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Title: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: majoly on February 11, 2016, 11:01:55 am

I was planning on ordering from gameongrafix. I would paste the CPO over a 1/8" thick plexi.

Would there be a reason why I should not do that?

If no got a better idea?

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: Malenko on February 11, 2016, 12:22:30 pm

what?


you put the CPO on the CP, and if the CPO doesnt have polycarb coating you put plexiglass/persiplex over top of it.

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: majoly on February 11, 2016, 01:14:31 pm

MDF is CP, over my CP I would put plexi, and over my plexi i would put the CPO

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: DaveMMR on February 11, 2016, 01:20:35 pm

The overlay goes on the wood/metal - the plexi goes above it all.   The plexi's purpose is to protect the artwork typically. If you put the overlay on the plexi you're defeating its purpose.

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: majoly on February 11, 2016, 01:28:31 pm

my reason on doing that is for physical limitations.

I need to apply my CPO on a 1/8" thick surface.

And from what Ive been told, game on grafix work wont require me to put a plexi over the CPO.

metal is the best option I guess?

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: DaveMMR on February 11, 2016, 01:46:48 pm

May I ask why the surface needs to be 1/8"?  I'm not following. I don't think the overlay cares about thinkness.

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: majoly on February 11, 2016, 03:28:21 pm

For my CP to be flat with the frame, the surface where I apply the CPO, to sit on all sides has to be 1/8 thick. Anything thicker will make the surface not even with the rest of the frame.

So from all choices I have

Plywood 1/8, plexi 1/8, metal 1/8, is plexi a bad choice or not to apply a CPO over

Title: Re: Control panel CPO apply over material
Post by: DaveMMR on February 11, 2016, 04:24:29 pm

I suppose you can apply it to the plexi if that's what you like - but if you're cutting holes wood would be easier.  (So long as you have support underneath. That's thin wood.)


Plexi/lexan, typically, is used as a "protector".  But if you have a reason to do it then it's fine - just not the usual way of using it which is why we were a tad confused.