How to Install LED “Squishy” Lights Into Closet Panels

Tips and trick to installing 6mm Flexible Silicone LED lighting from Richlieu Hardware in our closet vertical panels.
These flexible, 6 mm wide silicone, encased LED lights are super easy to install nice and bright and make closets look spectacular. Here’s a few tips and tricks that we’ve learned on a couple of the jobs that we’ve done utilizing this type of light.
The grooves for the flexible LED light Hass to be 6 mm and not 1/4 inch wide.
Cut the lights a little bit long and give him a final trim at the closet installation
Test all of your LED lights before and after installing them into the closet panel.
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[@TheOmar1389]

great tip .. i usually install 20mm aluminum u channel an install the strip light .... it looks neet

[@derrekholland5207]

We used to do that this is so much easier

[@MariaTorresSAHMO4]

Where do you buy the “squishy” lights and are they able to be wired to a light switch?

[@derrekholland5207]

Richlieu Hardware has them. We use the Kinetic switch that is wireless and requires no batteries or power

[@MariaTorresSAHMO4]

Thanks Derrek! These lights look phenomenal and exactly what I have been looking for!

[@TheOmar1389]

can you please tell me what kind of cnc mill bit you use to cut chipboard and what brand ... thank you

[@derrekholland5207]

We use 1/2” compression from Vortex. We use the one with the very short upshear, I believe it’s called a mortise compression

[@vincentbeauregard6089]

Is it richelieu FLEXYLED AT6? This stuff is crazy expensive very nice though

[@derrekholland5207]

I think that’s it. It’s cheaper and less labor intensive than running regular strips in an aluminum extrusion and having to notch shelves to fit around it.