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Title: Should the inside side-panel be matt black?
Post by: chucklepie on October 10, 2012, 04:04:50 am

Hello,
My arcade cabinet is going to be high-gloss red for the side panels, high-gloss black for inside sections (kick-panel, speaker, etc) with bits of chrome.

Discussing with a friend I said I was painting the inside of the side panel red as well and he said, well if you do that you'll get reflections on the screen, which I never thought of.

Has anyone got any experience of this and should I be using black and/or matt on the inside instead?

Title: Re: Should the inside side-panel be matt black?
Post by: yaksplat on October 10, 2012, 09:00:43 am

I've always done mine in black and never noticed an issue

Title: Re: Should the inside side-panel be matt black?
Post by: paigeoliver on October 10, 2012, 03:48:25 pm

I a low gloss black seems to be the most common among real machines. I have seen gloss and matte as well and quite a few colors, never seen a reflection problem.