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#219664 - 12/08/2004 21:42 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: wfaulk]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Yeah Bitt, that's the one. ::url added to my "cool empeg tricks.txt" file::

Might look good with the clear buttons that molders plan to send as a proof of the production tool. Only a few more months now.......
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#219665 - 13/08/2004 02:28 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
JaBZ
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Registered: 08/08/2001
Posts: 452
Loc: NZ
Quote:
Thanks for the feedback. What kind of blue are you trying to match? Darkstorm deep blue? Filener's light blue? A specific lense brand and color will really help.


I'm trying to match the original factory dark blue... well you got that covered anyway..

I'd like to try the clear set with the brushed Newface if it ever materialises...

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#219666 - 14/08/2004 00:33 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: JaBZ]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Yup, I sacrificed a graciously donated original blue lense to send to molders so they could do the color matching. That is such a nice blue.

Clear is still a wildcard. It's not on the docket, but I may be able to get some by ordering "a set of buttons, hold the color." Most molders say that the verification samples would be clear, so that might yeild a few. We'll see.
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#219667 - 02/09/2004 22:52 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: wfaulk]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Ok, that was me. I am posting a picture soon.
I confirm, I drove with that for two weeks in august, in Spain, and I still find it the most readable I've had. During the day it looks more purplish, but at night it is absolutely white. The two gels I overlapped are very ery light color, so they do not reduce brightness enough to compromise readability.
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#219668 - 02/09/2004 22:56 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: Skunk]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Thank you for the picture, Skunk! It does look whitish in picture, but your description does sound good. I got a second spare empeg. I think I'm going to test it on that second set of buttons...
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#219669 - 03/09/2004 12:25 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: Taym]
Skunk
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Registered: 26/08/2003
Posts: 525
Loc: California
Cool and your welcome.
Be sure to follow the directions carefully and you should come out with some nicely painted buttons that will not chip, fade, or scratch. But most importantly you will not add thickness to the buttons if done correctly. No one likes sticky buttons.

OH, BTW, I've never personally dealt with the merchant linked in my post for the paint. I choose that site for it's description of the paint.
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#219670 - 03/09/2004 22:48 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: Skunk]
Taym
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Registered: 18/06/2001
Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
Here's a couple of pictures. What do you think? White, isn't it?

http://empegbbs.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=231616&page=0&vc=1#Post231616
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#219671 - 05/09/2004 14:40 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
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Loc: East Coast, USA
Hey, one of my potential molding companies said they could also do buttons in flat (non-translucent?) black at no extra coloring charge. If anyone's interested, I could have him run off a small handfull of black sets. (Well, if I use that company) They might match the stock fascia, which may be kinda stealthy-like (though I don't think I've ever seen anyone request black buttons).
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#219672 - 05/09/2004 15:57 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
mtempsch
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Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
Hmmmm, the black buttons (Farnell, round like the MkI) are pretty cool with a black 303 fascia... so I'd be interested in a set of black ones (even though I have lighted buttons)
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#219673 - 05/09/2004 17:41 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
tfabris
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though I don't think I've ever seen anyone request black buttons

I have. Here on the board, as I recall. Knowing the folks around here, it was likely immediately followed up by the requisite Disaster Area Stuntship reference, so ya'll can just forget about making that reference again right now.
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#219674 - 05/09/2004 17:57 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
Actually, I'd be interested in a set of black buttons as well.
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#219675 - 05/09/2004 19:11 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
peakmop
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Registered: 02/07/2004
Posts: 95
Loc: 384400 km from the Moon
Count me in for a set

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#219676 - 05/09/2004 20:21 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: webroach]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
Just out of curiosity, now that I've been thinking about it, would the black button set also include the rotary encoder knob? I would assume so, but...
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#219677 - 06/09/2004 07:25 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
Taym
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Posts: 2504
Loc: Roma, Italy
I'd definitely buy a set of black buttons. I have nothing in gray, in my car, and making them "stealth" is way better than leaving them as they are. Count me in, 100%.
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#219678 - 06/09/2004 20:11 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: webroach]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Oh yeah, when I say "buttons" or "set", I mean "the four directional buttons and both MKII and MKIIa knobs" <grammar check?>.

This is the first I've heard of flat black parts (and I'm almost positive they aren't translucent). I'll ask the other molders about them while I ask about making a small batch of clear (which should be very easy since the material starts clear).

With quotes from 11 more companies still pending, there is a good chance I'll get the price, colors, deadline, and service that we all want to see. Hang in there, we're probably only two months away now.
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#219679 - 06/09/2004 20:49 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
Micman2b
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Registered: 27/12/2001
Posts: 441
Loc: Central, NC, USA
Great!!!

Thanks for all your effort in all of this...


Sean in NC

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#219680 - 06/09/2004 21:08 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
As Micman2b Said, thank you so much for all your work on this! I think when the buttons arrive (crosses fingers) you should OFFICIALLY have your title changed to "The Great And Mighty One, He Who Hath Brought Forth The Buttons".

Hrm....that may be a bit long. But at least the sentiment comes across!
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#219681 - 08/09/2004 00:42 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: webroach]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
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(crosses fingers)

Keep your fingers crossed. After two months, I know more about plastics than I ever thought possible, but I still don't have a molder. I'm getting better and better quotes, and some ideas of how to drop the price more and more, but it's still close. And even when I choose the caster and sign over the deposit check, the whole thing could just vanish like it has in the past. Getting there, but some more months of good luck are needed. Keep your fingers crossed.
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110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set

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#219682 - 12/11/2004 05:50 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: FireFox31]
hybrid8
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but seeing as these buttons aren't yet baked, here's another vote for black buttons. I'm actually not interested in any of the coloured ones, but black is a must have for me.

I'd in fact prefer black-black as opposed to a charcoal-grey like the original empeg fascia.

An additional request would be for milky white (looks solid white during daylight, illuminates white at night (with white LEDs)). I'd take two sets of each.

The black ones I'd drill out to allow light to pass through a few pin holes (that I may or may not fill in). And the milky white I'd mask and paint black, allowing for a simple shape to be illuminated through the paint. Hmm, maybe we should make that 2 sets of black and 3 sets of milky white...

Bruno
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#219683 - 12/11/2004 22:38 Re: Buttons - Color Choice Poll [Re: hybrid8]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
It is frighteningly coincidental that you mention this because I was in some pretty deep price negotiations with my caster earlier today. Check out the "Buttons - Progress" thread over in General for a response and more. I'm consolidating to that thread since these were more for startup info.

Quick link to "Buttons - Progress"
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