PART 2 - reverse hidden text.
At this point its pretty much a necessity to have a vinyl plotter or at least access to one.. if you can supply a file then most sign companies will cut the text for you for a bit of cash.
The hidden text is cut in reverse in stencil mask.. these are then applied to the back of the glass. Zaccaria games dont have a lot of blockout on them and so i only cut what i needed to.
Once in place standard silver enamel from a spray can is applied
Let this dry completely and using a scalpel, the mask can be removed. At this point i regretted not cutting a full strip of stencil to go along the bottom as the masking tape lead to some slight bleeding.. not overly disastrous.. more bloody irritating!
At this stage on a normal backglass you really only have to remove the score windows... Zaccaria glasses are different and so a lot more is cut away. All this is done over a lightbox so i can see exactly what im doing. The light bulbs are interesting to cut!
Once all the image is cut i can remove the centre piece thats not required.. i cut this down the middle to make it 2 smaller sections.. try to do it all at once and you risk cocking it up.
Centre piece now removed..
Flip the glass over on the lightbox and you can see all hidden text and get a good idea of how she looks
And now with backlight off, we get to see the normal glass
And she's all done!.. Now i can put the glass trim on and fit to the machine. I forgot i havent yet made the neon for this, but once its done ill post a final pic
