Glass Options for Arcade Displays...

[Sinner]

I'm ready to add glass to my cab...I have a couple of questions though...

Regular glass or tempered?  I assume tempered glass is prefered...

Bronze or grey?  I assume grey...

Is there a percentage of darkness that should be used/avoided?

What's the general preferances?

Thanks...

[Sinner]

One thing I forgot...how much should I expect to pay for this type of thing...is $50ish too much??  The piece is a grey, 3/16"  tempered glass, 25"x26"...

[Roughy]

If you mean for an upright, I'd recommend smoke plexiglass.

However, I've not ever used glass.

However, I do have a kid and have friends with kids and don't ever hope for any broken glass.  And kids almost always result in something broken or unknown happening.

I got my 25x27 smoke plexi for $20 from a local glass shop.

[Sinner]

If you mean for an upright, I'd recommend smoke plexiglass.

However, I've not ever used glass.

However, I do have a kid and have friends with kids and don't ever hope for any broken glass.  And kids almost always result in something broken or unknown happening.

I got my 25x27 smoke plexi for $20 from a local glass shop.

Wow, that's a good price...everywhere I call, they charge more for smoked plexi...

[Minwah]

I went for toughened, (grey) tinted glass...and am extremely happy with it

[PrizLucky]

I had been looking at McMaster-Car (http://www.mcmaster.com/) for some smoked polycarbonate sheets.. they're selling 24"x24" 1/8" thick smoked (translucent gray) polycarb for $18.27 (I haven't tried to see how much shipping will be though, so that might be bad)..
 you're dimentsions are just a bit too large it looks like    and i doubt' you'd want to buy a 48"x 48"

[MYX]

I went for toughened, (grey) tinted glass...and am extremely happy with it

Hey Minwah, I just went your site to check out the grey glass. I am also looking at grey. Which one has it?

Edit: Sorry I hit post too fast. Is it the system one cab? I can see the bezel, so is it very light grey?

[Sinner]

OK, so I called a couple of places...it's all around $50 for tempered...
$20-$26 for regular glass...
I was thinking, if I can get the regular glass, and add that protective film they have for your home widows, that would protect the player, in the event that the glass broke...

Would it work?

 

[Xam]

(regarding regular glass with a protective sheet)It may help keep the shards from flying as bad...but I would go with tempered. The added safety would be worth it.
Should it break, the small tempered pieces would also be less likely to do serious damage to your monitor or other innards.
If kids will be present then there is no option but tempered in my opinion (unless you go plexi)

Xam

[CheffoJeffo]

If you are going to have anybody playing Golden Tee, do not use normal glass.

Cheers.

[Extreme8]

I originally used plexi with an automotive type tint film and, while it looked fine it just didn't seem right for some reason. It was mounted at a slight angle and because of the size of the piece of plexi it tended to bow slightly in the center and would create odd reflections and distortions. A thicker sheet of plastic would probably have resolved this.
I also noticed slight scratching when I cleaned the surface.
None of this was a very big deal, but since I had invested so much in the cab why cut corners on the part that you would be looking at/through most often?

I purchased a piece of grey tinted tempered glass ($60) but after I got it mounted I discovered it wasn't dark enough. I added a sheet of the automotive tint to the back (also grey - 30% VLP was perfect) and now the setup is ideal.

[Sinner]

I ordered the tempered...thanks for the help guys...