Hot and Molten Metal
It is often difficult to show that something being used in a production is supposed to be hot. Branding irons or torture implements used in dark dramatic scenes need internal illumination. To seem convincing they must emit light and illuminate items with which they come into contact. Clear acrylic plastic transmits light so it can be used to make articles in which a light source at one end illuminates the other.
Pokers
The business end of a red-hot poker can be mocked-up by constructing it from tinted clear plastic into which has been inserted a small bulb. There is, however, a fluorescent acrylic plastic that needs no internal light to look red-hot. If the ends are provided with smoke by using the hot-wire method outlined ...
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