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RayB:

Plexi scratches, and scuffs over time making your art underneath look dull.


AtomSmasher:


--- Quote from: RayB on September 20, 2005, 10:06:56 am ---Plexi scratches, and scuffs over time making your art underneath look dull.


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And its better that your art gets scraches?  Thats kind of the point of plexi, it gets scrached and scuffed, but your artwork doesn't.

Stingray:

If you order a proper textured vinyl overlay it will not scratch. Mine's been in plave for a couple years with no scratching in evidence.

The only cab I own with plexi on the panel is a Dynamo that had been poorly converted to Neo-Geo. Repairing the previous owner's butcher job and putting a real CPO in place is high on my to-do list. And yes, the plexi is scratched all to hell and the artwork under it looks dull/

-S

RayB:

I have never seen scratches even on 20+ year old textured vinyl except where it was obviously hit with some sort of object. The damage I do usually see on those is cigarette burns, gashes, dirt and cracking at the corners.

You can avoid burns by not using your cp as an ashtray.
You can avoid gashes by not hitting your CP with objects.
You can clean up dirt with a wet rag or magic eraser.
The cracking however comes naturally, but chances are you won't be playing that MAME cab come 20 years.



clanggedin:

I prefer the feel of textured vinyl to smooth plastic on my CPs. The plexi covered CPs may look shinier, but that is all that they have going for them.

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