The hosts of country estates, mansions and cottages are closely followed by new products in the field of landscape design. Luminous stones are a real find for such people, they can be emphasized the path, highlight the fountain or artificial water. Let's see if it is possible to make such a decorative miracle itself.
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Glowing stones - not only lighting
In dusk and even deep darkness, such pebbles will indicate the path along the path. It is very convenient, especially if you have to go for an unfamiliar estate or slightly intoxicated. Before you, the practical side of the luminous decorative stones. If you look deeper, you will understand that you are in the real fairy tale. And the truth is, ordinary passers-by such beauty seems like enchanting magic.
What are glowing pebbles?
The options for illumination of the local area is a lot, but most of them do not work without a power source. This creates some inconvenience and material costs. Luminous stones do not need sockets, extension cords, and batteries - they will use the light of the moon, a sun or even a conventional lantern for recharging.
What are they made from?
Often it is not the stones at all. Their function is perfectly performed by ordinary plastic figures. They are treated with special paint, the property of which is constant accumulation of light. Further, it's small: Having at about half an hour in the sun, the glowing stone is ready for at least 30 minutes to sparkle in complete darkness.
Advantages
1. Resistance to any weather conditions.
2. Durability, consequence of which is almost unlimited operation time.
3. Resistance to shocks and other damage.
4. Significant electricity savings.
5. Easy in cleaning. Products are not capricious, amenable to cleaning ordinary household chemicals.
How to make a glowing stone yourself?
If there are natural stones on the plot, it is better to use them. In the paper, follow the following methodology:
- Stones must be perfectly clean, so thoroughly wash them and dry.
- Apply fluorescent paint abundantly, paying special attention to cracks, recesses.
- We wait for a complete drying of the coating.
- Some are applied from above a layer of colorless varnish, which serves as an additional protection against high and low temperatures, heavy precipitation. If this stage is missing, the catastrophe will not - pebbles will glow.
Luminescent paint makes no sense to handle the entire surface of the stone, it will be enough only to its face. If you choose plastic products to float on the water surface, you will have to paint on all sides.
It is much easier to buy glowing stones, then you don't have to worry, whether the self-playing performed with the gems will be magically. If the value parameter is important for you, to think for a long time. The paint is sold in packages from 50 g. Of course, it is not enough to create glowing stones for landscape design, but enough for applying to small interior items.
If you do everything yourself, the ability to use stones of any size appears. The stores are more often represented by a luminous marble crumb.
Advantage of shopping products - stones of the same size, disadvantage - this size is often small. Therefore, not everywhere will be able to satisfy the most sophisticated requests. But about the color range of problems will not be: the manufacturers please the stones of raspberry, green, yellow, blue colors, etc.
Features of the installation of stones glowing in the dark
With the stone luminous crumb of difficulties will not arise, but the big stones from the plastic are scared by the first impust of the wind. They are definitely fixed. Mount-builders are not against and on the glue to plant them, but what should I do if they need to be satisfied, for example, on the ground? The same situation and water.
Those who have golden hands, without difficulty invent. For example, the "fireflies" will be tied in the pool, so to speak, the anchor is thrown. But do not forget about the aesthetes: during the day, all this will be well noticeable in transparent water, it will not turn this beauty tongue. What to do? And let the glowing balls or cubes slowly swim around the water at night, and in the morning they are easy to pull them out. If the undertaking seems uninteresting, install pebbles evenly around the perimeter of the pool, the view will be fascinating.
If the polymer boulder according to the venture should be placed on a plot where open ground is recommended to preach it well. Press it out as it should. If you can put something inside, use the usual foil or white paper. It does not waste it, of course, but improve the quality of the night glow.
Did you know?
You have probably heard about airbrushing on cars and motorcycles. Did you know that in this way you can create a decorative glowing stone? The cobblestone surface is decorated with patterns, various ornaments, perhaps even applying unique drawings.
Bygoing its territory, you will notice a bunch of ideas where to apply luminescent paint. There is a flowerbed on the site - make a glowing frame of stone crumbs. Highlight the well or garden fountain, - let it sparkle on the envy of the neighbors. Paint residues do not hurry far to hide. In the home interior, she also has an application. Glowing pebbles will create magic in aquarium, on bookshelves and window sills with flowers.
