So I got some glow in the dark filament and some black light LED strips and made a lil lamp.

And, of course, it keeps glowing for awhile after I turn off the LEDs

@rickenharp I got a sampler of the cheapest stuff I could find, just to see how it did. It works okay, but does seem a bit challenging to print with - had a few jams, was brittle and broke in the feeder tubes once or twice. Not sure if that's the filament, my new nozzle, or my filament handling system

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@rickenharp Yeah, I've had pretty good luck with pretty much every other filament I've tried. Except maybe when I figured out I had to dry out TPU & PETG. But, a higher-quality / higher-priced glow in the dark filament might work better? 🤷‍♂️

@rickenharp Still, I *did* manage to get the glow in the dark PLA to print with some coaxing, so it's still been a fun experiment

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@benbrown Good luck! I've only tried black PETG, so I'm curious how the more transparent stuff works out

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