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Title: Material used to cover CPO?
Post by: mnewt on January 14, 2014, 09:11:27 am

I would appreciate it if anyone could tell me what material they cover their control panel with? I am just looking for a plain black covering but am having trouble sourcing appropriate material here in the UK. My joysticks are top flush mounted, but the vinyl I have tried is so thin that any imperfections show through - I think I need some thicker material but I have not found anything suitable in the UK.

Thought maybe about contacting these one of these firms to see if they can supply me with a suitable plain black CPO covering but have no experience with either of them.

http://www.arcaderepairs.co.uk/ (http://www.arcaderepairs.co.uk/)
https://www.facebook.com/arcadeprintshop (https://www.facebook.com/arcadeprintshop)

Any help would be massively appreciated -
Thanks.

Title: Re: CPO
Post by: Minwah on January 14, 2014, 09:35:07 am

It's quite hard to get the nice plain black vinyl in the UK. Happ sell it but it will cost you a bomb. It is worth noting that their stuff is really thin, so you still need to prepare the surface of your CP so it is nice and smooth.

I have read good things about arcadeprintshop at UKVAC, so I would give them a shout. You could have some nice art printed instead of plain black too. I believe they can do nice laminated CPO's, so will be a bit thicker than plain vinyl.

Title: Re: CPO
Post by: jimmer on January 14, 2014, 09:52:40 am

Imperfections will show through with any flexible vinyl even the thickest ones.

How about a picture to see what we are dealing with?

Title: Re: CPO
Post by: severdhed on January 14, 2014, 10:53:09 am

if you want plain black, i'd use a piece of plexiglass with the back side spray painted black.  it is cheap, it looks nice, it is smooth, and cleans up easily.  i used a 97 cent can of flat black spraypaint from walmart.

(http://www.severdhed.com/images/arcade/newpanel2.jpg)

Title: Re: CPO
Post by: kahlid74 on January 14, 2014, 11:26:49 am

Part express or speaker/electronic company's are also good places to look at.  Lots of vinyl's for speakers and such.

http://www.parts-express.com/ (http://www.parts-express.com/)

Title: Re: CPO
Post by: mnewt on January 14, 2014, 02:14:40 pm

Thanks for all the replies guys - you've been a great help. The imperfections are barely noticeable even through thin vinyl so I think I'll contact arcadeprintshop and give them a go in the first instance as they seem to use pretty sturdy stuff.

Thanks for the plexi idea severhed - I never thought of that but after a few practice "sprays" today with a bit a of plexi, I may well end up doing that instead.

Either way, I've got other options to consider now - thanks once again