Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Artwork => Topic started by: ryguy on June 28, 2008, 06:17:17 am
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Hi, I'm just finishing off building a new cab, all's going well except for the control panel. I've had a vinyl print done onto 1mm foam board, which I've sandwiched between plexi glass and mdf. Problem is when I tighten the buttons, I get marks appearing between the vinyl and the plexi glass. It looks like trapped grease/oil etc, however I clean both sides really well, even with some washing up liquid and am very careful putting it back but it's still there! Any solutions/ideas - as at the moment getting pretty frustrated and my next control panel will skip the plexi unless I can think of a solution!
Hope somebody has some good ideas....
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:dunno
Guess it's only me then!
Have put the artwork on top instead (plexi underneath otherwise depth is wrong for t-molding) and just hope it wears ok
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It sounds like the plexi isn't laying flat against the vinyl and there are air bubbles trapped in between... can you take a photo of it?
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You should get a print on a different medium. You'll get the same with some photo-papers for inktjet or real photopaper prints in a photo store. It has to do with fluids in the vinyl. The best is to use a matte medium to print on, regular paper for example.
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sorry, didn't take a photo before I changed it but......
Blanka - I think that's probably it - cleaned it too well to be any grease etc. I just got it done down the regular print shop and asked for it to be glossy. It was probably printed on glossy vinyl and I then got them to stick it onto foam board. It must be an issue with the fluids in the ink.
Next time, will tell them what I need it for and maybe they'll have a different solution e.g. matt paper as you suggest,
Many thanks,