New one for me. Here's a quick little mod of a mod I did on TBL tonight.
I missed seeing the The Big Lebowski text in mirror finish on the original apron after switching over to the lit one. The orange just never really looked right to me so I swapped the orange plastic.
Original Lit Apron
Orange Lebowski Text
Orange Lebowski Text
The LEDs under the apron are all white. The apron itself is held in with just two screws. Very easy to access and change this.
Apron LEDs
Underside of the apron has glued in colored plastic to defuse the light. I used a heat gun to warm up the glue to remove the orange center plastic.
Underside of the apron
Using the original as a template, I cut out a new piece with the miter saw. I used a laminate blade to cut the acrylic sheet cleanly and it worked well.
Cutting the acrylic
I got defused white off amazon the same thickness as the original plastics. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MG8KTBX
New white plastic
On the front side of the new plastic I installed one way mirror window film. I then cut it to shape with a razor. They sell mirrored acrylic sheets, but I couldn't find any that were also translucent.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093C4PS28
Mirrored window film
Used double sided tape to put it all back together. The tape is slightly too thick compared to the original. If I ever re-do this I'll likely use hot glue next time.
Lit apron mod, now white unlit
Lit apron mod, now white lit
The white really ties the room together. Its not any more distracting while playing and looks a lot cleaner IMO.
White Lebowski Text
Whole project took about an hour from start to clean up. I have lots of left over material. If there's enough interest from people with this lit apron, I may consider making a one time run of a few extra white plastic pieces. DM me if this is a mod you'd do on yours.