thursdaycustoms wrote:This is very relevant to my interests(job). When the Loca cures does it actually glue the front-light to the LCD or would it just pull right up? I'm very fond of the SP method(except for the fact that I'm using an SP) because I install them horizontally after I cut the panels and it always looks great. It's difficult to see from the pictures but do you think this would be better than a top notch SP front-light install?
When the loca cures, it is "permanently bonded".
It is on there pretty damn well, especially with the higher quality loca, like Osaka.
I've used the typical stuff in a red tube and there's a noticeable difference in the bond.
The manufacturer's descriptions online say not to try removing thing's you've bonded with loca to an lcd screen and I have to agree, it's typically that strong.
"Better" would be an objective opinion to the end-user, but from my personal experience, I'm of the opinion that the horizontal, corrected positioning is the clearest method, however I have since lost interest in using that method for commission / resale front-lit CGBs due to the pros of the "101" / kitsch-loca method.
Let's say that it is very nice to have a personal collection of each of the main mods:
The standard SP mod, the corrected and this new one.
In my personal collection, I have those three in addition to a red led front-lit cgb (which I called "virtual boy color", an SP light panel front-lit loca'd with a white, dmg back-light panel (like mentioned before, clearer and brighter, but with faint pillars of light).
I've tried lots of light panels. NDS, DS Lite, DSi and such in my ongoing experiments, with mixed and mostly disappointing results.
Last edited by Koji-Kendo (Jun 21, 2014 8:48 am)