How Do You Make Safe Glow-In-The-Dark Paint For Children?
You can easily make your own glow-in-the-dark paint for children. By mixing your own paint, you can control the brightness as well as the medium you use for painting. You can buy glow-in-the-dark powder and mix it with whichever paint medium you choose. According to the Material Safety Data Sheet, glow-in-the-dark powder may cause irritation to skin, eyes and mucous membranes. An adult should do the mixing. But when mixed with a non-toxic paint medium, the paint is safe for most children older than 4. Make sure your working space is clean and ready. Although the process is fairly straightforward, you should make sure that you have a damp sponge ready to wipe the glow-in-the-dark powder (luminous zinc sulfide) or paint medium as soon as it spills. Both are very easy to clean as soon as the spill happens, but both become much more difficult to clean the longer you wait. Make sure your bowl and paint brush are clean as well. Use between 10 percent and 20 percent glow-in-the-dark powder (l
