{"id":424,"date":"2017-04-13T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T10:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:50:42","slug":"phosphorescent-helipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/phosphorescent-helipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Phosphorescent Helipad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photoluminescent Helipad:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building a phosphorescent helicopter landing pad implies that it has to be visible at night, in complete darkness, without the use of electrical runway lights on the ground or other retro-reflective equipments.<\/p>\n

An helipad with phosphorescent marking brings considerable benefits to both the civil and military fields:
\nNo matter where it is located, even in the middle of a desert, the helipad markings will be luminous even without power supply:
\nIt\u2019s a limitless green renewable energy source: The phosphorescence, which primarily charges itself using sunlight.<\/p>\n

The photoluminescence, according to its intensity and the size of the marking on the ground, will be visible at night up to 100m<\/p>\n

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Photoluminescent ground marking for helipad<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EPOXY 90000 High Resistance Photoluminescent Floor Paint<\/a> emits a green fluorescence during the night for more than 8hours.
\nIt creates a coating that provides high resistance to rain, chemical aggressions, UVs and mechanical abrasion from heavy traffic.
\nThe system is composed of multi-layer painting easy to apply:<\/p>\n

Ground preparation:<\/strong>
\nWashing, degreasing, dedusting, moss removal<\/p>\n

Masking:<\/strong>
\nLaying masking adhesives, reserving and hiding parts to be painted for the design of the photoluminescent helipad.<\/p>\n

Undercoat:<\/strong>
\nThe photoluminescent paint used to make luminous the helicopter landing pad is a semi-transparent and colourless paint. It requires a white background for effective light reflection.
\nThe EPOXY White Primer<\/a> is applied in 2 coats at intervals of one hour. It effectively impregnates all concrete, asphalt and stone substrates.<\/p>\n

Phosphorescent coating:<\/strong>
\n3 to 4 passes can be applied with a drying time interval of 1h to 24h max between the coats.
\nYou can obtain a good phosphorescence with 3 passes. With 4 coats or more, it will increase in intensity.
\nCare will be taken to ensure that good adhesion exists between each of the layers, never exceeding 24h.<\/p>\n

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Photoluminescent Helipad: Building a phosphorescent helicopter landing pad implies that it has to be visible at night, in complete darkness, without the use of electrical runway lights on the ground or other retro-reflective equipments. An helipad with phosphorescent marking brings considerable benefits to both the civil and military fields: No matter where it is located, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1097,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stardustcolors.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}