Trying to achieve a reveal where the ceiling meets the wall (on the ceiling) in order to install LED strip lighting. Also, a small reveal on the floor. I’m hoping the floors are somewhat level to for a nice clean look, if not, I heard it can look messy — I’ve searched for various drywall trims and reveals. Pretty cool tricks. Adding channels, insets, etc to your drywall. Some a bit too trick for my liking. I found this product from trim text. The “Reveal bead” and “Shadow bead” for my strip lighting.
Fry Reglet is what I’ve used for this purpose. They come in 8 foot sticks and are fairly cheap, though the shipping is where they get you.
http://www.fryreglet.com/
http://www.fryreglet.com/products-shape.htm
For the floor reveal, the “z” reveal is easiest. If the floor is out of level they can become pretty obvious. It mainly depends on your vantage point of the floor; if you see it straight on you will read the level differences more.
The ceiling reveal is more difficult to achieve because you’ll want the lighting up high enough to be obscured until you’re right under it, I imagine. A simple “z’ reveal only buys you 5/8″ or so. To bury the lights higher would require furring the ceiling down an inch or two, which could easily be done by scabbing 2x2s on to the ceiling framing and stopping them short at the perimeter and using a reglet reveal to finish the drywall.
thank you thank you! it’s been super challenging to find info on this. much appreciated!!