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| Chris:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on July 07, 2005, 01:39:05 am ---If your LEDs are too bright, why not just stop ordering the superbright 10million mcd LED's? --- End quote --- I tried them with standard LED's, but you have the same issues, only dimmer. Wide-angle LEDs would probably be the best, but it doesn't solve the problem of the plungers being so clear that you can easily see the LED. |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Kremmit on July 07, 2005, 01:39:05 am ---If your LEDs are too bright, why not just stop ordering the superbright 10million mcd LED's? --- End quote --- When illuminating something that one expects to be visible in normal lighting, more light is going to be better. The real issue is controlling the light to make it do what you want. That is a challenge with these buttons due to the crystal clear lense-like property of the plunger and surrounding features. Blackening out the plunger will not only look bad, but it won't do what is required. I completely destroyed two of these a couple of weeks back trying different things, including paints, frosted coatings and solvents. I didn't try everything, but had poor success pretty much overall. The acetone trick looked fantastic, until the plastic healed and started to go gummy. I'm not saying that there isn't a solution, but I don't think dimmer LEDs are going to be it. RandyT |
| Chris:
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 07, 2005, 08:33:21 am ---Blackening out the plunger will not only look bad, but it won't do what is required. --- End quote --- |
| RayB:
Sounds like this board is full of perfectionists... |
| tetsujin:
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 07, 2005, 08:33:21 am ---The acetone trick looked fantastic, until the plastic healed and started to go gummy. --- End quote --- I still want to experiment with acetone... Your results are certainly discouraging but I'm eager to see for myself I guess. Could you provide more details about what exactly you did and how long it took the button to revert? Things like, did you use straight hardware-store acetone, how long was it applied, etc... |
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