I searched but all I found is frosted glass in spray. /diy/ I need your help

>>2603804 (OP)

mat coating?

the frosted effect?

frosting something like that comes from tiny imperfections refracting the light as it passes through

so what you need is some kind of surface imperfection.

so it depends what you want, the visual effect or the texture

because if you just want the visual effect you can open it up and scratch up the inside with sandpaper to rough it up and break the optical clarity.

but it will look rough as shit because it has to be perfectly random to look flat like that which is very difficult.

depending on the kind of plastic you can flame polish or chemical to flatten it back out again and see through it again.

maybe you can use some spray too idk.

you can get sheets of privacy film for windows too but if you don't want spray then you wont want that.

try sandpaper...cmon

>>2603804 (OP)

Why the fuck would you want to cover the light? Just take it off of you helmet all together. Who carries around an ir strobe that doesn’t work, and what would be the purpose?

>>2603804 (OP)

Maybe get some glue and extremely fine and slightly translucent quartz sand (from an arts supply store).

Cover the face in glue, lightly dust with the sand.

I'd test your technique with some scrap plastic first though.



The frosted glass spray might work, depending on the kind it is. IIRC the temporary ones are just a fine cornstarch paste. The permanent ones are acid to etch the glass, which won't work the same way on plastic.

Stick-on frosted glass / privacy film might do the job, but it might also fall off depending on the conditions you're taking this into.

what's an interracial strobe?

infrared, and the guy is retarted because the coating stops the light on the surface of the device so your surrounding is not lit as much.

>>2603804 (OP)

lightly sand it then apply UV resistant matte clear coating
