Diffuser for bare Luxeon?

BatteryCharger · Feb 26, 2006

I'm making a little lantern using a plastic jar I have with 4AAs inside and a bare Luxeon on top. Does anybody know of something small and cheap I can put over the luxeon to diffuse the light, so you don't go blind if you look at it directly?

gadget_lover · Feb 26, 2006

I used a translucent bottle cap from a water bottle for a similar project. Frosted scotch tape works too.

Daniel

Ken_McE · Feb 26, 2006

Are you familiar with the plastic diffusion gratings they use on flourescent ceiling lights? A piece or two of that will do. Here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15227857@N00/

is a picture of a nine Luxeon light that uses a piece of that material. Pictures 2 & 3 show the diffuser.

evan9162 · Feb 26, 2006

A ping-pong ball

DaMeatMan · Feb 26, 2006

You could even use some of that very fine tissue paper that women always use to stuff their gift bags, think you could find that stuff at the dollar store.

BatteryCharger · Feb 27, 2006

What do you think about a blob of epoxy over the top of the emitter? Would the light be kind of yellow from the color of the epoxy? I want it to be something somewhat water proof...

Turbo_E · Mar 1, 2006

lightly sand the Lux dome with 600 grit sandpaper?

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