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Which kind of material for this control panel would you suggest?
« on: May 11, 2015, 11:01:46 pm »
This is a Romstar bubble bobble cabinet, I added some more buttons and stripped off the original adhesive , there is still a lot of reside from the adhesive. I would like to maybe use a laminate but as you can see from the pic it has a curve from the front to the top and to the bottom. What would be the best way to attack this? Thanks!

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Re: Which kind of material for this control panel would you suggest?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2015, 12:44:44 am »
You can wrap laminate around that radius.  Just use a heat gun and patience.
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Re: Which kind of material for this control panel would you suggest?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2015, 10:26:06 am »
Fill and sand any holes and dents, use black vinyl and cover with plexi glass / lexan. Drill holes in plexi glass / lexan and secure to top of cp, near the monitor, use heat gun to form plexi around bends. Might be an idea.
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Re: Which kind of material for this control panel would you suggest?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2015, 04:19:32 pm »
I have some vinyl from Happ coming in, I am going to go that route, then get some new lexan
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