UV and haze - use together?

[ABB125]

A bit of a beginner question (sorry!). Do UV and haze go together well (ie: we have haze for other bits of the show, then we stick on some UV for one scene whilst there is still haze present)? My instinct would be that they don't; I'm expecting the UV to interact with the haze particles and light them up, but I have no idea what this will actually look like.

Thanks

[ANDYLASER]

Having used both in a club environment, I havent noticed glowing haze. Although sometimes I wish it would react to UV, it could be a lot of fun.

[sunray]

My experience in this situation is not much more than installation and not as operator and more to do with a smoke machine than hazer so feel free to be wary.

I believe the effect I've noticed is more like a dark cloud casting shadow, almost like seeing it through mucky spectacles.

I'd say likely to create a problem to the effect you are trying to create.

[kerry davies]

Haze and smoke can sometimes reduce UV effects minimally simply because they reduce vision but UV still "works" with the stuff it always does work with. 

The only time I ever saw a tiny bit of UV reflection off smoke was one hilarious night with a lunatic lighting man and an industrial burglar deterrent smoke machine but I couldn't even see my feet in that mess.

[mac.calder]

It depends on the quality of your haze, and the quality of your UV. Ideal UV lights are not visible to the human eye - If your UV light, when pointed at a surface, looks dark blue... well... it's going to show up. Combine that with "poor" quality haze (large particle size, white and dense), you are 2 for 2.

If you are using a nice, fine haze and a good UV source you should not end up with everyone appearing to be in a cloud of dark purple/blue. 

[dosxuk]

Mixing UV and haze / smoke is something that is done up and down the country every night of the week in nightclubs and bars - and they don't all look like walls of fluorescent blue clouds inside!

As with most smoke effects, if you over-do it, then you'll have problems, but I suspect you'll be having bigger problems with the rest of your lighting if you get to the point where it will be causing issues with the UV.