Nissan’s glow-in-the-dark car paint

[Rogue One]

Nissan in Europe is first car maker to apply glow-in-the-dark car paint
http://nissannews.com/en-US/nissan/usa/ ... -car-paint

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKj2sEpg1xg[/youtube]

[Bubba1]

Meh, I achieved the same glow back in 1979 driving near the 3 mile Island Nuclear plant....

Actually , It's an intriquing concept. I'd be interested in learning how long it lasts. If the glow fades over time, one might face repainting the entire car after small body work repair to maintain the same glow throughout..

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Didn't BMW have some electro-glow paint that they used to make a bunch of weird deisgns, and basically program a light show onto the car as they were rolling down the road?

[Ace2cool]

I remember something like that, James. Electro something paint. This looks like a regular glow in the dark type thing though. Charge with light, glow in dark.

[Dattebayo]

All they would need to do is to add a little Thorium into the paint for it to glow all the time. It would be good for like 20 years or something like that!

But watch the public freak out about using a "dangerous radioactive substance" in paint... Ugh, I hate stupid media issues.

[Rogue One]

All they would need to do is to add a little Thorium into the paint for it to glow all the time. It would be good for like 20 years or something like that!

But watch the public freak out about using a "dangerous radioactive substance" in paint... Ugh, I hate stupid media issues.

Wow, that brings back memories of the "Hell no, we won't glow" anti-nuke protests of the 70's. Isn't thorium only slightly radioactive? Better living through chemistry I say (all hail the Twinkie!).

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Better living through chemistry I say (all hail the Twinkie!).

For some reason, that made me LOL haha.

[Dattebayo]

Isn't thorium only slightly radioactive?

You have to remember, these are the same people who removed the smoke detectors with Americium because they posed "serious health risks".

[MinisterofDOOM]

A horrid and obnoxious color for a horrid and obnoxious-looking car.

Isn't thorium only slightly radioactive?

You have to remember, these are the same people who removed the smoke detectors with Americium because they posed "serious health risks".

Or the crazy freakout about tritium-illuminated exit signs.

Or tritium watch faces.

All of it harmless unless you ingest 50 exit signs worth at once and then don't take a dump for two weeks.

[Dattebayo]

Thorium is the stuff you might have heard about being in ceramic glazes on certain brands of plates...
They worry about "ionizing radiation", which is a silly thing. You'd have to french kiss your paint job for hours a day in a place with no wind or pressure variations in the environment to get sick from it. More health hazards arise from breathing in the air near a highway.

[Ajax]

You'd have to french kiss your paint job for hours a day in a place with no wind or pressure variations in the environment to get sick from it.

So what you're saying is, don't get a room?..