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Woodworking / Making a thin bezel - painting plexiglass from backside?

« by AndersHP on January 15, 2017, 07:39:52 am »

......  the YouTube videos many seems to make the bezel around their screen of MDF and then cutting the  ............  it as possible.  Could a solution be to just spraypaint the plexiglass black from the backside (naturally  ............ ? Or maybe inserting a black piece of paper as the bezel?   ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Bartop Build using Haruman Widescreen 2p

« by rave0035 on January 07, 2018, 03:31:21 pm »

......  22" monitor was a great choice - I did a custom bezel using my favorite 3/4 gloss black spraypaint,  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: RxBrad's "Avengerless Avenger" - [2/1/15] Side Art Designed

« by RxBrad on February 19, 2015, 07:40:11 pm »

......  just build the box right onto the back of an MDF bezel.  I was originally thinking I'd want to do the  ............  where you spraypaint a black border on the back of the glass covering  ............ , after all. Makes it possible to go back and do bezel art in the future if I want. ......

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Main Forum / My Royal Video Conversion

« by njay on July 21, 2009, 12:48:48 pm »

......  1.Paint 2.Illuminated buttons for the x-aracde 3. spraypaint the monitor you see the gray under the bezel 4.  ............  hantarex mtc 900 which has died on me now:     bezel with the new 19 inch crt:    what a mess:        ......

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Monitor/Video Forum / Yet another glass/plexiglass selection question

« by tman78 on March 23, 2012, 09:50:17 am »

......  glass can be ordered with holes cut).  As for a bezel, i just plan to spraypaint the backside of the  ............  to produce a bezel like look.  Thanks,  ......

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Main Forum / LCD Monitor, use plexiglass, acryllic, real glass?

« by tman78 on March 23, 2012, 11:37:00 am »

......  mean velcro won't hold up long-term...  As for a bezel, i just plan to spraypaint the backside of the  ............  to produce a bezel like look.  Thanks,  ......

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Monitor/Video Forum / LCD plexiglass, acryllic, glass?

« by tman78 on March 23, 2012, 11:31:29 am »

......  mean velcro won't hold up long-term...  As for a bezel, i just plan to spraypaint the backside of the  ............  to produce a bezel like look.  Thanks,  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Co-op Classics conversion project

« by severdhed on November 16, 2015, 12:11:09 pm »

......  then i forgot.  if you want to make a quick/cheap bezel that looks good, then cut a piece of plexiglass,  ............  then spray paint the back side of it with black spraypaint. i used a $ .97 can of flat black walmart brand  ......

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Project Announcements / BIGDAWG & BOO'Z ARCADE

« by FrizzleFried on December 09, 2006, 05:04:47 pm »

......  cabinet came 2 joysticks, 14 buttons, a cardboard bezel, power supply, isolation transformer, JAMMA  ............  wrong color for the sandrail)...and some black spraypaint, I went to work. Here is what I ended up with:   ......

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Project Announcements / Gutted Venture Cabinet back to a Mr. Do! MAME

« by GAJoe on April 28, 2008, 10:09:07 am »

......  screwed directly over the damage. The Venture bezel art is in decent shape, but the middle of the  ............  plugs from various locking bars, and it had been spraypainted completely black, including the chrome.  I  ............  have the control panel, buttons, joystick, bezel, marquee, etc. All I have done to the cabinet  ............  various holes and chipped edges, ground all the spraypaint off the coindoor, and installed a regular AC  ............  the step of adding that and try to get a resized bezel image to keep it looking like a Venture and make  ............ . I have the joystick, fire buttons, marquee, and bezel with me, but the control panel and start buttons  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Complete Noob's Superhero arcade build

« by luizw81 on September 27, 2016, 12:26:53 am »

......  to spray paint the plexi for a basic black bezel. I was worried to begin with but I was really  ............  to cover the screen, 4 coats of black satin spraypaint, and it looked awesome.   ......

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Main Forum / Re: New and looking for help!

« by yamatetsu on May 31, 2016, 03:29:41 pm »

......  rectangle the screensize of your monitor and just spraypaint the rest black. Turn the plexi over and voila !  ............  plexi+bezel.  You can also do a version of the $2 cardboard  ............  I did in my cab.    If you have gone the plexi+spraypaint route, you can use battens and double sided  ............  make it slightly bigger than needed, mount the bezel onto it and then simply screw the plexi onto that  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: MAME Abduction- Update May 24th - Artwork, painting and computer setup

« by TheShaner on June 02, 2012, 09:40:49 pm »

......  off the needed area and took to it with some spraypaint. I thought about doing a bezel, but that seemed  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Problems painting my bezel / monitor cover

« by thomas_surles on July 09, 2014, 11:30:18 am »

......  tried it. But I did a prctice test with just spraypaint and it works fine. Try flat black krylon, look  ......

