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Blanka:
What about using anti-grafitti laminate? Superthin, near invisible and it ads toughness and the option to wipe stains.
bmb:
I was thinking of using this stuff...

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=261-618&source=googleps

Dayton VL218-BT Black Textured Vinyl Laminate 2 ft. x 18 ft for $16.   It's cheap black textured speaker cover material made for MDF.   I was going to put it over the CP maybe with a little extra 3M glue and tuck it into the T-molding.

I'm not sure how well this would hold up in a real arcade but should be ok in my basement.   I'm not crazy about plexi/lexan since black is just fine with me.  If I had some fancy artwork it might be a different story...

Any success or warnings on something like this?
tommyinajar:

--- Quote from: ptinolv on October 10, 2010, 10:23:19 pm ---I personnally used envirotex (it is a coating) and i am happy about the result.

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Any tips or problems with pouring?

My cousin used that on his bar and I thought it looked great. He said he got some imperfections (pinhole bubbles) that he only knew about. Otherwise I would think it would be great for CP's . You shouldn't have to account for the thickness when planning, like you would for plexiglass.
http://www.eti-usa.com/consum/envtex/envlite.htm
spystyle:

--- Quote from: Rok on October 10, 2010, 10:49:28 am ---Not wanting to deal with plexiglass...I am looking for some alternatives. One I was considering was acrylic spray coating. Has anyone used this?

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I think actual anti-reflective glass would be cool for monitor glass :)

edit : oops I see now we are discussing CP LOL
orchidius:

--- Quote from: bmb on October 13, 2010, 11:52:09 am ---I was thinking of using this stuff...

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=261-618&source=googleps

Dayton VL218-BT Black Textured Vinyl Laminate 2 ft. x 18 ft for $16.   It's cheap black textured speaker cover material made for MDF.   I was going to put it over the CP maybe with a little extra 3M glue and tuck it into the T-molding.

I'm not sure how well this would hold up in a real arcade but should be ok in my basement.   I'm not crazy about plexi/lexan since black is just fine with me.  If I had some fancy artwork it might be a different story...

Any success or warnings on something like this?


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I used this to cover my entire cab like some people paint or use formica. A word of warning though... It's NOT scratch resistant in ANY way!!!!!! I used a (new) creditcard to apply it on one side of my cab, and it scratched the entire side in the direction I gently applied pressure with the creditcard. The scratches aren't really noticable, but in the light, you can see them. Not a disaster, but I can only imagine what a hand with a ring would to to it during active gameplay...

Another thing is its weakness to imperfections in the wood... Due to its "thickness" the material shows ANY imperfections in the wood. I guess that's not a big issue for you, but beware if you're planning on using it on larger surfaces that potentially have any imperfections (even specks of dust show up).

The finish itself doesn't look awful if you happen to manage to get it all on without scratching it anywhere ànd if you're sure there's no way you can scratch it in the future ànd if you are willing to sand and resand (and thoroughly clean) the surface, ànd if the material you're applying it on is PERFECTLY flat, ànd you got a dustfree environment to apply it in,... Long story short, I personally wouldn't ever use it again unless in small projects that never have to be touched again or unless there's no alternative available (I absolutely couldn't get my hands on formica here in Belgium, otherwise I most certainly would've went for that).
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