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| neil99a:
I'm trying to decide whether to use glass or plexi to cover my monitor. Glass doesn't scratch as easily but plexi doesn't break and is a bit easier to cut. I was hoping for a tinted cover but I haven't seen any such plexiglass for sale at any local hardware places. If I do go glass where can you get a tinted sheet? Should I forget the tint and get the no glare stuff at a picture framing shop or something? How thick of a sheet should be used here and how have others fixed it to their cabinets. It looks to me from the project arcade book that it just rests on the monitor shelf but that seems a bit insecure. Thanks for any help. N |
| the3eyedblindman:
LEXAN! Stay away from plexi, it cracks wayyyy to easy, almost impossible to cut, lexan is like glass wood, you can cut it drill it and everything, and it turns out perfect. |
| Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: the3eyedblindman on August 24, 2005, 03:08:35 pm ---LEXAN! Stay away from plexi, it cracks wayyyy to easy, almost impossible to cut, lexan is like glass wood, you can cut it drill it and everything, and it turns out perfect. --- End quote --- But Lexan scratches more easily and is more expensive. |
| nipsmg:
I'd go with Smoked, Tempered glass. Look in your yellow pages for a local glass shop. The guy had to send out for it, but I got smoked, tempered plexi, and it cost me somewhere in the neighborhood of $40. Lexan is expensive as well, the glass it worth it. Looks great & doesn't scratch easily. |
| ChadTower:
Take an old Atari cab with tinted glass and put it next to a more modern cab with lexan or plexi... there is simply no comparison. Glass, every time. |
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