Blacklight Carpet??

revhtree · Sep 9, 2008

I am looking for some blacklight carpet like they use in the bowling alley and arcades. Anybody know where I can get it at a decent price?

Man this stuff is high! We want to put some down in our teenagers youth room area at church and have some blacklight fun. :D

coral diver · Sep 9, 2008

Its the fluorescent chemical that they add to the carpet fiber that makes it expensive and it could also be a special order thing too.

revhtree · Sep 9, 2008

Yea the cheapest I am finding is $11.43 sq. yd.

We need like 155 sq. yds.

Looks like this might not happen! LOL!

EliteReefs · Sep 9, 2008

this will sound crazy but back in the early 90's i had a mini van that i replaced the carpet with one from home depot. it was not made for black light but it still reacted perfectly.
bring a small battery opperated one with you and look for some crazy design. then see how it reacts.

you could put down regular carpet and then throw down a few area rugs over it. they ahve 6x6 ones on ebay for as little as 50 bucks
also you could always just buy regular old carpet and then buy a DJ lighting rig. it will flash all kinds of great lazer effects on the carpet and be just as cool AND cheaper.

revhtree · Sep 9, 2008

We have some special lighting already, but we wanted to replace the carpet. I could probably just go black?? We don't want it looking..."normal." We want a real neat, studio, retro type room.

kurbs · Sep 9, 2008

I'd call a roller rink and see if they have any they are looking to get rid of. Or, open the yellow pages and shop some of the smaller contractors - usually they can get you a fair price.

revhtree said:
Yea the cheapest I am finding is $11.43 sq. yd.

We need like 155 sq. yds.

Looks like this might not happen! LOL!

revhtree · Sep 9, 2008

kurbs said:
I'd call a roller rink and see if they have any they are looking to get rid of. Or, open the yellow pages and shop some of the smaller contractors - usually they can get you a fair price.

Good ideas...

I just got off the phone with a local who has some in stock and that seems pretty unusual. Just waiting for a call back. :)