Using Rope Light for Accent Lighting
Ranked #13,868 in Home & Garden, #189,057 overall
Using Rope Light for Amazing Accent Lighting
Rope light is one of the most versatile lighting materials out there, but so many people are unfamiliar with what the product is and how it works. Rope light typically consists of lights encased in clear PVC flexible tubing. The colors come from the lights themselves, which illuminate the tubes.
Different Rope Light Applications
All the ways you can use rope lights
- Use to illuminate tray lighting in ceilings
- Use above or underneath cabinets - keep nestled between wall and top or bottom of cabinet so only the light is seen, and not the rope. Great in kitchens and shelving units!
- Outline rooftops, buildings, doors, and windows
- Create figures and motifs by shaping and securing to a frame or window
- Highlight, frame, or make promotional and business signs
- Wrap up columns and trees
- Use to outline steps in theaters, as well as deck stairs and any other location that gets dark
Cutting Rope Light
Always follow directions!
There are many Rope Light Instructions available to ensure a prefect cut. Cutting rope light is very easy, and can be done with just a pair of kitchen shears. There a specific guidelines that need to be followed to ensure a safe cut is made. Every rope light has cut marks at regular intervals - typically every 12" - 24". Cuts can only be made on the cut marks, and the rope light should be turned on to heat up the rope, but unplugged prior to making a cut. This ability to cut rope ligt as needed makes rope light the versatile product that it is. Rope Light Varieties
Choose from a huge variety of rope lights
- Rope Light Spools - up to 200'
- Rope Light Motifs
- Rope Light Kits - pre cut lengths of 12' - 30'
- LED Rope Lights - spools and kits
- 12 Volt Rope Light - great for floats, boats, and cars
- Bi Color Rope light and Joker Rope Light
- Super Bright Rope Lights
- Square or Rectangular Rope Light - tube is shaped like a square or rectangle with edges, instead of round like a circular tube
- Chasing effects possible with rope lights of 3-wire and higher
Rope Light Photo Gallery
Images of rope lights and projects using rope lights
Blue LED rope light spool
Rope Light Flickr Photos
Reader Feedback
-
-
Mike
Jul 28, 2009 @ 9:04 pm | delete
- great rope light picture in the bedroom. Never thought of that before.
-
Great Stuff on Amazon
by christmaslightsetc
Hi, I'm Jeanette of ChristmasLightsEtc.com. ChristmasLightsEtc.com is where you will find the latest and greatest LED Christmas Lights, Artificial Chr... more »
- 1 featured lens
- Winner of 2 trophies!
- Top lens » Using Rope Light for Accent Lighting
Feeling creative?
Create a Lens!
Explore related pages
- Flower Night Lights & Lamps Flower Night Lights & Lamps
- Solar Path Lights Border for Sidewalk, Driveway, Landscape, or Pathway Solar Path Lights Border for Sidewalk, Driveway, Landscape, or Pathway
- Solar Flood Lights Solar Flood Lights
- A torch to light another's path A torch to light another's path
- Get Switched on to Outdoor Lighting! Get Switched on to Outdoor Lighting!
- Quoizel Monterey Mosaic Lighting Quoizel Monterey Mosaic Lighting
