Painting backside of pleglass surrounding bezel?

[electricd]

Hello,

I am wanting to paint the backside of my plexiglass surrounding my bezel to help block some of the light which comes through from the marquee.  Has anyone done this?  What type of paint did you use?  Should I spray on, or brush on?  Just looking for a nice "finished" look.  Thanks!

[menace]

I would spray or roll, not brush--i brushed and it took several coats to hide the streaks when viewed from the front.  I think you are really going to like how this turns out, I know I did( eventually). I just used a semi-gloss latex black and it looked quite spiffy.

[electricd]

I was thinking of a semi-gloss spray.  I will try that out and see how it goes.

[melarky]

You don't need to worry about the paint (whether it's dull, semi gloss, etc...).  It will all look very nice and shiny as long as you paint the back of the plexi and not the front.  I did this for my cab and it turned out really nice.  I set the plexi in the cab how I would ultimately like it placed, and I then masked off the tv screen portion and the IR port from the tv (on the front of the plexi).  I then took out the plexi and masked the other side of the plexi glass following the taped off parts on the other side.  I then laid out some newspaper, and sprayed it with the cheapest black spray paint I could find.  After it dried I just pealed off all of the tape, stuck a little velcro on the top and bottom corners of the TV and Plexi and then stuck it in place.  It looks really sharp in there.  It hids the TV casing really well, and the little IR slot is still uncovered so I can turn the tv on and off with the remote.  It really makes a huge difference.

[MoonDog]

Many many years ago at a previous job I had to make plexi bezels for video camera enclosures for teleconferencing equipment.  We used to mask the area to be painted and then lightly sand it first before spraying.  Seems to me that they turned out pretty good.  I'm not sure if the sanding made much difference, but I'm assuming it helped the paint stick better.

Just a suggestion.

[zaphod]

I have painted several the way stew_ detailed.  Just spray a bunch of thin, even coats and you can't go wrong.  I waited less than five minutes between coats.  This really makes a huge difference in the appearance of your cab.