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Whether you’re wondering how to diffuse LED light strips or regular LED lighting fixtures, any of these methods should work. Depending on the type of light you have you may not be able to find a good commercial option, but as you can see, DIY light diffusion is relatively simple. Just make sure not to dim the lights too much and always remember to turn the lights off from the breaker before you work on them.

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LED lights are used all around us and for good reasons. From our computers and phones, through our residential and office lighting, all the way to ornamental and decorative lighting – LED is often the way to go.

The third point is pretty much self-explanatory – the more distance there is between the LEDs and the diffusing barrier or buffer above them, the better. The other two methods, however, can be done with various different materials and tools. Here are some examples – you can either find many of these as commercially-sold extrusions/diffusers or you can make them yourself, DIY style.

Paper, plastic, aluminum – virtually any semi-transparent or opaque material can create an excellent barrier for your LED lights to get diffused through.

One of the many benefits of LED lights is that they offer multiple smaller light sources in each fixture instead of one big light bulb. This can make them easier to the eye as you don’t feel like you have a mini sun at home that you can’t possibly look at. Maybe that’s why LED diffusing is not talked about that often.

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Essentially, we can call this “double diffusion”. You can use virtually anything for that – various fabrics, cotton pieces, an inner barrier of paper, glue or something similar, and so on. Anything that obstructs and breaks the light but still lets enough of it pass through will act as an effective diffuser.

How to diffuse LEDstrip

Do keep in mind, however, that the more you diffuse your lights, the dimmer they get. So, a balance will have to be struck depending on how much light and how much diffusion you need.

Still, even LED lights can often benefit from some light diffusion. Whether in our standard lighting fixtures or for some ornamental purposes, we can often improve the look of our lights by diffusing them a bit.

Once you’ve placed your diffusing barrier of choice you may find that you need even more diffusion. If increasing the distance or opting for a more opaque barrier is not an option, you can try adding some waddle between the diffusing barrier and the LEDs.

All three of these things can help diffuse the light from your LEDs and there are many examples of barriers and buffer materials you can use. If you’re wondering how to diffuse LED lights as well as possible, you’d do best to use a combination of all three methods at once.