How do you apply Side Art?

[kelemvor]

I'm trying to design my cabinet and am wondering what most people do for side are?

Do you use stickers that are permanent?
Some sort of Cling type things that you can peel off if needed?
Do you paint/poly/whatever or the side art to cover it up for protection?

Just basically what do I need to look at to have it printed into and how then to best apply it to the cabinet?

Thanks.

[doctorhifi]

http://www.mamemarquees.com/

[DeLuSioNal29]

Here's how to install a Marquee, which they also do as well:



~ DeLuSioNaL

[daywane]

OK ... I must get this off my chest
Cuss , cuss, cuss !@#!@##
why did i not see this 2 years ago when I did my MS PAC? \

thanks.
some things come to darn simple to think of

[kelemvor]

SO it's basically a big sticker eh?  GOtta see if I can find someone local since those prices at mamemarqees are way too expensive for me.

[daywane]

dude you mised the whole point

you asked how to put on side art.
yes it is a big sticker
DUH!!!!
I wrecked a $200 MS Pacman sticker
wish I saw this vid. before I did my side art

[kelemvor]

Yes I know it's a sticker and I know how to put it on.  Now that I know that, I need to go find a vendor.  Got exactly the information I was looking for.

[thatitalian]

I have always wondered though how the side art is printed? I know that the site says that it is laminated in ploycarbonate but I ordered a CP once with polycarbonate overlay and the polycarbonate was actually lifting in the centre from the artwork, although it was fine at the sides! And it wasn't completely transparent, more translucent.

Reason i ask is that I am gonna buy some full cabnet side art and I don't fancy spending £120 on something I won't like.

Does anyone have some high quality photos of there side art from mamemarquees? I know that scotts stuff is awesome as my old marquee was fantastic.

[daywane]

Yes I know it's a sticker and I know how to put it on.  Now that I know that, I need to go find a vendor.  Got exactly the information I was looking for.

sorry.
came back from a keg party

[MK3FAN]

Here is how I did mine...

[kelemvor]

Here is how I did mine...

Well, that shows what it looks like but how did you get it on the cab?  Did you print it yourself or have someone else print it for you?  Looks like you basically blew up that one photo and it fit perfectly...

[MK3FAN]

Sorry. I got the art from Scott at www.mamemarquees.com. You just tell him the dimensions you want and he prints them out per your specs. All you have to do is line up where the art is going to be placed, peel back a little off the top, apply that portion, then pull the rest of the protective backing off from behind while holding the art outward. Then you apply more and more as you inch your way down from the few inches you started with at the top until you reach the bottom. I hope that makes sense. It's pretty much what happens in the first video, only I narrated it. (Oh, check for air bubbles as you go so you don't have to peel half of the art back off to get one out!)

[RayB]

As you saw in the video, he got an air bubble with his method.

One way I've done is to spray water with a touch of soap in it. Apply the sticker... it will slip and slide so you can adjust the position. Then hold the top firmly and use a rubber squeegee to squeeze out all water.

We used this method getting ready some prototype games at a company I used to work at, for an AMOA show in San Antonio. I mention this because obviously a prototype isn't meant to be durable. So I don't know if there's a long-term potential for the adhesive to fail...

[Zeppo]

As you saw in the video, he got an air bubble with his method.

One way I've done is to spray water with a touch of soap in it. Apply the sticker... it will slip and slide so you can adjust the position. Then hold the top firmly and use a rubber squeegee to squeeze out all water.

We used this method getting ready some prototype games at a company I used to work at, for an AMOA show in San Antonio. I mention this because obviously a prototype isn't meant to be durable. So I don't know if there's a long-term potential for the adhesive to fail...

The soapy water method is what we used at Dynamo for all our production runs of Namco, Nintendo, or whatever else games we were contracted to make.
Works great.

Good luck.

[MK3FAN]

As you saw in the video, he got an air bubble with his method.

One way I've done is to spray water with a touch of soap in it. Apply the sticker... it will slip and slide so you can adjust the position. Then hold the top firmly and use a rubber squeegee to squeeze out all water.

We used this method getting ready some prototype games at a company I used to work at, for an AMOA show in San Antonio. I mention this because obviously a prototype isn't meant to be durable. So I don't know if there's a long-term potential for the adhesive to fail...

This same method is also employed when doing racing stripes on cars. I put stripes on my car and this method worked great!

[kelemvor]

So you use a sticker backed print in combination with the water/soap method?  I'd think the water and soap would unstick the stickiness of the sticker...  Not so I guess?

[csa3d]

I ordered from Mame marquees.  Yes, it's a big sticker (and of notable quality I might add).  It took me and a buddy to install it on a full sized midway cab...  went on great, minimal air bubbles.  This was on a primed wood surface, unsanded final coat.

Well, it's the end of summer here in Texas, and the humidy (i suppose) has caused the side art sticker adhesive to become worthless and peel off into a ball of destruction.  I've used contact cement to hold the salvageable art on one side, which has worked but shows signs gummy adhesive.  I'd personally consider getting a can of spray on contact glue next time as opposed to the roll on can of stuff used on countertops.  The sticker glue alone failed in the summer Texas heat.

I watched the first video and used it as reference.  No mention of glue there.. so that's my warning

-csa