HOW TO THROW A COLOR RUN OR GLOW RUN

After almost a decade of supplying paint to several thousand events and helping literally millions of people enjoy those events, we have learned quite a bit. We’ll be happy to pass that on to you so your event is the best it can be. Once we know what type of event you thowing we’ll be able to give you the do's and don’ts and make recommendations concerning paint type, color and the quantities you’ll need.

Here we're going to discuss throwing a daytime color run or uv glow color run at night.

THROWING A DAYTIME COLOR RUN OR GLOW RUN AT NIGHT.

A. How Many People Are Running? Often when planning a color run or glow run it may be difficult to determine exactly how many people are going to attend as you could get a rush of late sign ups. Therefore we recommend planning your minimum and maximum and doing the average. Example: 300-500 people for the purpose of our discussion. In this case you would prepare for the average of say 450 and using the math of 1 unit of 5 gallons for every 50 people you would get 9 pails needed. From there you can average down or up and buy 8-10 units of 5 Gallons and we always recommend to error on the side of caution and buy a little more if you are concerned. (Click Here).

B. Hosting a Daytime Color Run? Most Daytime Color Runs are for fun, charity, or awareness and often are over a distance of 5 Kilometers (5K Color Run). These are best to have about 4-5 color stations where you will set up your personnel with the buckets of paint and the paint cannons so they can shoot the runners as they pass by. It is best to do it on both sides of the running area in order to maximize the paint spraying on the people as they go by. Put yourself in your runners shoes… you sign up for a color run, you are ready, willing and wanting to get some color on you so please make sure to set up as many personnel paint sprayers as you need so everyone gets enough paint. Better to have fewer color stations and more paint shooting from those stations if necessary.

C. Doing a UV Glow Run? For a UV Glow Run most event planners like to hold a (RUN TO THE PARTY) type of event where you would set up 3-6 color stations during the run and then as the runners approach the end have a bunch of colors shooting on the crowd at a field or stage event with a band and a party. These are very exciting events and you’ll certainly need to almost double your paint order just to have enough for the party at end. In addition, you’ll want to make sure you have enough UV Lighting throughout the run and we recommend putting UV lights about 50-100 ft or more after each color station and throughout the run if its in the budget. If you don’t have good access to electricity in some areas and you need some very high-powered black lights, click on the link. These UV lights will provide over 4000 sq ft of coverage in darkness and if you use the battery function will last over 12 hrs which is more than enough time for a few events. We recommend one for each station and 2-4 or more if needed for the party at the end of the run.

D. Crowd Participation? Some Colour Runs will offer crowd participation by allowing the runners or even sideline guests to purchase 16oz bottles of paint with some squirt top caps or some squirt guns so they too can shoot runners as they sprint along. This really makes the event a lot more fun for everyone and you can even use different colors for those participants so everyone will know where it came from. For the event planner it is truely great for fund raising as you can charge plenty extra for these add ons which people will surely enjoy.

E. Stage or No Stage at the End? Are you going to have a stage at the end? A band? DJ? If your event has any of these, please consider protecting the equipment. You can get cheap rolls of plastic at Home Depot or Lowes and protecting speakers and other electronic devices is a very good idea. In addition, If you are shooting from a stage set up a small barrier between the stage and the crowd to prevent people from touching the paint or equipment. Also when you are shooting paint it is best to have a little arch and some distance as you don’t want to blast someone from too close. Most people who use a stage will have 3-4 people squirt the paint on the crowd. However, if there is no stage consider the 4 corners of the selected area and use 3-4 corners as designated area where paint can be shot from. .

F. Disclosures: You should let the people attending your event that the paint is non-toxic water-based and has passed ASTMD-4236 safety standards. However, there are a super small percentage of people in the world that are allergic to preservatives. We use the same preservative that is used in most shampoos. Nonetheless, it is still appropriate to inform everyone and let them know they can do a small test with the paint if they have any concerns. People, who have dry or sensitive skin, may experience temporary staining or mild irritation. If any irritation occurs, wash off with soap and water immediately. .

G. Don’t Run Out… We always recommend error on the side of caution so try to purchase a little more than not enough. Just in case you purchase too much, the paint will last several years if unopened and stored in a cool dry place out of the sun. It can last for many months and perhaps even a year if you store is properly. Read Set Up Clean Up instruction sheet (Click Here). .

H. HAVE A BLAST! If you are using high powered cannons, water cannon guns, balloons, or your own device, please remember that while the paint is safe, it is not ever safe to blast water at high speeds into someone eyes. Therefore inform the controlled shooters to try to get some loft in the paint stream and don’t shoot anyone with the water cannon guns unless they are at least 10ft away and much further away for high-powered devices. .

 

I. Clean Up. Make sure you have a good clean up plan. We have actually created a form you to take with you and can review in PDF format now or print out. You should review this before hosting your event and soon after it is over. (Click Here). Basically, know exactly how your going to clean before you begin and take precautions in advance by putting plastic over sensitive areas. For outdoors on concrete or grass, you can spray down the ares lightly with a light squirt of water, wait 5-10 minutes and then using a more pronounced amount, spray down the area well. It always comes off easier after it is pre-wet and if it rains a decent amount it should come off completely by mother nature alone. If you host the event on a golf course it real easy just have them turn the sprinklers on.

SEVERAL WAYS TO PARTY WITH OUR NEON PAINT

Paint party paint has been specially formulated to be as safe as possible. It is a non-toxic water based washable fluorescent neon paint that glows under a black light (ultraviolet light). While it was designed to wash off skin and most surfaces, it can leave mild stains on certian materials that are light colored. Large companies and individuals have used our different types of paints for: Frat paint parties, sorority color runs, chairity color runs, church festivals paint blasts for kids, T.V productions and shows, commerials, graduation paint blasts, haunted houses, backyard birthday splash Parties, color dogeball, equestrian coloring events, paint wars, fights, obsticale courses with paint, slip and slide in the paint, full body color events, body marbling, carnivals, capture the flag paint games, splatter rooms, face painting events, body painting events, gender revals, save the date engagements, arts and drafts events, beverage promotions, music concert promotional videos materials, bars, nightclub supplies and events, golf course color runs, beach paint parties, and elementary fun runs and whatever you can imagine...