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Meet-Up / Re: New England BYOAC Meet

« by xonix_digital on June 19, 2005, 02:55:52 am »

......  art but the galaxian sideart was covered up with spraypaint (ugh). also a "gallag" instruction card in  ............  is really quite rare) was taped to the monitor bezel.   All worked well enough with a little  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Spray Painting Acrylic

« by jdbailey1206 on December 18, 2013, 11:39:26 am »

......  need a new thread for "has anyone spray painted a bezel" and "what do you spray paint a bezel with?"    ............ .com/index.php?action=search2&search=spraypaint%20bezel      ......

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Project Announcements / Re: The Starcade

« by Dalgaard on February 23, 2012, 04:19:08 am »

......  the speaker mounts black, I decided to make my bezel at the same time. I simply cut some 3mm plexi to  ............  the speaker mounts and the backside of the bezel with black spray paint.Here's the cabinet  ............  the speakers and bezel installed Except for my greasy fingers all over  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Introducing the MillerCade! **Marquee art added**

« by DirtyDachshunds on December 13, 2010, 11:47:00 am »

......  I was finally able to add my bezel/plexi over the TV, and it turned out ok.  I had  ............ ;t thinking and spray painted the entire outside bezel without thinking of leaving a non-spraypainted  ............  aimtrak. After the fact, I tried removing the spraypaint with a sharp knife with no luck, so I just cut it  ............  cut out of the top, and the screw heads.   Maybe spraypainting the screws black, drill bigger holes for the  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: shock_'s oversized Aussie cocktail cab (+pics of cp)

« by shock_ on May 25, 2007, 09:15:36 am »

......  paint and darkness to disguise the fact that the bezel is basically a picture frame made of quad (",)     ............  to use some picture framing card that I'll spraypaint and affix to the underside of the tabletop. The  ............  match or masked somehow.   IMHO the job of any bezel is to be entirely ignorable and let you  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: My first pinball bartopcab! Now with video!

« by G@M3FR3@K on June 19, 2009, 09:19:43 pm »

......  such path.. ?   By the way I`m trying to get my bezel fixed today by masking with tape then spraypaint  ............  my results.. The edges are fuzzy/cracking and the spraypaint is no good...     Hazzard, the quick launch  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Cafe au Cade - Coffee table conversion.

« by Evetsllub on July 11, 2011, 04:38:51 am »

......  - Its just regular glass, no tinting or smoking. Bezel painted with black spraypaint. I wanted to get  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Bezel Ideas

« by Santoro on October 28, 2009, 10:14:13 pm »

......  have had incredible results with the spraypaint-behind-tinted glass approach. It isn't authentic ( ............  but it looks better than any cardboard or plastic bezel I have ever seen. ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Official: Venom themed Arcade progress log..some bezel work done 5/28

« by reptileink on June 03, 2010, 02:32:33 pm »

......  peel and stick for side art. I still may take the spraypaint stencil look however like from the Tom Jane movie, ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Slim Shmups candy cab (working on art)

« by ChurchOfSolipsism on November 24, 2010, 10:05:27 am »

......  idea with the move strip. It's also possible to spraypaint a 4:3 bezel on the plexi/ glass you use to cover  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Capcom MiniCute project

« by stellarola on June 09, 2005, 08:01:22 pm »

...... , Today I used Krylon Fusion spraypaint on my Neo29 bezel. The reason for painting: Smoke  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Any reason for a glass screen?

« by dkubarek on December 07, 2008, 11:03:21 pm »

...... , do I paint around the monitor area with spraypaint? I'm good in photoshop and have access to a large  ............ , so I might design a bezel, print it and Exacto the center. ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Lance's Firebird

« by Benevolance on April 15, 2009, 06:20:45 pm »

...... , I built one of the inexpensive $2 paper bezels out of black cardstock and set it behind a sheet  ............  with the glass altogether and built a more 3D bezel after seeing some awesome photos of zeppelin  ............  display and painted it gold. I had lots of gold spraypaint left. I also taped off the screen of my monitor  ............  the CP, so I stayed with the same theme for the bezel. I hit up Princess Auto and bought a variety of  ............  match, drilled and installed the hardware on the bezel. I tried out a few different layouts and  ............  on the speaker board that I would attach the bezel to. I searched the forum here for a solution, but  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Smash TV --> Golden Tee --> Smash TV MAME Cabinet

« by IDDQD on June 13, 2008, 05:45:28 pm »

......  updates!  Got the bezel finished, a buddy came over and helped me with it  ............  over it. The plans were based on Tailgunner's $2 bezel method, but was slightly adjusted to fit the  ............  -- is the best way to get paint to stick to glass spraypaint?  I also got the trackball mounting kit from Andy, ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Announcing my 1st yet-to-be-named project.

