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| oreo632:
Hey guys, I tried to make my own bezel yesterday and found out that I can't measure worth :censored:. Anyways what a waste of Formica, thankfully I it was just left overs I had lying around so no financial harm. Just a pain in the arse for nothing. Anyways since I spent all day trying to create the 19 inch bezel and got nowhere I was considering just painting the plexi and use this as the bezel. Is there any concern in doing so? I plan to do this tonight unless someone chimes in here saying not to. I'm not worried about wasting plex. I CAN paint just not measure. In case you guys ask the dimensions I need are 27" wide by 22" or above higher. If you guys know where there is a bezel that has that size and the cutout already I'd be happy to check it out. I have been on eBay and seen bezels there but the dimensions aren't wide enough or tall enough. Yes I do know about the mattboard and might use that as the alternative. I also saw this other board called foam board that looked promising too. Anyone who is looking for a cheap way to make a bezel could go that route. I'm not only because I have the paint already.Any help would be great. I'll be posting an update on my project later today as well. Thank you for your help. |
| Eddie_Brock:
Good Luck and have fun! From my experience, make sure you remove whatever tape you use as a border as soon as you're done painting. I waited until the paint had dried and it had seeped under the painter's tape a bit, making clean up a bit of a hassle. Check out my post on the matter if you care. |
| oreo632:
--- Quote from: Eddie_Brock on November 07, 2010, 05:22:16 pm ---Good Luck and have fun! From my experience, make sure you remove whatever tape you use as a border as soon as you're done painting. I waited until the paint had dried and it had seeped under the painter's tape a bit, making clean up a bit of a hassle. Check out my post on the matter if you care. --- End quote --- Thank you very much. I am going to try this and will use your advice about the nail polish. I had to do the same thing yesterday to get old dry erase marker off. Anywho do you have any pics you could post about how it looked after? We'll see how it goes...unfortunately it's one of those tvs that are silver ::) Thanks again and any other help helps. |
| eds1275:
Silver TV? I haven't done this, but if I were to do one I'd probably use some sort of flat black tape - for example hockey tape - over the television's built in bezel around the screen to help hide the silvery-ness. Under plexi [tinted?] I'm sure it would be invisible and a secret helping-hand. |
| severdhed:
that is how i have done my bezels in the past and i am very happy with the results. it is difficult to capture how good this looks with a camera, but in person, it is fantastic. very professional looking.. here is my most recent one. i used blue painters tape to mask off the screen area, sprayed 2 coats of flat black spray paint from walmart (.97cents/can) and it came out beautiful. |
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