Lighting stain glass
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Lighting stain glass
Hello Forum. I have a piece of stain glass to frame and the customer would like to light it from the back. The problem is she would a battery operated LED strip. The picture will be moved around, so plug in lighting is not an option. Any thoughts?
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Re: Lighting stain glass
Hi Andybox, welcome to the forum.
I've no hands-on experience with this type of lighting, but something like this should probably work
I've no hands-on experience with this type of lighting, but something like this should probably work
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Re: Lighting stain glass
The problem with any kind of strip light will be hot and cool spots (light wise). You need to aim for the same amount of light all over the piece. I'm currently doing a stained glass lit framing job. My solution (with help from my local sign maker) is a sandwich as follows:
The stained glass
Diffused acrylic
10mm gap with a "snake" of 5m of LEDs on its side ( so the light is bounced around)
Mirrored di bond
The back
The LEDs I'm using are mains powered ( well 12v via a transformer)
Hope this helps
The stained glass
Diffused acrylic
10mm gap with a "snake" of 5m of LEDs on its side ( so the light is bounced around)
Mirrored di bond
The back
The LEDs I'm using are mains powered ( well 12v via a transformer)
Hope this helps
Re: Lighting stain glass
how big is the piece
if its not large, you can buy led lightboxes some of them will run on batteries
another option is if its small is a digital picture frame, with just a white image
if its not large, you can buy led lightboxes some of them will run on batteries
another option is if its small is a digital picture frame, with just a white image
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Re: Lighting stain glass
Stcstc wrote :
"another option is if its small is a digital picture frame, with just a white image"
Good idea, or if you had different colour images, it would look quite good aswell
If the customer took a photo of the stain glass, she could then just have that in the digital photo frame
"another option is if its small is a digital picture frame, with just a white image"
Good idea, or if you had different colour images, it would look quite good aswell
If the customer took a photo of the stain glass, she could then just have that in the digital photo frame
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Re: Lighting stain glass
Forgot to say I have a sample of these lights, if you want to pop in and a look to see if they are any good.
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Re: Lighting stain glass
Here's my effort