Making "glassy" buttons (eg 360 buttons, Wii's A)

Stu L Tissimus · Post by **Stu L Tissimus** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:10 am

A little pet project I intend to do now that I have a Wii is to "Wii-ify" my old GCN controllers so they blend in a bit more. Just a repaint, basically. But I'd like to make the buttons transparent and "glassy." So. Any ideas on what material I could use for it?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:47 am

Plexigass (acrylic), it would take a bit of work, but you could sand a piece of it to fit, and then just sand off the first 1/4" (depending on how thick your acrylic is) of the old button and glue the acrylic piece onto it.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:35 am

im sure there is a clear setting resin or something and you could just make a mold out of clay or something.

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:51 am

don't they sell Acrylic dowl Rods?

If so All you need to do is find the right thickness and use a clear bonding glue to bond a clear piece off, then just sand the tops smooth