I am almost done with a cab and the control panel is all that's left. Got me a bare metal street fighter control panel, and of course its a cut corner dynamo. (If you don't know, it looks like a folded taco on its side with the corners cut off.)
I have three options:
1. Have its orange peel powder coated
2. Paint it smooth, put an overlay on just the top with plexiglass on it
3. Paint the cut corners and put overlay on the whole thing and trim around the cut corners
I really want a blood spattered control panel overlay so the last two are my first choices. The third is the one I really want to do, but I have a bad feeling about trimming around the cut corners. The overlays usually are white on the edges and look like crap when not cut perfectly. I don't know if I can paint or stain that thin white edge. I do have some art skills an possibly could trim it nice, but if I screw it up it will be a ---smurfette--- to peel that sticker off.
I'm hoping you guys have some tips for this. I know some of you have done this before and made it look awesome.