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jdbailey1206:

--- Quote from: thatpurplestuff on December 12, 2013, 01:28:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on December 12, 2013, 01:10:17 pm ---I would try to steer away from this idea.  Once you start to print on canvas the texture of the canvas starts to show dramatically.  As seen here.

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That's actually kinda what I'm going for.  My theme is pretty odd, but it's basically a humorous mixed martial arts / retro video game theme and I'm trying to have the control panel look like half of the UFC octagon.

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That's a pretty slick idea.

kiwasabi:
As far as the construction is concerned, you'd want a wooden frame/block all the way around the perimeter of the control panel to reinforce the plexi. I found that the thickness of plexi has very little bearing on the amount of flex. For instance 3/16" at 10" x 24" is solid enough to stand on with the framing I'm using (5/8" plywood). Without this framing, even 1/2" of plexi had a ton of flex to it.

And if you're worried about the flex of the plastic touching the canvas and messing it up, you might add some space between the 2 so that the plastic has room to move a bit.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Vigo on December 12, 2013, 01:07:19 pm ---I have had other things printed on canvas, and one thing I noticed was that ink runs very easily off of canvas.

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Many of the commercial printing companies are using solvent based inks nowadays, so if you make sure this is the case, bleeding should not be an issue (unless you dump alcohol on it).  Still, some protection against grime would be a good idea.  Canvas doesn't clean as easily as smoother, less porous materials.

jdbailey1206:
Purp you might want to stretch and staple your canvas to your Control Panel to keep it from going wonky on you also.  That's a technical term.  Wonky.  Feel free to use it.   ;D

thatpurplestuff:
RandyT- Thanks for that info... I will verify that whoever I order from (assuming I go through with this) is using a solvent-based ink.

jdbailey- yeah I considered stretching it over the panel, my only concern was that it's a non-rectangular shape so it might go even wonkier (did I use that right?  haha).  I think I might look into using some type of spray adhesive to permanently attach the canvas and prevent any movement.

kiwasabi- I'm not sure I follow what you're saying in regards to a frame/block.  My main concern was that tightening the buttons would make the plexi flex down into the canvas and look uneven if the canvas had some give to it... I'm thinking the canvas is thin enough that it won't have much sponginess (I just looked it up and that is actually a word) to allow the plexi to sink into it but that's a complete guess on my part.

I sincerely appreciate the input guys!

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