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Good material for overlay (Home Depot?)
paigeoliver:
I have used rubber floormat from Home Depot as plain control panel overlay on more than one cabinet.
The stuff is on big rolls in the area with the carpets. Look for the cheapest, plainest black stuff.
You install it upside down. Stretch it over your panel, and then knock it in with small nails on the underside. Then cut your holes for your buttons and joysticks and you are good to go.
The stuff is indestructable, and looks just fine on any cab. Heck, you could probably coat an entire cabinet in the stuff if you wanted to.
It is also really cheap. Something like $1 per foot, and the rolls it comes on are like 2 or 3 feet wide. So it only takes like one or two feet for most any panel.
OnigumO:
Rubber? the stuff isnt too rought is it? I just want something similar to an X-arcades feel.
paigeoliver:
It isn't rough at all. Pretty soft actually. It doesn't have the same feel as the control panel overlays on my other games though, as it is kind of cushiony. It both looks and feels good. I have no idea why nobody else uses the stuff?
Brax:
I just discovered this stuff at Ikea. (Canada) It's on sale (which probably means "discontinued") It was $.95 a roll I believe. I couldn't find it on the Canadian website and you may not be able to find it on your countries website but go in the store and have a look. It's with the kitchen stuff...... knives and such.
I really like it, its reminiscent of the blue and black grid pattern you see on some of the overlays around here. It's meant to tear off in square sheets but I just unrolled it and put packing tape on the back to prevent it from coming apart. You'd never know it wasn't a solid roll. I do plan to put lexan over it but you wouldn't have to if you used a good spray glue. Heck, it's meant to be a placemat! It'll stand up to our grimey little fingers! :D (they had an orange and red one at my store as well)
http://www.ikea.co.uk/product_presentation/show.asp?productnumber=40042989&type=ART
shmokes:
I love Ikea