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« on: February 10, 2011, 06:32:41 PM »

Is it possible to use non back lit reel strips on Back lit reels with no damage to the strips or reels.
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 06:35:00 PM »

Maybe no damage but you will not see the "enhancement" of the symbols as intended on backlight reel strips. It may look "bad"......
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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2011, 06:38:17 PM »

Maybe no damage but you will not see the "enhancement" of the symbols as intended on backlight reel strips. It may look "bad"......

Agreed.
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« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2011, 06:38:46 PM »

Maybe no damage but you will not see the "enhancement" of the symbols as intended on backlight reel strips. It may look "bad"......

They do look bad....... The symbols become washed out and loose their definition.     Lights bleeds to all three symbols on the strip.  
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 07:57:43 PM »

Flip the strips over onto some sort of a light table.
Outline the black lines with fine point marker, then using a wide tipped felt marker -
color in all the rest of the strip backing outside of the symbol outlines.... Tongue Out

It's tedious work but you'll love the results when you play your game.
After a day of drying, do them again if you're using a felt tipped marker
because you have to completely cover the black part.
If not, you'll see streaky light through the strips where it should be dark.

If you're good with oil-based paints and a smaller paint brush, then I suggest you try that
instead as it will only take one good coat of dark paint to completely opaque out the areas
you do NOT want light to shine through.

By the way, "opaque" means light will not go through.

I must strongly add that you do not want to get ANY paint on the symbol areas or
it will look even worse when the reel lights shine through.
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2011, 08:05:18 PM »

See here:  http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=11207.0

I did it, and I couldn't tell a single difference from true backlit strips, but it was a TON of labor.  Worth it for me though.

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