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Title: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: Donkbaca on June 06, 2011, 10:56:44 am: BUT! Buy the pre-smoked Variety. I got the clear, thought I could just put some film on it myself. endless frustration getting the tiny bubbles and miscellaneous specks of dust off of it.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: HaRuMaN on June 06, 2011, 10:59:48 am: ???
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FByqt0yRL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on June 06, 2011, 01:12:43 pm: I got some "Solar Gray" acrylic from TAP Plastics. Just got it Friday. Looks great.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: Well Fed Games on August 12, 2011, 05:31:09 pm: Quote from: cotmm68030 on June 06, 2011, 01:12:43 pm
I got some "Solar Gray" acrylic from TAP Plastics. Just got it Friday. Looks great.

Is this the kind of thing you got? How dark is it... and are you still pleased? Sorry for the 2-month bump, looking for a source of tinted plexi for my Ms. Pac Cab.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on August 12, 2011, 08:01:26 pm: yes, that is exactly what I got.

Be warned, it is a LITTLE darker than I wanted.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: Well Fed Games on August 12, 2011, 08:26:46 pm: Thanks. Everywhere online shipping is almost as much as the plexi. Oh, well... don't really feel like messing with someone local.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: nitz on August 14, 2011, 10:38:37 pm: Quote from: cotmm68030 on August 12, 2011, 08:01:26 pm
yes, that is exactly what I got.

Be warned, it is a LITTLE darker than I wanted.

I'm actually looking for something really dark. Like dark enough that if I mount the monitor a few inches behind the glass and paint everything around it black, the monitor image would look like it's floating. Is it that dark?
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: newmanfamilyvlogs on August 15, 2011, 07:50:10 pm: yes. in fact i've not even painted the back of my plexi or anything inside my cabinet, and it's almost dark enough to not need it to hide the mounting brackets of the monitor and the like:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VBLjxF0nKFQ/Te-BIIbNOuI/AAAAAAAAB_M/ahpc5vcIO10/s640/2011-06-07_07-51-42_934.jpg)

you can just make out the bottom metal frame amide all the reflections.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jbUUAmej28k/Te-BeBesw0I/AAAAAAAAB_U/y6xp-fMAmio/s640/2011-06-07_07-52-03_797.jpg)

with a bit of an image on it and it's basically solid black. ignore the color temperature here, the camera (operator) was being stupid.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: nitz on August 15, 2011, 11:28:41 pm: Hey, thanks so much for actually posting pics of it! :applaud: This looks to be just what I want, so I'm gonna have to order a sheet.
Title: Re: Smoked plexi is sleek and sexy
Post by: benll64 on September 20, 2011, 06:22:15 pm: Home depot sometimes carries it as well. I've even seen multiple colors available there (gray, black, dark blue-ish).