« by severdhed on September 26, 2006, 11:22:47 am »

...... . I painted the marquee posterboard with black spraypaint, which made it look much darker. I also wired up  ............  a piece of plexi for over the monitor, and made a bezel out of posterboard, which i painted black. It is  ............  attract to the metal brackets that are behind the bezel.    You can also see my custom front end, MALA.  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: PROJECT: Vertical

« by FrizzleFried on December 08, 2006, 12:58:23 am »

......  was attempting to be creative with the cardboard bezel and my spraypaint, I used some standard masking  ............ ...lets say I managed to screw up the cardboard bezel "something fierce".  On to plan B...painting the  ............  is flat. My horizontal cabinet has a rounded bezel and is 26 inches long. Lets just say I had to do  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Bezel for 19" rotating computer monitor ideas

« by telengard on August 15, 2007, 10:08:09 pm »

......  monitor, but i used regular plexiglass, and spraypainted the back side of it black (after masking out  ............  new piece of plexi.  i used a can of flat black spraypaint from wallmart, the cheap stuff that is only $1,  ............  great.    I pretty much have that with the vinyl bezel sandwiched between two panes of glass. The issue  ............  position).  I just tried cutting down the happs bezel I bought years ago and the inside is too dang  ......

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Woodworking / Re: Plastic Bezel?

« by apfelanni on February 06, 2012, 02:33:38 am »

......  edges , cash n carry . u can combine it with a bezel made of cardboard , plywood or 2-3 mm black mdf  ............  for cupboard rearsides. or u spraypaint it black . as a cocktail table glass it could be  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Ms Pac Cocktail - Sweet and Clean

« by NY_in_TX on March 07, 2005, 11:24:26 pm »

......  has to be in there really good. The orginal bezel and smoked plexi even fit perfectly.   All the  ............  the glass clips and CPs (Krylon Textured Black spraypaint) installed the underlay (bought it from Simcomm )  ......

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Artwork / Re: 'Mad Planets' Bezel vectorisation commenced.

« by spriggy on February 01, 2006, 12:05:20 am »

......   If I'm getting the correct impression, those are Spraypaint effects for Illustrator. You should be able to  ............  could work.  If not, do some more searching for "Spraypaint" and "Illustrator" in Google and see what turns  ......

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Project Announcements / Re: Dual system project: Joy-ro

« by Akuma on December 06, 2008, 08:56:12 pm »

......  you use spraypaint and risk ruining the bezel I recommend you get  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Can Tinted Glass/Plexi Allow for no Bezel?

« by Lewis Black on October 26, 2010, 01:18:24 pm »

......  spraypaint a bezel on the back of the glass using masking  ............ , and it's easy. It also looks nicer than a black bezel in my experience. ......

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Main Forum / Re: Those things for the sides of the marquee

« by Texasmame on September 13, 2006, 12:21:28 pm »

......  at the Depot for $2! All it needs is some black spraypaint. Also great for the sides of a bezel for a clean  ......

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Main Forum / Re: Alright so tomorrow is the big day i start to build >.> one last question

« by mgb on March 11, 2011, 08:15:38 am »

......  can always do a bezel now, made out of foam board or something and then  ............  mask and spray the back side of the glass for a bezel and then scrape it off with a razor when you add  ............  rotate. using flat black spraypaint on the back side of glass really shines nicely  ......

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Main Forum / Re: How to make a faceplate/surface mount

« by severdhed on April 11, 2008, 03:31:09 pm »

......  is how wonderful it looks when the back side is spraypainted black. i used $.98 flat black spraypaint from  ............  on the back of my plexi bezel, and i am very pleased with how it turned out.  ......

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Monitor/Video Forum / Re: Happs 27" Standard or Flat Screen Bezel?

« by Guybrush on November 27, 2004, 08:32:41 pm »

......  that worries me a little considering the Happ bezel is $16 not including possibly a $40 shipping cost  ............  on presentation board, $4 at Home Depot for black spraypaint, and then just cut it to fit the TV.  Right now I' ............  just going to use the cardboard as the bezel with an oak frame and lexan over all of it. Today  ......