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| spOOf:
--- Quote from: spOOf on October 16, 2009, 01:42:38 pm ---I'll try it out and let you guys know. Good point about the tapping though. I'll have to make sure I do that really well so it doesn't bleed through. --- End quote --- Okay, I did some painting over the weekend and put 3 or 4 coats on the plexi using a roller. I tapped it carefully before hand. Let it dry and pulled the tape off. Looked beautiful! It bled under a little bit at a corner, but it's easy to scrap off with even your fingernail. I'm so happy I found this thread. I'll post photos of the "bezel" as soon as I load them up. |
| speedklz:
Best way to cut that stuff is with a HotWire cutter. We used to build them all the time for use in models. http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page171.html check it out here. And you can up the voltage for hotter cutting. |
| Santoro:
I have had incredible results with the spraypaint-behind-tinted glass approach. It isn't authentic (at least I've never seen it on a 'real' machine) but it looks better than any cardboard or plastic bezel I have ever seen. |
| Endaar:
This whole bezel issue stinks. I spent more time on my bezel than almost any other part of my project, and I still don't like how it came out. I agree it's nearly impossible to cut the foamboard cleanly, and even if you do so, you still have something like a 1/4" ugly edge that you're looking at. I ended up buying custom-cut matting (that you'd normally use when framing a picture) which looks a lot better. Endaar |
| IG-88:
Where did you get that matting at? Local frame shop? How much was it? |
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