Americos Industries Inc.

Americos Glow in Dark Colorants is a blended mineral compound that responds quickly to excitation by daylight, incandescent, fluorescent or ultraviolet light. This pigment emits a bright phosphorescence shade. It exhibits high initial brightness and long afterglow, up to 2 hours. The afterglow effect is dependent on pigment concentration, surface area and amount of radiant energy absorbed.

The uses of Americos Glow in Dark Colorants are:

• On garment to create novel products and promotional items like T-shirts, which are used in disco parties
• On fabric/garment to print company logo / brand name to prevent duplication
• On garments which are used for party Americos Glow in Dark Colorants can be mixed with certain transparent pigments or colorants such as fluorescent dyes and pigments. This combination will achieve some very attractive special effects

Properties:
Application of Americos Glow in Dark Colorants on garment:
Americos Glow - in - Dark colour can be applied on garment by three methods 

• Spray
• Brush
• Screen Printing

In all above methods, Glow - in - Dark colour is directly applied on garment and cured at 150^oC for 5 minutes.

Precautions:
When handling Americos Glow - in - Dark colour, some precautions should be taken when:

• Avoid working with strong acids since this can cause dissolution of phosphorescent pigments.
• In the presence of high relative humidity and sunlight, phosphorescent pigments can exhibit darkening.
• In the presence of metal ions, phosphorescent pigments can lose their ability to glow.
• The addition of colorless extenders or colored pigments will reduce the intensity of the phosphorescence (afterglow effect)
• Testing is recommended in the intended application to determine suitability.

Technical Service:
Information covering specific application of this product is available. Americos Industries will work with customers to enhance processes and solve problems. Let us know what you need and we will assist you.(The information and data contained herein are based on controlled lab work. The recommendations are given on experience basis, but cannot be extended to assure every possible case. It should be verified and evaluated by the user through proper testing for the intended conditions of application. Americos does not express or imply any warranty, or guarantee the suitability of the product for the application intended by buyer of the product).