Yes I've looked at some that have a slight tint to it to block light. -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:william.bo...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:55 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: hat collection
Hadn't thought of the aquarium shops, good idea, too. the other consideration would be to invest slightly more $$ in UV-filtering (archival) acrylic or glass as standard acrylic/glass won't keep the light from fading your caps. On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah, yeah, didn't notice the "dust free" requirement. > > If dust-free is the goal, then sealed containers are important, so > custom-made acrylic boxes are probably your best bet. > > another group that is great for custom acrylic work is salt-water aquarium > shops. they often have the ability to custom craft acrylic boxes, and yours > should be cheaper since you dont need water-tight nor water-thick > construction. > > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> wrote: > >> >> Well I have seen the plastic pegs to place them on an angle. I'm more >> concerned about keeping them dust free. I don't know that I'm worried about >> lights because I will have enough recessed lights they should show fine >> (I've installed lights close around the wall so they will get some light >> but >> not enough that the light will affect them over time and they are away from >> sunlight as well. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:31 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: hat collection >> >> >> do you want them behind glass? >> >> I was thinking more of like a set of stacked shelved on a wall, slanted >> like >> a shoe rack but up high, black felt lined (with that non-reflective felt). >> with a small halo spot shining from the shelf above onto each hat. with >> each >> hat MAYBE on a peg to rise it slightly off the actual shelf and float it. >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Yes they are more expensive than the hats. I've seen some cheap plastic >> > things at craft shop, maybe that will suffice for what I need. Maybe >> > making >> > my own would be better because they I would make an entire shelf, not an >> > individual hat and fit as many on the shelf as I can. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: William Bowen [mailto:william.bo...@gmail.com] >> > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 12:12 PM >> > To: cf-community >> > Subject: Re: hat collection >> > >> > >> > A little spendy, but if the hats are unique, it would be worth it... >> > >> > >> > >> >> http://www.crystalcaseworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_ >> > Code=CAP-HAT >> > >> > http://www.teamlogocases.com/index.php/cPath/110 >> > >> > With access to an acrylic supply store you could make your own... >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Scott Raley <sra...@itc-llc.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > I have some unique hats that I have collected and they are in a sealed >> > > container. Now that I have a sports area putting together in the >> basement >> > > I'm going to display them. I don't want to just put them on a shelf and >> > have >> > > to dust them. Anyone know if display sets/cases for hats? >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
