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Painting acrylic glass for the monitor
thehammer12:
I got the acrylic cut perfectly for the monitor on my arcade, was taping it off to spray it flat black (as I have read many others here have done) but then I realized that my spray can is the rustoleum painters 2x which is primer and paint.
Is that ok to use? Or just regular flat black without primer.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: thehammer12 on December 06, 2013, 06:14:07 pm ---I got the acrylic cut perfectly for the monitor on my arcade, was taping it off to spray it flat black (as I have read many others here have done) but then I realized that my spray can is the rustoleum painters 2x which is primer and paint.
Is that ok to use? Or just regular flat black without primer.
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It should be fine but I have noticed a big difference between semi-gloss and matte with regard to painted on bezel. If you have any scrape acrylic around paint on that and see how it looks. It's really up to you on how it feels.
Also, when using a spray can you may have to do multiple passes. I usually have to do 3-4 passes before you can't see through it. Make sure to also use a good painters tape. Crappy ones bleed and it looks bad :(
thehammer12:
Oh crap, I do have scraps....not sure why I didn't think of that haha.
Yeah I figured I would have to do at least 2-3 passes, but ill make sure to go slow and to check it each time. Thanks
DGP:
As stated do several very light coats until you cannot see through it and use FrogTape.
Jason
Brian74:
I gotta ask, how do you guys get the corners with the tape so straight?
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