sweasel.com

He also sells a thing called The World’s Most Glittery Glitter which is made out of chips of glass (most glitter is plastic and dull).

It sounds like you could do something really cool by combining the glitter and Black 2.0. It also sounds like something I’d inhale and die.

None of his products can be sold to Anish Kapoor.

Black 2.0 could be useful in a Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon. 🙂

Diamond Dust glitter: My soon-to-be 5 yr-old granddaughter loves all things that sparkle. I’m thinking maybe a silhouette of her little hand (so to speak) painted in Black 2.0 with the fingernails done in Diamond Dust glitter. On Lucite. One for each of us.

Re: shards of glass. Periodically I wonder what the Clinton campaign did with all that she-broke-the-glass ceiling glass shard confetti that was supposed to fall down from overhead in the big convention center on election night when she won. Not. Maybe I could get some for my granddaughter.

I’m thinking UFOs painted in that blackest black, flying at night, over populated areas. At first you would think no one could see them, but that would be wrong. You would see the shape because it blocks out what is behind it.

To be perfectly invisible, you have to duplicate the background behind you.

Speaking of hands, how is your hand?
What did the vet say about Jack?

Deborah: Days before the election, the Hillary campaign canceled the fireworks display they were going to have when she won. To me that was an ominous sign. So, maybe they canceled the broken glass ceiling, too?

I hate that phrase glass ceiling. To me it only means wealthy connected women getting even wealthier.

My hand is better, thanks. Still sore and swollen, but less so. It’s my mousin’ hand!

Jack is not himself, though. We don’t know if he’s physically unwell or psychologically unwell because he’s getting his little ass kicked. I think we’ll try keeping him in tonight. Bad Cat doesn’t come around in the daytime.

Can you take a cat’s temperature?

Yes. He had a very slight temperature, the vet said, tho Uncle B said the number he quoted didn’t represent an elevated temp.

I am happy to report, they no longer take a cat’s temperature by jamming a thermometer up its butt.

My dog was always mildly intrigued by the thermometer up the old butt. 🙂

My cats always screamed like a siren.

Understand about Elvis, but couldn’t you instead paint “Dogs Playing Poker”? As an homage to old Mexico before the Wall, of course.

Aww, don’t be cruel to a heart that’s true!

Deborah HH, that’s the first thing I thought.
Although it might look too much like a darkened tunnel and cause some accidents.

In college, I had a housemate whose father was a master tinter for a paint company. He said the hardest colors to get right were white and black.

I keep thinking this uber black would have some sort of defense application. I forgot what makes stealth jets stealth but it is some sort of paint.

Legally, I cant see how this guy can prevent people from using this color. You can trademark something and benefit financially, but I never heard of restricting others from using it. Seems contra to commerce which is the purpose of trademarks.

Yes, of course you should buy some Black 2.0, unless you feel at risk to being seduced into eating it because of its “yummy” black cherry fragrance.

Vantablack paint matters.

Clearly the best application for this stuff is to paint tunnels at the end of roads (probably funded by US tax payer dollars) that for some reason are built to end at the foot of a cliff.

On that note, maybe that’s the paint they use on Nazgul mounts and Balrog armor.
and maybe you’re supposed to yell “Mellon” as you rush up that road that ends at the foot of the cliff (where I’m going to paint the tunnel picture….)

Is Saturday morning too early for stream of consciousness?

I wish I had some vantablack for this window grille project I’m working on. Diamond grilles, six-side beveled sticks in a diamond pattern. Inside (3 bevel faces) are stained to match the window, outside (3 bevel faces) are painted black. Inside looks fantastic, outside is… a great disappointment. The low-gloss black enamel I’m using doesn’t really “pop” like it should – sort of flat/grayish in some light, or when light reflects off it it looks almost white. Grrr.

Durn Yankee,

Ahem:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWvedIhWjM

Dunno about Elvis-on-velvet, but I could see use for Vantablack in astronomical and spaceship art. It would represent the blackness of space much better than matte black or whatever.

@Alice—you might look for a brand of paint named 1-Shot. It’s what sign painters use and the black is densely black. I bought it at a Sherwin Williams paint store (though the brand is not SW—but this store carried a good supply of sign painter supplies. You can probably buy it via the internet now. As I recall it’s oil based.

Here’s a real Elvis fan:

https://twitter.com/stevosideways/status/847742734542659584

🙂

Thank you, Deborah HH. When (if) I ever go back to give these a second coat, I’ll look into using that instead.

Here is an art themed music video that you might like. Some might recognize it as the tune from the Hulu commercial.

Veg – wasted child hood, that still made me smile.

@ Stephen Falken:
That was great!
Lots of artistic and cultural references…. enjoyed it immensely (as have 11,724,833 other YouTubers)

It’s like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.

Reminds me of a scene in Larry Niven’s [i]Ringworld[/i], as the starship [i]Lying Bastard[/i] approaches one of the super-black “shadow squares” that permit the Ringworld to have day-night cycles.

Still waiting for Putin to make a public announcement that they have rounded up the terrorists. They have a photo of at least one and he is rather distinctive looking. Doesnt look like he stuck around to be blown up.

I’m expecting Putin to announce they’ve nuked Mecca.

Some Veg,
I think this is the one you’re looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFNx7YFwFfI