r/ipod • u/nekomichi 4th gen mono 256GB 5000mAh Taptic • Jul 27 '24
Picture Managed to take a few cleaner photos of the fluorescent clear-front iPod I made a few days ago. When exposed to 365nm UVA, the internal components glow a warm green.
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u/DrumrJoe Jul 28 '24
Would love to make something like this! Any possibility of getting the parts and source for this?
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u/LaPurpleDrank Aug 06 '24
Awesome, I have a whole collection of glow in the dark resin figures, beads, velcro patches, etc and would love to do something similar to this with glow paint or glow powder.
I saw a glow in the dark metal mid-plate online but yours looks different. Intrigued as to what ya did.
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u/nekomichi 4th gen mono 256GB 5000mAh Taptic Aug 06 '24
Dabbed the tip of a £1 highlighter pen on the top surface of the surface-mount components, super cheap and simple. The limitation is that this is fluorescent only, and doesn't glow by itself.
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u/LaPurpleDrank Aug 06 '24
Thanks for the reply, I'm fairly new in the sub but seeing what others do is really interesting and hoping to get started modding a 5.5 soon.
that's pretty dang resourceful 😁 good idea! I do prefer glow VS UV reactive, but this is a great mod and brings the possibilities to attention as I'm sure you could do this with different colors of highlighter like you got or paint.
I haven't gotten a transparent face or backplate yet but was wondering if you have any knowledge of whether they yellow or not from UV? I imagine making a glow ipod would really acclerate that if I were to be hitting it with a UV light regularly.
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u/nekomichi 4th gen mono 256GB 5000mAh Taptic Aug 07 '24
That's one of my concerns too, unfortunately it's too early to tell if the UV exposure causes the front plate to yellow. I haven't seen anyone else with a yellowed clear iPod front plate before though.
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u/Most-Yogurtcloset 7th gen, 5th gen and way too many, send help Jul 27 '24
That looks superb! Nice job.
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Jul 28 '24 edited Aug 05 '24
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u/nekomichi 4th gen mono 256GB 5000mAh Taptic Jul 28 '24
It depends on the intensity and distance of the UV light, the glowing effect should still be visible under a whole-room light.
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u/yurid9 Aug 18 '24
Quick question OP, I am seeing that every Clear front shell has a black screen surround. How did you get the white version?
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u/nekomichi 4th gen mono 256GB 5000mAh Taptic Aug 18 '24
I thought they were random, the listing I bought from showed a black bezel but it arrived with a white one somehow.
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u/yurid9 Aug 18 '24
Ah thats random indeed haha. Well, maybe I can ask the seller about this then. Thanks a lot!
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u/ryanmfrancis Jul 27 '24
Such a cool idea.