Delicate by Day, Glowing by Night
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GLOWY - the special thread with a surprising effect!
Light and colour—no other thread combines these two properties as fascinatingly as GUNOLD's GLOWY specialty thread. During the day, it appears in powdery, soft pastel shades, and at night it transforms into a contrasting bright green. Embroidery and decorative seams change their appearance as if by magic as soon as darkness falls.
That's because GLOWY is a fluorescent or glow-in-the-dark thread! This happens because special colour pigments in the thread convert invisible ultraviolet light into visible light. In normal daylight, the thread appears muted, soft, and delicate. In the dark, GLOWY begins to glow if it has previously been exposed to daylight or UV light, making it clearly visible.
Reiner Knochel, owner of Textile Experience and external consultant at GUNOLD - ‘GLOWY is particularly suitable for use on children's pajamas. Parents turn off the light and their child's favorite motif begins to glow. Children love this, it makes them feel safe and helps them fall asleep more easily. This effect also works on pillows, blankets, and stuffed animals’. This special thread is also ideal for adding creative yet subtle accents during the day, whether on blouses, shirts, light jackets, accessories, or promotional textiles. In the dark, the luminosity of GLOWY highlights hidden embroidered logos, lettering, or even entire motifs.
Whether for children's textiles, safety details, or design ideas with a surprising effect: GLOWY, embroidered or used as decorative stitching, creates a fascinating transition from day to night!
GLOWY is Oeko-Tex certified, and available in seven pastel shades—from delicate yellow to bright pink. It corresponds to embroidery thread size 40 and is very easy to work with despite its special properties. We recommends using a standard needle, e.g., Groz-Beckert №75/11 SES. Go ahead and visit our web site. There you’ll find all the helpful resources as well as detailed processing instructions for all our products.
Wishing you lots of fun creating magical special effects,
Your Botexim Team
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