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) First use painter's tape, or even a colored ribbon and some thumbtacks, to tape off the ceiling into smaller areas. Sort of like painting using a grid system.

2) Darken the room as much as possible. Keep the torchlight handy to help you move around in the dark.

3) Expose the glow paint to sunlight or a strong source of light, like a Compact Flourescent Lamp, for about 5 minutes. Now when you take the paint into the darkened room, you will notice how it glows in the dark!

4) Dip the paint brush in the glow paint and place random dots on the ceiling covering one grid at at time. Make sure the dots are of different sizes, but the largest should definitely not be bigger than a dime! Take a look at the pictures here: nightsky101.com/nightsky.html and you will get the general idea.

5) Once the entire ceiling is done, you can now move onto the walls. Paint dots of random sizes on to all the exposed wall surfaces. Remember you don't have to paint the wall behind the mirror 'coz you won't see it when you turn the lights off, right?

The basic idea here is that when the room is dark, you should be able to see only the glowing dots of paint on the ceiling and walls of the room.

You can paint dots on the closet doors and other furniture if you like. This would create a fuller illusion of being totally 'Lost in Space' floating around on a space bed!

6) Once the walls are done to your liking, you can take the step ladder and the dropcloth/ sheets covering the floor and/or furniture out of the room.

7) Dilute a small quantity of the glow paint in equal parts of water. Shake thoroughly to mix really well.

8) Dip an old toothbrush in this mixture and sprinkle all over the carpet/floor of your room.