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Making a piece of Plexiglass illuminate
SirPeale:
Check around here. This company is owned by some buddies of mine. They had a display that was quite similar to what you're describing.
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: tommy on December 31, 2007, 08:23:20 pm ---If you're going to light it up by the edge it does not need to be polished. Polishing it just makes it less clear and harder to see. An unpolished edge is more clear and can show light through it much better.
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Ah.... kinda makes more sense now that I think about it as someone else mentioned sanding certain areas that they wanted to show up lit. Must a light refraction type property within the plexi. If the edge were polished clear then the light would just transfer straight through to the other side kinda like fiber optics. But the sanded edge refracts the light and spreads it across the surface area. Or something like that....
But now I wonder what the effect would be since in this case there are etched areas with in the surface area of the plexi. Would polishing the edge only allow the "etched" areas to refract the light and therefore only they show up lit?
Man.... wish I had some plexi laying around to play with now.
For his space constraints I really like the EL Sheet idea. That stuff looks cool too.
but I'm picturing that this would be more for a "backlit" effect right? Pretty evenly lit across the entire piece of plexi with minor difference in the etched areas?
BORIStheBLADE:
Ya I'm looking to do some back lighting of somewhat. El sheets are really expensive in the size I would want.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: polaris on January 01, 2008, 01:59:08 pm ---still hungover? el paper = el sheet i did mention it ;)
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Here's a Google for EL paper and a Google for EL Sheets. I had a hang over, what was your excuse? ;D
polaris:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on January 02, 2008, 03:42:02 am ---
--- Quote from: polaris on January 01, 2008, 01:59:08 pm ---still hungover? el paper = el sheet i did mention it ;)
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Here's a Google for EL paper and a Google for EL Sheets. I had a hang over, what was your excuse? ;D
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my excuse is i know the difference between singular and plural. ;)
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