DIY ADVENTURES PART 1 We got cheap T5 LED lights from lighting.com.sg. $14 for a 2ft set, $16 for a 3ft set. Simple, sleek and thankfully fits the industrial look. However the fitting only came in white and so, much to the wifey's dismay, I announced that I would be spray painting them all black! Finished product here with the bulb Think it will look awesome on the ceiling! Lessons learnt: 1. Sanding down the surfaces before is most likely unnecessary. I thought it would help the paint stick better but in the end the deeper scratches actually showed through the paint so probably better without. 2. Use masking tape to protect the electrical contact points from paint. (I didn't actually make this mistake. Just sharing) 3. There's a reason why certain brands of paint are more expensive. My black paint was Nippon Pylon. It cost $7.90 and it sprayed on evenly without streaking or pooling. It dried quickly and the nozzle didn't clog up. The finish is what you see in the pics. On one very small part, I used an additional clear coat spray from some unknown brand ($3.90) in the hope that it would protect the paint. Not only was the gloss ugly, a quick 2 spurts already had the clear coat pooling up in some spots while being splattery and uneven in others. Needless to say, I did not continue with the clear spray. Future gate project will be done with Nippon paint. *nods*