Best method of back lighting onyx

[Anna Almonte]

Flexible Strips

[nuwoled]

I realise this is an old thread but if there is anyone interested in design drawings showing the best layering process for backlit countertops I will be more than happy to share our drawings with the SFA community

Send us an email and I will forward them to you

Cheers

Mathew

[Nick]

I second mathew's option. Best I have ever seen, hands down!

[ronald hannah]

Nu World.

[nuwoled]

Thanks for the kind words gentlemen!

Not sure if I find some of this ugly or not but a customer passed it on to me, seems they have figured a way of staining translucent stone http://www.crystalinestone.com/

[Nick]

I am cutting some next week or week after. It is mostly not my thing with about 4 colors that are winners.

[nuwoled]

Awesome- there might be some nightclub applications for the multicolored stuff.

Do you think that the process that they use actually makes the Onyx less brittle/crumbly/ porous? Would be great if you could share your findings once you have worked with it.

We do alot of commercial bars and staining is always a concern

[Nick]

I will feed back. I am a little skeptical. I doubt that their staining or coloring has much effect on the slab strength itself. I am curious as to how well it is dyed and what it is exactly. It isn't like onyx as we know it, because that is sellable at the same price or more. It has to be one of these crystalline type marbles coming out of brazil that many classify as quartzite, and it would have to be lots of that or that kind of family that wont sell unless altered for whatever reasons. The only way this is profitable is if the material is worthless when you start, so my guess is it fabricates not like onyx at all. Or it is that Chinese onyx that could be had cheap enough in bulk I suppose.....

[nuwoled]

I agree, the pricing I am sure would be blown out if they took onyx then added another man made process. Probably be up there in the Concetto price range

Speaking of which , I wish we had more opportunities to work with Concetto or any semi precious slabs. I have been considering giving away some LED panels if we can just get some concetto images for our portfolio. Such a striking product

cheers

[adam t]

There are these new LED 12" x 12" panels. They give a consistent light projection and can even be cut to size. I will try to get pictures.
I recently used rope lights for a friends' bathroom. I foolishly offered to make him a countertop for his new fixer upper house. He decided to get new cabinets AFTER I built the countertop and 3 backsplashes, and they are 3" deeper.
No problem. We screwed in a strip of wood to the wall and made an onyx night lite for his daughters.

[nuwoled]

Clever way to make use of the Onyx as a nightlight. Maybe a new app we can start selling is backlit onyx tile baseboards in a bathroom environment.
I will look into it

Thanks for sharing the image

[Omni Cubed Larry]

Backlit baseboards would be cool! After reading this thread, I think I need to add some lighting to my bathroom. I have power in the cabinet so it would be easy to do.

Lighting the baseboards may not provide enough light up near the counter where you need to see, but that is a place where you could sell more stone (and lights).

[nuwoled]

I have a few excess LED Panels lying around if you would like to do a countertop. I will donate it if I can get some pics of the final install

[nuwoled]

I have not posted in a while so I thought I would share a few more projects that we have completed



KD's Bar and restaurant

[nuwoled]

We have not completed this one yet so the images are not great.

One of the Trump sons has requested the same for his private home in Westchester

[nuwoled]

Custom shaped backlit onyx island




Backlit Onyx Island

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[Stone Dude]

This was done with LED strips/panels.

[nuwoled]

Hey Cameron

Looks really nice

Good job on the illumination of the front edge. Did you miter it?

Is the blue green streak natural?

Cheers

Mathew

[Stone Dude]

Hey Cameron

Looks really nice

Good job on the illumination of the front edge. Did you miter it?

Is the blue green streak natural?

Cheers

Mathew

yes it's mitered and all the color is natural

we actually didn't install the lighting, the client had a guy do it. We just coordinated with him.

[AARAAG]

WURTH WOOD GROUP SELLS ALL TYPES OF TAPE LED WITH OR WITHOUT COLOR LIGHTING. VERY BRIGHT VERY EASY TO INSTALL AND DIM ABLE.

[Eric R]

Great stuff. Thanks all for sharing!

Mathew, could you send me your info from Nu World?
eric@astoniaco.com

[nuwoled]

Hello Eric

I sent you an email

thanks for contacting me

[nuwoled]

Here is a Link to info about the completed Trump Doral Bossa Nova backlit onyx bar -

http://www.ledsmagazine.com/ugc/2014/07 ... hting.html

I have also attached an image of the completed bar

backlit onyx bar - Trump Doral Bossa Nova - Nu World LED Light Panel

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[Mid Missouri Surfaces]

Nuwold your product is freaking awesome, just wish it was more affordable for the average bear.

[nuwoled]

Here is a project that we absolutely loved doing and I am sure you will agree it turned out great.

This is Metropolitan at the 9 - The Vault

Nu World was originally approached by the stone company on the project, for more information about our custom LED Light Panel products which are used to illuminate stone countertops. We then worked directly with the Millwork companyto ensure the correct LED Panel shape and configuration for the project. This project consisted of a large onyx bar top, a custom shape corner section as well as a waterfall edge which all had to be evenly illuminated. Once the configuration was approved we worked closely with the electrical contractor to iron out last minute details and ensure all dimensions and shapes were 100% correct

So you see we work with all parties involved to ensure a seamless install

Let me know what you think of the images

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