Ages 6+
This stuff glows like nothing I have ever seen! It just sucks up the sunlight and brilliantly radiates it back to you. In the light, it is ghostly pale, and in the dark, it's a radioactive green, or light blue, or neon purple. Great fun day or night!
Glow edition of Glux is a striking stark white putty that glows for hours in the dark after exposure to bright light.
- Bounce it - Stretch it - Twist it!
- Stretches like rubber, bounces like a ball, & tears like paper
- Assorted Colors
Details:
- Each package is 2x2” - containing 8 grams of putty.
- Made in the USA - more info below!
- Non-toxic
What is Glux and where did it come from!?
During World War II, America’s supplies of natural rubber was scarce. The Japanese had occupied many areas in the South Pacific where rubber trees are found.
Glux Putty and many other silicone rubber products were developed during World War II as American industries searched for rubber substitutes that could be used in place of natural rubber tires, gaskets, and seals.
In 1936, at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Dr. Earl Warrick began experimenting with “organosilicon” chemistry - combining silicon (think: sand, glass, computer chips) with carbon (think: you and me, charcoal, and fossil fuels).
In 1943, he left the institute to join the newly formed Dow Corning Corporation. His research was refocused – help the war effort by developing a synthetic rubber substitute. Although he failed to produce a suitable rubber before the end of the war, one result of his experiments was a Silicone Bouncing Putty (the primary ingredient in Glux Putty).
Although it had no industrial use, he kept some around - it made a nifty toy!