I had mentioned a few weeks ago that I was working on an alternative to using LED's for edgelit acrylic.
So I thought that I would share a little of my progress so far.
I finally received a sample from the manufacturer and am attaching a few pictures. The light strip is 2"x12"x0.02". I put the light under an engraved mirror and it looks really good. One picture shows it under the mirror with the lights on and the other shows it with the lights turned off.
The lights work very well, but they're just too expensive to be practical at this point.....this sample cost $60......it's not so much the light strips as it is the battery pack.....which was $30 and the other wires/connectors which were $10.
The light strips come as thin as 1/4" and can be any thickness or length. They come in like 7 different colors and can be used indoors or out. ....battery operated or plug in.....constantly on or flashing........cool to the touch.....and 80% cheaper to operate than LEDs.
The lights are flexible so I wanted to wrap them around of piece of clear acrylic. I'll make a base for this one piece and see how well it travels up through the acrylic.
There are ALOT of positives.......and thus far, the only negative is price.
I'll keep you updated as I make more progress.