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Dirty Donny poster - need a blacklight frame

By BeeGeeMtl

4 years ago


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    #1 4 years ago

    I purchased this poster from Dirty Donny at Ottawa pin event last weekend, but wanted to purchase a frame with a BLACKLIGHT already installed in it (ideally at the top) to slip this one into. I didn't think it would be hard to find but I couldn't really find any online, at least not being sold to everyone. Other than creating one myself (which is an option, I guess), does anyone know of any websites that sell such frames, with blacklight already in them?

    The poster is 18x24.

    Also, if I make one, should it include glass in front or not?

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    #2 4 years ago

    Check out this guy's frames, I have one and it's awesome. he probably can do special sizes?
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/lit-frames-led-backlit-translite-frames

    #4 4 years ago

    Do you mean something like this Dirty Don poster? I made this myself using a Michaels shadowbox frame. I couldn't find anything either. I hid the LEDs with wood corner molding that I glued inside of the shadow box.
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    #5 4 years ago
    Quoted from KingBW:

    Do you mean something like this Dirty Don poster? I made this myself using a Michaels shadowbox frame. I couldn't find anything either. I hid the LEDs with wood corner molding that I glued inside of the shadow box.
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    That's really cool. 'Splain it to me more.

    #6 4 years ago

    Here it is currently on the wall with semi bright lights on in the room to give it some better perspective with a camera.

    Let me gather some pics and I will post more about it.

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    #8 4 years ago

    Buy 3 more DD posters and mount this on your ceiling like I did:

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N57DQ60

    #9 4 years ago

    I have these overhead. Hilariously long link attached.

    Problem is I get go-go bar flashbacks and if I happen to be standing directly under it talking to someone, I'm like holy shit, this person I'm talking to looks like a zombie. I wonder how horrible they think I look right now?

    So having the posters pop like that without all the insanity, i dig it.

    https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-40-Watt-48-in-Medium-Bi-Pin-T12-Black-Fluorescent-Light-Bulb/3400504?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lit-_-google-_-lia-_-143-_-lightbulbs-_-3400504-_-0&store_code=1548&gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw-vIh9bq5AIVEJSzCh3RjgkREAQYASABEgIMI_D_BwE

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    #10 4 years ago

    From the title, I thought that this was a thread about impeachment.

    #11 4 years ago

    I guess what would be a good question is if you want to light your room with black light, or just the poster (and a few things near it from the black light reflection). For now (?!?) I just want my poster to be lit, which is why I did it that way.

    #12 4 years ago
    Quoted from KingBW:

    I guess what would be a good question is if you want to light your room with black light, or just the poster (and a few things near it from the black light reflection). For now (?!?) I just want my poster to bit lit, which is why I did it that way.

    JUST the poster! In fact, what you did is pretty much exactly what I was looking for. Odd that no manufacturer is producing them. I went ahead and purchased the Shadow Box from Michaels and will line the inside with UV strip lights, hopefully it looks as cool as yours... Thanks everyone!

    #13 4 years ago

    What you need:
    1) 24x18 shadowbox frame (sometimes they put them on sale for 50% off) - https://www.michaels.com/walnut-shadow-box-by-studio-decor/M10546449.html

    2) LED light strip with the 120 volt adapter - I got mine off of eBay.

    3) Outside corner molding (L - shaped), wood, pre-finished (already painted white so that you don't need to worry about primer and wood grain showing through) - I bought an 8 foot piece at Home Depot

    4) Flat black spray paint - I got it at Home Depot while I was there

    5) A standard glue - I used Elmers

    6) Drill and drill bit the size of the wire/connector coming off of the LED strip

    Instructions:

    1) Take the back off of the shadowbox and measure the inside dimensions (exactly) up against the front plastic/glass

    2) Using a miter box saw, cut the wood corner molding on 45 degree angles to fit around the inside of the frame with one flat surface of the molding against the glass. It needs to be a snug fit, so I advise to cut it a saw blade width longer than you measured. You can always shave off a little more if you have a power miter box saw. Test fit the moldings in place.

    3) Remove the corner moldings from the test fit (above) and paint all sides of the molding pieces flat black and let dry. Make sure there is 100% coverage, if not, add another coat (with no drips)
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    4) Clean the glass then put the molding back into the frame and glue the outside edge of the corner moldings to the inside frame of the shadow box frame and let dry for at least a half a day.

    5) Pick which side of which corner the LED strip wire should go through (top/bottom, right/left). Drill a hole through the corner molding and frame (so that the wire wont be visible inside the frame) at the location you want. Feed the wire/connector through the hole. Test the light to make sure that they work properly. Clean up any saw dust from drilling (I suggest vacuuming the dust so that it doesn't get between the molding and the glass)

    6) Add the LED lights around the frame. The sticky backing on the LEDs never seems to hold good enough, so use a very small amount of Elmer's glue or Gorilla hot glue (if you can be quick with it) to help keep them stuck. Cut the LED strip at the last place on the strip that show the scissors icon. The pic below is off another frame that I'm currently working on that I'm adding RGB lights to for displaying some Wonka themed signed stuff and various paraphernalia. Test the lights again to make sure that they still work.
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    7) Attach the poster to the back of the shadow box using a method of your choice.

    Clean the glass one more time (if needed). Put the back of the backbox back on, mount the frame, and plug it in.

    Extra stuff to say - Below is a pic showing some poster board that I also bought at Michaels that reflects the RGB lights differently for each color - pretty cool. I'm going to use that as an edge perimeter that should be a cool effect as the RGB strip fades from one color to the next. I'll post the end result when I eventually get it done. (I know, this thread is about a black light poster frame - I'm going to try something a little more extreme for this next one.)
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    #14 4 years ago

    crap. Is the pinball wizard poster sold out?!

    #15 4 years ago

    Here are a couple we did at The Flipper Room for two clients. They are $250 plus shipping, but you would need to ship the print to us. They are not made to easily swap in your print.

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