An LED strip stuck “bare” under a cabinet gives itself away from the very first evening: a row of glowing dots, dust on the diodes and adhesive that lets go after a year. The difference between such a makeshift job and the elegant line of light from an interiors catalogue is one component: the aluminium LED profile. It guides the strip perfectly straight, draws heat away from it, hides the diodes behind a milky diffuser and finishes the whole run with an end cap like it came from a factory. In this guide we explain how a surface-mounted LED profile differs from a recessed and a 45-degree corner one, which cover to choose, how to match the profile to the strip’s power and how to mount it all step by step.
Dawid Skłodowski