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Author Topic: Control Panel Overlay material?  (Read 4699 times)

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Control Panel Overlay material?
« on: October 02, 2012, 05:38:15 pm »
What is the plastic that people are using on there control panels is it like acrylic or some plexiglass?

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Re: Control Panel Overlay material?
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2012, 06:34:48 pm »
Some people like to use the plexi/lexan.

Others have the printers put flexible polycarbonate laminate on their artwork when they print it.


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Control Panel Overlay material?
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2012, 06:35:21 pm »
I used plexiglass on my cabinet 

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Re: Control Panel Overlay material?
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2012, 06:50:36 pm »
GorillaGlass. It's the only way to be sure

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Re: Control Panel Overlay material?
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 07:09:53 am »
I like the polycarbonate overlays from gameongrafix with nothing over it. perfectly durable

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Re: Control Panel Overlay material?
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 02:53:46 pm »
Cheap stuff from HomeDepot or Lowes works too!