Oil slick effect?

[BrotherDave]

You know when light shines on oil and it breaks up the light into rainbows? I wonder if you could mix oil into the rit somehow and get that onto a disc? This could be a retarded idea, what do you guys think?

 

[agent_peebody]

if you don't completely rinse off the acetone from removing the stamp, you get a similar effect. it's just super inconsistent.

 

[MOON]

Hay, I think your onto something there don't they call that oil paint?

 

[hewhoeatsapples]

That effect is actually called "thin film interference". I'll spare the details, (it's all physics/optics) but it's a special sort of reflection pattern created by the oil.

I don't think there is any way to legally create this effect on a disc surface (other than what AP said), as any way of doing it would certainly be of a measurable thickness, and would definitely alter the flight characteristics.

The closest I can think of would be some sort of rainbow effect with dyes, but good luck with that.

p.s. To any physics majors out there, I am very aware that I drastically oversimplified here, but you get the point.

 

[thatdirtykid]

I know a way of transfering an opalescence like this to ceramics, but it involves heating the object you want the opalescence up to about 800 degrees, your disc may not fair too well.

 

[LoPan12]

Yeah...800 might get you a plastic blob...if not just a carbony blob...

 

[Rol6566]

Yeah...800 might get you a plastic blob...if not just a carbony blob...

Plastic might not even be around after 800.