Day-glo water from hi-lighter pens?

[Keith]

OK, so this is part of a post by Jonas Clark-Elliott For the test: Pry the rear end cap off a yellow - not green, these don't glow much - hi-liter type marker. The big thick kind. Use a bent paper clip to fish out the ink holder, a plastic tube full of cotton wick soaked with the ink. Suspend this, tube and all, from a piece of bare metal wire, threaded *through* the tube's sides so the tube can't come off the wire. Then dangle it in and rattle it against the sides of the globe to get ink to leak out. Stir frequently until you get a nice, vivid, electric yellow-green. Then do your tests, after you cork it or cap it again to prevent evaporation. Trust me that the yellow markers make the same color liquid shown in the catalog photo, neon yellow-green with a greenish tinge. Even without blacklight, it's an absolutely shocking color, especially with red wax...!

 

My question:  Has anyone tried this with other colors and what results have you had?  I have been planning to color a faded blue/white with red food dye, but day-glo red would look awesome.  If no-one has any suggestions then I will just have to experiment on my own :) with results to follow.  (I knew I would have a use for faded globes, hehe)  I wonder if the colors would mix, hmm

[Dr. WHAT?!]

got a pic to post?

[Keith]

No, I haven't tried it yet.  I was wondering if anyone has and what the results were.

Dr. WHAT?! said:

got a pic to post?

[LampHead]

You can try it in plain water first to see if you like the results, thats how I tested McCormick food coloring. If you dont like it at least your not stuck with a globe you will not be happy with.