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unclet:
I have some blue LED lights I purchased from GGG and I am trying to figure out the best way to mount them.    I have some holes in my cabinet where I want the blue LED light to shine through.  I placed some white light diffuser plastic over the holes and planned on simply shining the LED light into it from behind.   However, the LED lights are about 3/4" away from the light diffuser plastic material and does not result in the light being diffused evenly that much.   If I shine the LED light at a 90 degree angle from the white plastic then I see a round "hot-spot" of light instead of it being diffused at all, this is why I tried angling it .... which helped a bit, but still not very much.

My clear problem is that I am trying to mount the LED lights about 3/4" from the diffuser plastic material.  If I simply mount the LED lights from about 5" away from the plastic then everything looks great.   However, I do not have enough room to mount the LED lights about 5" away in my cabinet .... there is no real free room in there for this type of mounting.

My question is ...... does anything exist which I can place directly over the LED light which will really make the light diffuse in all directions ... perhaps a "cap" or something which can be placed over the LED light?    If I could diffuse the light more coming directly from the LED light, then I might have a better time at this .....

Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Hope this made sense .....
waveryder:
if you use wideangle leds you can simply sand the top with some light sand paper to reduce your hotspot. If your using standard leds try cutting the curve flat with a hot stanley knife (be careful) and then sand. This will reduce your hotspots.
unclet:
I am using wide angled LED lights ...... sanding sounds like a perfect solution.   What grit sandpaper shall I use .... or does it matter ..... perhaps just scratching it up a bit with any sandpaper will work fine?


BTW  very nice cabinet and artwork .....   

waveryder:
Cheers
I used the finest sandpaper that I had lying around, just some left overs from sanding my living room doors down. I just scratched up the surface enough for it to look "foggy" to the naked eye. Its a popular case modder technique, if you google i"diffuse LED" your bound to find someone claiming to be an expert that could give you the exact grade. I just sand to it looks like enough  ;)
unclet:
Ok, thanks ....

Oh yeah  ..... you mentioned you used "bullet plugs" to attach the LED lights.   What are these exactly (picture perhaps)?   Do they allow the LED light to be removed and reinserted in case you need to change one out perhaps?  Are these the "real name" of this item?  Where can I get some?
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