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| garnerb350:
+ 1 with Severdhed...in fact on mine, i used leftover black paint and threw 2 coats on mine...painters tape and Whoa-lah... |
| newmanfamilyvlogs:
I used electrical tape around the edge of a beige monitor behind painted glass. Worked great. And after 'mitering' the edges of the tape in the corners of the monitor it was all but invisible. |
| knohbody:
All of these are good suggestions, I'm leaning towards painting the back of the plexi for any of my upcoming projects, tho I'm curious as to why no one's gone to Micheals and gotten them to do a custom mat the sizes they need. Or a local art dept, where you'll likely find someone willing and able to do it for cheap, as long as you provide the mat board or foam board. There's a matboard/foamboard (it's foam with a matboard glued to it basically) that's black all the way through that would probably be ideal for bezels. With a tv though, you'd definitely want to hide the original color of the tv underneath the bezel as well. |
| severdhed:
personally, i think painting the back of the plexi looks way better than a separate mat behind it. i tried making a bezel out of black foam core i picked up at the craft store, but i just didn't like the way it looked. the nice glossy look of the painted plexi looks much more professional in my opinion. in fact, on my showcase cabinet, that is the way it was done from the factory. i do have a foam core bezel behind it, since i am using monitor that is a little smaller than the dead one that was in the cabinet. i didn't want to spray paint the existing one to mask it off smaller in case i ever decide to put a bigger monitor in. on my other cabinet, it isn't a big deal to pick up a new piece of plexi and make a new bezel if i change the monitor. (that is exactly what i did when i decided to change it from a horizontal mounted monitor to a vertical monitor. however on a showcase cabinet, the plexi is quite large and would be much more expensive to replace. (not to mention that there are slots cut in it in both sides for the speaker grills, i have no idea how i would re create those) if you are using a silver TV (i have one in my showcase cabinet) i would highly recommend either removing the existing tv bezel and painting it, or covering it with electrical tape or something similar. i havent done this to mine yet and the silver edges can be seen...it is mildly annoying. |
| BobA:
--- Quote from: knohbody on November 07, 2010, 10:13:40 pm ---I'm curious as to why no one's gone to Micheals and gotten them to do a custom mat the sizes they need.. --- End quote --- Micheals need 100 % correct measurements to make a custom mat that you can use as a bezel. For some builders these measurements are hard to put down on paper. The paint on plexi on the other hand is very easy. Put the cut plexi in place and put tape to outline the screen. Then mask off the area with more tape and paint. No measurements required. |
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