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I guess this depends on who you are doing the job for as much as anything else. If it is for your own collection, and only for a few hands, then these ebay kits probably will work fine.

If you are doing this for a customer, and you are offering any sort of warranty,  then you might look at using a known reputable supplier like Cousins in the UK, as they are likely to have better quality control. However they are probably more expensive.

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I have used inexpensive luminous powder from ebay. (Much cheaper even than the kits you listed), using PVA wood glue or acrylic nail polish as a binder and it does work pretty well too.

However the grain size of the ebay powders feels slightly more coarse (this may be my imagination).

Ebay offerings comes in a huge variety of colours, so if you are looking for something a little different, this might be the way to go.

See here for my latest examples of how this worked out ->
 

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I also have some "proper" watch grade powders and those work too, and they feel slightly less coarse grained.  You obviously need to use modern strontium aluminate based luminous materials, as they are non radioactive.

 

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