Pavement tiles of garden paths or paving elements of estates, glowing in the dark, are gaining popularity among owners of country cottages. These elements create an atmosphere of comfort and safety in the territory surrounding the private property. Strictly speaking, such luminous elements are divided into two types: the first, produce a luminous effect due to a special luminescent coating, and the second, due to an electric current.
The luminous design elements are ordinary paving slabs, but they contain luminescent components.
The easiest way to make such a luminous paving slab is to apply luminescent paint to the finished tile.
The advantage of this technology can be considered the possibility of applying a light coating to the existing and laid paving slabs.
If you have a need for the production of luminous paving slabs, then you will need to purchase the appropriate components - a luminescent dye and plasticizer.
In the process of self-production of tiles, when pouring the front plane, these components are introduced into the solution and poured into the mold.
After drying, such paving slabs will also glow in the dark.
The possibility of night glow for tiles with a green-yellow glow spectrum will persist for 6-9 hours, after capturing ultraviolet radiation throughout the day.
Please note that when choosing the color of the luminescent components, green-yellow shades of paint will glow much longer than red or blue.
As such, such elements cannot be called tiles, they are rather, elements imitating the shape of a conventional paving slab. Most often they are made of high-strength glass or have a durable metal body and a top edge made of plastic or glass.
Inside such a "tile" there are one or more LED elements. The power source for the LED elements can be a battery charged from solar energy during the day, or electrical energy supplied by wires from an outlet.
If we consider the design of light elements with mains supply, then we must bear in mind the following features:
Unfortunately, all of the above electrical elements are very sensitive to weather changes (temperature changes, humidity, etc.).
In this connection, the resource of uninterrupted operation of such elements rarely exceeds 3-4 years
If you are more interested in the option of powering LED elements from solar panels, then the design features of such elements are somewhat different:
All elements for self-assembly of such lighting elements are easy to purchase in domestic and foreign online stores.
As a body, you can use industrially produced glass blocks. You can also make the body of the glowing paving slabs with your own hands using polymer resins.
Relatively recently, more one product that has the property of glowing in the dark is polymer granules and ready-made luminous paving slabs "Luna".
Luna granules are added to the mortar in the production of conventional paving slabs. The chemical composition and production technology of such granules is a trade secret of the manufacturer.
Paving slabs made with the use of such granules illuminate garden paths well and retain the luminescent effect for a long time, but the price for such products is quite high.
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