led strip lighting

[Nige Danton]

I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

Thanks

[alan_m]

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?
Thanks

Not answering your question but I've found the adhesive on these tape
LEDs not to be too good and they start pulling away from the surface
they are stuck to within a month or two. Possibly fitted to the top of
a kitchen cabinet is OK where gravity keeps it in place but not hanging
it from under the cabinet. Where I've fitted it horizontally I've had to
resort to some hot glue to reinforce the stickiness of the LED tape.

Perhaps consider fixing dedicated aluminium channel to the wall/ceiling,
fitting the LED tape in the channel and then fitting a diffusing lens cover.

[Peter Able]

Post by alan_m

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?
Thanks

Not answering your question but I've found the adhesive on these tape
LEDs not to be too good and they start pulling away from the surface
they are stuck to within a month or two.  Possibly fitted to the top of
a kitchen cabinet is OK where gravity keeps it in place but  not hanging
it from under the cabinet. Where I've fitted it horizontally I've had to
resort to some hot glue to reinforce the stickiness of the LED tape.
Perhaps consider fixing dedicated aluminium channel to the wall/ceiling,
fitting the LED tape in the channel and then fitting a diffusing lens cover.

There's no obvious answer. Try it out both ways - using some BluTac.

Then let us know which you liked and why.

Agree about adhesive being a bit naff.

[Peter Able]

Post by alan_m

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?
Thanks

Not answering your question but I've found the adhesive on these tape
LEDs not to be too good and they start pulling away from the surface
they are stuck to within a month or two.  Possibly fitted to the top
of a kitchen cabinet is OK where gravity keeps it in place but  not
hanging it from under the cabinet. Where I've fitted it horizontally
I've had to resort to some hot glue to reinforce the stickiness of the
LED tape.
Perhaps consider fixing dedicated aluminium channel to the
wall/ceiling, fitting the LED tape in the channel and then fitting a
diffusing lens cover.

There's no obvious answer.  Try it out both ways - using some BluTac.
Then let us know which you liked and why.
Agree about adhesive being a bit naff.

Just a thought. On the wall, turning the corner is just a bend in the
tape; on the ceiling it ain't so easy ;-}

[Andy Burns]

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

I wouldn't rely on the adhesive to prevent it drooping, look at the
corner profiles with diffuser ...

[RobH]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

I wouldn't rely on the adhesive to prevent it drooping, look at the
corner profiles with diffuser ...

A few years back I bought 2 rolls of red coloured sticky tape off ebay,
which I used to hold a 5mtr led strip in place. It is still there now
with no signs of comming off the wall

[Andy Burns]

Post by RobH
A few years back I bought 2 rolls of red coloured sticky tape off ebay,
which I used to hold a 5mtr led strip in place. It is still there now
with no signs of comming off the wall

It's so difficult to tell who on eBay is selling genuine 3M VHB tape ...

[alan_m]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by RobH
A few years back I bought 2 rolls of red coloured sticky tape off
ebay, which I used to hold a 5mtr led strip in place. It is still
there now with no signs of comming off the wall

It's so difficult to tell who on eBay is selling genuine 3M VHB tape ...

+1
And price is no indicator - some of the stuff sold expensively as
genuine 3M is nothing of the kind :(

[Graham.]

I got caught out with a bulk purchase of medical Micropore tape.
Brought me out in blisters.

[Theo]

Post by alan_m

Post by Andy Burns

Post by RobH
A few years back I bought 2 rolls of red coloured sticky tape off
ebay, which I used to hold a 5mtr led strip in place. It is still
there now with no signs of comming off the wall

It's so difficult to tell who on eBay is selling genuine 3M VHB tape ...

+1
And price is no indicator - some of the stuff sold expensively as
genuine 3M is nothing of the kind :(

Is there a legit supplier of small quantities? Farnell sell it by the roll,
but the cheapest roll (3m x 19mm) is £20, and you might not want a full
roll.

Theo

[John Rumm]

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

Depends on what you want to achieve... to show every imperfection in the
ceiling, then fit to the wall, while to reveal all the flaws in the
wall, put them on the ceiling! :-)

(a raking light in close proximity to any notionally flat surface is
very unflattering!)

Hidden behind something like on the top of a picture rail or on top of a
cabinet, pointed up and out toward the ceiling however can give quite a
nice diffuse reflected light source.
--
Cheers,

John.

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[alan_m]

Post by John Rumm

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

Depends on what you want to achieve... to show every imperfection in the
ceiling, then fit to the wall, while to reveal all the flaws in the
wall, put them on the ceiling! :-)
(a raking light in close proximity to any notionally flat surface is
very unflattering!)
Hidden behind something like on the top of a picture rail or on top of a
cabinet, pointed up and out toward the ceiling however can give quite a
nice diffuse reflected light source.

Often with LED strip your eye focuses on the individual LEDS hence why
it's probably better to diffuse the light and/or have the tape hidden
and to only view the reflection from a light coloured surface.

[Theo]

Post by John Rumm

Post by Nige Danton
I need to fit some adhesive LED strip lighting around the perimeter of a
bedroom. It’s the adhesive sort that you buy on a roll. So should I fit to
the top of the wall in the corner with the ceiling or should I fit it on
the ceiling in the corner with the wall? Ie pointing down the wall or
across the ceiling?

Depends on what you want to achieve... to show every imperfection in the
ceiling, then fit to the wall, while to reveal all the flaws in the
wall, put them on the ceiling! :-)
(a raking light in close proximity to any notionally flat surface is
very unflattering!)
Hidden behind something like on the top of a picture rail or on top of a
cabinet, pointed up and out toward the ceiling however can give quite a
nice diffuse reflected light source.

There's coving which is designed to reflect hidden LED tape off the wall to
give a good light spread. As seen in fancy hotels:

https://www.ultraleds.co.uk/led-profiles/shop-by-category/led-coving

Theo