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Shining Blue light through slits in wood ....... need ideas how to do this ...
unclet:
Imagine a piece of wood which has thin parallel vertical slits cut out in it. My goal is to have Blue light shining through these slits, but I am not sure what the best/cheapest/easiest way to do this would be. Any ideas? The slits would most likely be about 3 feet long and 1 inch wide.
I am not knowledgeable about LED lighting and such so I can not determine if this is an easy solution or not. I was thinking that if I could find some blue film-like transparency stuff and shine a white light behind it then I could get a nice blue color shining from the other side, but perhaps this is not a good idea.
What do people recommend for having a nice BLUE light shining through the wood?
polaris:
lighting filter
that would do it ,with a flourescent behind it or any light source in fact , its about £4 a sheet of about 2 foot by 3 foot in size
superbigjay:
Do you have space behind your piece of wood?
If so, then Polaris's solution would probably be one of the cheapest solution.
If you don't have room for the kight source, you'll need something small like a LED strip (do a search on ebay for "blue LED strip") or neon wire or glow wire or the light wire they use for decoration and christmas...
Jay
unclet:
I have room behind the wood for the light source but I am curious whether I would get nice even color throughout the filter. I do not think I would like some of the blue to be brighter than the other parts. I believe the filter I would need would be approximately 3 feet long.
The glow wire seems a bit expensive (not terribly expensive .... so it is still an option). I wonder how long the glow wire lasts. It is neat that it can blink to sound and that it can be plugged into an outlet.
I am gathering ideas for making my jukebox cabinet and am trying to find some solutions before the build starts.
Thanks for the ideas....
polaris:
the lighting gel wil work trust me , its my job
a frost filter will diffuse the light source , giving you an even wash onto the gel
glow wire is robust depending on the grade you buy and could give you the option of sound to light depending on the controller you use