Great project and great results!
This is really really well done. I watched some of your older videos, and i love that you've recycled spare parts between projects. Looking forward to see more of your content!
They make a "soft silicone bending insert" for bending rigid acrylic tubing, to prevent collapsing or kinks at the bends. It's solid, not hollow. I think it would work much better than the rubber tubing you used.
Yeah, you are right. But they are a bit more expensive. Wanted to avoid the cost if I could.
@@MakeithappenDIY Filling the tube with sand before using the heat gun also prevents collapse, can be dumped out/reused repeatedly. :) Just be sure to buy some craft sand so it's already washed/clean and doesn't contain dirt which could muddy up the inside of the tubes which would require further cleaning.
@Quentin Wolf I wish I knew this. I know and tried this on aluminium tubes but it never clicked to try on acrylic. Thanks for the idea!
Nicely done.
loveee it haha ur funny too 😻😍
New sub ! Liked 👍🤩
Nice video :) I like the approach you went for here, hows it being suspended in soap holding up?
Thank you! And NO! Soap sucked. I mention this in the video. Powder sank to the bottom after 3 weeks. I replaced it with epoxy resin. And since it is solid, I no longer need to worry about leaks.
@@MakeithappenDIY OH, I just rewatched that part, somehow missed the part where you said you replaced it with epoxy, I should probably go to sleep lol
@ECHO E no problem, I knew it was pretty easy to miss! Good night :)
Nice 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Hey where did you get your UV powder from?
This is a british supplier. I'm not sure where they deliver.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280963262369
Keep making content
Nice project, but you could have used Electroluminescent wire. It can be cut to length, run off batteries and is cheap as hell, costs about as much as a bag of that phosphorescent powder.
Isn't EL wire usually pretty thin? I dont think Ive seen any in the size of average neon sign tube thickness
Big Clive goes through a few of the cheaper options, theres a few LED choices now that look nearly as good as neons
th-cam.com/video/tKKQcWefcko/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, these do look simple to replicate
make it larren!!!
Make it darren!
Then you try to buy one of these from him and he most likely will charge in the thousands haha
That was waaaay too much effort for an inferior product. Just use flex neon. Half the time you took to make that you could have made a legit neon sign. Probably costs half what you spent.
Guess it's alright but I thought it was going to be neon not led. Why even use the word "Neon" if the DIY video has none in it but examples of other people's signs?
Turns out not even the examples I showed are real neon (nor the website I got the quote from!). It's called Faux neon or Neon LED. I feel cheated as well. But strictly speaking actual "neon" signs are not always neon either. Different gasses are used to achieve different colors (neon - red, krypton - yellow, argon - blue, etc.)
@@MakeithappenDIY Talking trade terms and not about different gasses, mercury, or exciters. You are right they use different gases but neon by it's self is red as in clear red glass and the blue is a mixture of neon and argon with mercury. 75% neon and 25% argon is "K4" gas used in cold weather. 25% neon and 75% argon is "Blue Mix" gas are for warmer climates. So in general most of what we call neon actually has at least 25% neon in it. This is probably why it's trade term is called "Neon".