Black light reactive kilt - Anyone done this?

[wildrover]

If there's anything phosphorescent in your laundry detergent (ie "makes your whites whiter and colors brighter", because they literally do in sunlight), your clothing will glow a bit. Not sure how wool works, but if you're able to wash your kilt with normal detergent (I just got my kilt, so I haven't washed it yet, and anyway, no white), you'll get the effect.

We used to paint stuff on the walls with Tide, for parties...easy to clean, smells good, nobody notices when the lights are on (ie the landlord ).

-S

[The Wizard of BC]

There is a company called "Fun World" that sells Halloween stuff. They carry a product they call "Black Light Hairspray". It will make your hair glow bright blue under UV or Black Lights . It is almost clear and water soluble.
You could spray it on your kilt before going to a party and cause quite the reaction.

I looked into sewing "light wire" into a Kilt. This is florescent thin plastic tubing that lights up with a battery pack. You can sew it onto clothing in designs that light up like neon. It is real popular at high end dance clubs and Burning Man.
But after calculating the cost of a length of light wire for each pleat of a kilt I quickly gave up the idea. It would have been magnificent if I had $2000.00 just laying around.

[cavscout]

It's not Black light, but is reflective

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/s...nd/8087721.stm

[Snowbear]

Never seen it, but you could try dying a cheap kilt in luminol. That should lighten you up a bit, looking like a lightbulb.

[OC Richard]

My Newcastle United shirt is quite amazing under black light.

[St. Amish]

I went mini golfing at a black lit, monster themed golf course a few months ago. Tartan does not react to the black light so much as the lint you were unaware of.

[ChattanCat]

I'm thinking that there is very little opportunity to "glow" under a black light. I used to have some reflective tape, as seen on some running shoes, shirts, etc. Now if we sew or stick onto a kilt... hmmm... then you could be seen, for miles, crossing any street with street or head lights.

[haxtonhouse]

I went mini golfing and the white stripe in my wool kilt was glowing! it was pretty cool.

[OC Richard]

The ticket would be one of those tartans designed for Highland dancers that's half white, half one colour, in a big simple pattern.

And the pure white hose that most Pipe Bands wear.

[jeremy j starche]

Every time I think I come up with a good idea, either you guys here at XMarks have done it, or my pipe instructor wrote a paper about it in the dark ages ;)

Still... I am able to borrow on the experiences of other people and it may help guide my thoughts when I choose my next kilt.

Thanks everyone.