Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
What's the best way to block out area of mirror that doesn't have a monitor behind it?
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@fribse I just used some 'blackout’cloth.
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Great, thankyou for the suggestions, I definetely have something to go with now.
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@bhepler What is ‘construction paper’? But, yes, the adhesive needs to be invisible.
I got some black foil for windows, I’m going to try and mount that, and put a flashlight to it, to see how well it does. The oracal foil mentioned by @Hubschra01 is very expensive, but probably also of better quality, I think I’m going to try that next. -
@fribse said in What's the best way to block out area of mirror that doesn't have a monitor behind it?:
@bhepler What is ‘construction paper’? But, yes, the adhesive needs to be invisible.
That may be an Americanism. It’s a thick paper used in craft projects that comes in a variety of bright colors. I was first introduced to it when I was 5 or so, cutting it up with safety scissors to make family portraits. It’s roughly the thickness of business card stock, but it comes in large sheets.
If you are familiar with the cartoon South Park, they use construction paper to make the characters and then animate them (or at least they did in the beginning).
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Ahh, ok, then I know exactly what it is :-)
I got some oracal651 as suggested by @Hubschra01 , but that was slightly more transparent than the one I already had. So I’m going to stick with the cheap stuff I already had, and return the oracal651.
@Goldjunge_Chriz is it correct that I can foil the back of the mirror and then cut through the foil without ruining the ‘mirror foil’ as that is applied to the front of the glass in your variant? -
I sent the oracal back (very expensive stuff) as I could get much cheaper and darker stuff from our local hardware store.
So I got the back covered with it, and then cut holes in it for the LED lights and monitor, it seems to work very well.
