Built to disappear into the ceilingThe SKYE Select Trims were designed for one job: upgrading a 4" recessed fixture to a
dead-front style so the eye sees a clean ring and a soft glow instead of hardware. The body is durable dead front plastic paired with a magnetic steel ring, a combination that keeps the part light, impact-friendly and easy to handle on a ladder. This SKU, SLMB4-12W-ST-BKSS, is the
square Black trim with a Semi-Specular baffle, one of the dead-front trim/baffle combinations offered in the family alongside White/White, White/Semi-Specular, White/Specular, White/Gold, Black/Black, Black/Specular and Black/Gold, in both round and square shapes.
Light quality and the role of the baffleThe baffle is what you actually see when you look up into a
pot light. A Semi-Specular finish gives a smooth, slightly reflective cone that blends the output of the LED source and keeps the aperture from reading as a hot white dot — a great middle ground between the very reflective Specular option and the flat, absorbent Black baffle. Paired with a Black outer trim, it reads as a discreet dark circle on the ceiling by day and a controlled, comfortable downlight by night, which is exactly what designers ask for in
commercial LED ceiling lighting and in high-end residential renovations.
Technical specificationsSKU: SLMB4-12W-ST-BKSS
Brand: LITELINE
Family: SKYE Select 4" Trims — 4" Surface Trim/Baffle
Shape: S — Square
Trim finish: BK — Black
Baffle finish: SS — Semi-Specular
Style: Dead-front
Construction: Durable dead front plastic with magnetic steel ring
Mounting: Magnetically attaches to compatible 4" SKYE fixtures
Overall size: 4¾" (121 mm)
Aperture: 3 7⁄32" (82 mm) / 2 9⁄16" (65 mm)
Depth: 1 11⁄16" (42 mm) / 1¾" (45 mm)
Environment: Suitable for wet locations, indoor / outdoor
Installation and compatibilityInstallation is as simple as it gets: line up the trim with the face of the fixture and let the magnetic steel ring grab. There is no wiring, no torsion spring to fight, no need to pull the housing out of the ceiling, so a contractor can re-trim a whole floor of
4" recessed downlights in minutes and a homeowner can change the look later without calling anyone. The trims are made for the 4" SKYE platform: SLMB4-CCT (4" SLIMLED, 12W, colour selectable) and SLMB4-RGBTW (4" SLIMLED, 12W, RGB + tunable white). In the catalogue that means fixtures like the
Skye 4" color selectable SLMB4-12W-CCT-BK and the smart
Skye OnCloud SLMB4-RGBTW-WZ-WH. Accessories are sold separately, so plan one trim per fixture. Prefer the round look or another baffle tone? See the
Skye Select trims SLMB4-12W-RT-BKSS.
Where it works and what's documentedBecause it carries a wet location rating and is approved for indoor and outdoor use, this trim follows the fixture wherever the plan takes it: kitchen ceilings and islands, bathrooms and shower zones, basements, hallways, condo living rooms, boutique and salon ceilings, café seating areas, office corridors, and covered exterior soffits and porches that face a Canadian winter. Mixing square and round trims is an easy way to separate zones — square over a work area, round in the corridor — while keeping one consistent finish story. The full technical PDF (SLMB4-12W-ST-BKSS Spec Sheet) is available in the Documentation tab with the dimensional drawings, the ordering guide and the complete list of trim/baffle combinations, handy when you're specifying a whole project at once.
