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monkey puzzle:

Just a quick question. I'm building my first cab (nothing fancy) and it has a 22" LCD widescreen PC monitor, with a piece of Smoked glass in front of it. What do most people put around the edges of the glass to stop you seeing in the cabinet? Can you get a bezel for a widescreen monitor, do I paint in black, or what? Just wondered what most people do.

javeryh:

I made a bezel out of matteboard for my LCD and had the glass rest on top of it.  Nothing is secured - the monitor sits in the MDF frame I made and the bezel and glass sit on top of that.  Gravity does the rest.







You can't see anything but the screen (only when it is on) otherwise it looks completely black in there.




garnerb350:

I did the poor man method...I took tape and marked my area...and painted the rest with black paint...
Scroll down on this link and you can see my cab...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=90308.0

monkey puzzle:

Thanks, these both sound like good methods, but I would still like to know what other people think. Could anyone give me a bit more advice on the paint method please. Is any particular type of black paint preferred? how many coats? e.t.c


severdhed:

i used plexiglass instead of glass over my lcd monitor.  i taped off the viewable area with blue painters tape, then spray painted the back side of the plexi with flat black spray paint i bought at walmart for 97cents.  i put about 3 coats on, then removed the tape.  it gives you a nice glossy look from the front and was cheap and easy to do.

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