How does the glow work, and what makes the rainbow grade different?
The strand is PLA compounded with phosphorescent pigment, and the colour comes from a gradient run through the strand rather than a single flat pigment. Light falling on the printed surface charges the pigment, and the part then gives off a soft glow on its own in a dark room - a luminous effect built into the material, not a coating and not a reflective tape. How strongly and how long a part keeps glowing depends on the light it received and on the wall thickness, so judge the effect on a printed sample rather than from a photograph.
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