Fiber Optic Lights In Concrete

Weather doing a pour in place or mold cast fiber optics adds richness elegance and a sight to be seen.

Fiber optic lights in concrete.

The fiber optic strands from all 600 points of light were funneled into several 1 inch thick cables that snaked underneath the patio. Smash the ends of the cables with a hammer or other blunt object to fray and roughen them. The result was worth the cost and labor thoug. Give each fiber a slight tug at a perpendicular angle to make sure it fits snugly.

Run fiber optic cables up through the bottom of the forms and spread out the ends of the cables at random. Fiber optic concrete countertops are the latest big movers around the world. Unlimited ideas with fiber from walkways walls countertops and. You will nee to order the following items.

Each cable connected to one of two ports situated in a watertight compartment hidden in the back of the stone fireplace. Add a touch of class to your concrete countertops with our fiber optic cables and light systems. Endglow cable select from eg32 or eg50 or best seller the egp48. That s all you need.

When the concrete is cast and the surface inverted these fiber optic bristles will stick up from the top. We built a concrete bad with fiber optic lights in it to look like stars at night. Designers use these same fibers to carry light to the surfaces of unique high end concrete counters bars pools and floors. Quick vid of my fiber optic concrete table project.

Insights on illuminating concrete countertopsaccording to robert sapp a nationally recognized expert in the use of fiber optics in concrete countertops and inventor of the illumistone line of premium concrete surfaces when i first invented the process i thought that bars and restaurants would be the main application. This process helps the cables stick to the glass chunks and also diffuses the light at the end of the strand. The compartment also houses a light box. Everyone has seen novelty fiber optic decorations bunches of clear fibers emitting points of colored light from their ends.

Luccon is made of fiber optic strands called eska which are embedded in layers into blocks of concrete like a lasagna. Then you need to order the light unit called the coolsky led unit. Insert fiber optic cables one by one through the mold so each fiber extends at least 1 4 inch through the mold.