I shattered a backglass this weekend, and I was wondering if anyone uses acrylic in their backbox instead of glass.
The only disadvantage I see is the cost, but I figure this is mitigated by "never" needing to replace it. Am I missing something?
About $15.00 at a glass shop. Dont waste ypur money on something that will look like crap.
Make the right choice.
I recently broke the backglass in my TFTC. Since you cannot cut tempered glass the local glass shop said they would have to order it and it would be much more expensive than the $15 quoted above. I ended up getting a piece of plexiglass cut for mine and it looks / works great (although one day I would like to get legit tempered glass back in it)
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Damn, 65$ ain't cheap. I have wondered about this myself as my back box glass has some scratches.
If its worth anything... I got 2 sheets of glass for $35 at my local glass shop(tempered, 1 for playfield, 1 for translite)... yes I had to wait a day for it... but you cant really beat that for price and looks... Acrylic.. isnt going to look as pretty as glass.. and is going to scratch easier over time
I'm not too concerned about the price. I guess I was more interested in the appearance/functionality.
I know that acrylic can be prone to scratching and UV yellowing. Are these problems serious enough to stick with glass?
Do the translites/backlighting look better behind acrylic due to the lower index of refraction?
Quoted from Noahs_Arcade:I shattered a backglass this weekend, and I was wondering if anyone uses acrylic in their backbox instead of glass.
The only disadvantage I see is the cost, but I figure this is mitigated by "never" needing to replace it. Am I missing something?
I had a couple games that had acrylic in the back box and I hated it. It scratches easily, all the scratches show, flexes and slightly curves. It looked terrible. I swapped them out for glass as soon as I could.
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