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Atomic Glow

Make almost any water-soluble liquid glow under black light

  • Atomic Glow
    Item #: WDYE-100

    $6.99 In Stock

Usually ships out the next day.

Recommend for 6 years & up with adult supervision.

Under normal light, the Atomic Glow coloring turns the water a cool greenish-yellow color. But Atomic Glow gets its name from the color that appears when you flip on the black light. When Atomic Glow coloring is exposed to black light, the material actually glows an eerie green color that looks... well... atomic, as the kids say.

Atomic Glow coloring requires a black light to produce the eerie, greenish-yellow color seen in the picture or on Steve's online videos. That's why we include a mini LED black light along with your bottle of Atomic Glow.

Unlike our Glow Powder or other “glow-in-the-dark” substances, Atomic Glow reacts to the energy in black light. Add just a few drops of Atomic Glow to almost any of your favorite experiments and you are ready for a the perfect Halloween Science lesson… but you don’t have to wait for Halloween, Atomic Glow will “brighten up” your science classroom any time of year! You can purchase more Mini Black Lights on our site, or our large black light. Please note: Atomic Glow will stain. Recommended for children ages 6 and up.

What's included?

  • Atomic Glow - 120 mL (4 ounce) bottle
  • Mini LED black light

What does it teach?

This special coloring agent fluoresces under black light. When the energy from the black light “excites” the fluorescent dye, you end up with a brightly glowing, very exciting, addition to any (water-soluble) experiment! (For the full glowing effect, you will need to purchase a large black light.)

Product FAQ

  • Do I have to use a black light?
    Yes, unlike the glow-powder, the Atomic Glow reacts to the energy in a black light.
  • How much do I need?
    You only need a few drops to get a good glow.  This 4-ounce bottle is enough to have plenty of glow-in-the-dark fun.

Warning - Choking Hazard

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  • Atomic Glow
    September 27th, 2011

Made great Glowing Lava Lamps

Jamie    -  December 12, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


We used the atomic glow to add to our homemade lava lamps at our son's Mad Scientist birthday party. It looked cool to have some glowing particles in the lava lamps.

Gooey and Stringy

brenda Emmert    -  November 10, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I think this was one of the favorites if not the favorite. They were so amazed that when added it to things they glowed. They were even making droplets of water on the table to see what would happen and putting it all over their hands. The slime was great to make with the kids. At first they thought it wouldn't work... just add the Borax... wait and see. Suddenly they were all fighting over who got to mix it up. Only problem, I ran out of glue. Pretty neat stuff!

Lots of fun

Sam    -  November 9, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


My eight year olds love this kit. The jelly marbles are so cool. We put some in clear water and asked unsuspecting friends to put their hands in the water. They were surprised to find it filled with jelly marbles, which feel cool. We now are in the process of watching them get smaller out of the water. (A very long kitchen counter experiment). We tried the jelly marbles in colored water too as well as with Glow. The color fizzies are fun to watch dissolve in water and color it.

Worked well.

Mom of 3 girls    -  October 31, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


This atomic glow worked very well with a black light. Only a little drop illuminated the water.

Great Purchase!!!

Matthew Drayer    -  July 3, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


Love it! Made a glow in the dark tornado bottle with it.

AWESOME STUFF!

MargieS    -  May 23, 2010

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This user gave 5/5 stars


I used this recently for my son's 9-year glow-in-the-dark slumber party. We used this to make glow "lava" lamps in the Baby Soda Bottle/Test Tubes that you buy from this website. Just follow Spangler's regular lava lamp instructions, but instead of putting food coloring in the water, ad this glow liquid. It bubble really great and glowed with the black light! The kids thought it was awesome! They took the sealed tubes home with them, along with some extra alka-seltzer tablets. I also used it to make a substance I've heard called gak. It is made with white glue, water, and borax. We added this glow liquid to the water and it turned out terrific! I think you could probably add this liquid to anything and make it glow! This liquid comes with a mini black light, but it needs to be pointed directly at the glowing substance, in order to see it glow. I recommend purchasing a larger black light, so everyone can see their glowing substance. I highly recommend this stuff!

Works great

Eric Seattle   -  November 2, 2009

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This user gave 5/5 stars


As advertised, put some in water and it really glows under a blacklight. Put it in the water that you use with Jelly Marbles (small beads that absorb 300 times their weight in water) and you get these great blacklight squishy balls, really fun. Note tho that if you use the color pellets that come with the Jelly Marbles, it takes away the blacklight effect. We also tried using it with Boo Bubbles, but that didn't do much.

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