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Restore: Paperboy: 'Exclusive!' - Restore with enhanced side art
griffindodd:
OK power supply changed, thank goodness for the local Fry's.
BUBBLES BUBBLES I SEE BUBBLES!
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Slig:
Way cool man! Love the art! I can't wait to see this finished.
griffindodd:
Lots of goop coming to the top after almost 2 hrs
Pulled the piece out and took a wire brush to it, the paint is starting to dissolve away
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griffindodd:
Well its working and I got this far before I started blowing fuses on the 6A supply. As the conductive surface area increases I assume so does the amp draw.
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Le Chuck:
Griff, that process looks really labor intensive. To strip old paint or powdercoat (that's the goal here right?) I use Jasco Aerosol Stripper or a similar strong rattle can stripper available at your local bigbox. I stripped R2's dome in an hour total and it was cold that day (45). If it's above 70 in your spray area the stuff should lift off pretty easy. I wipe off the first coat of stripper after 15 minutes and only remove what paint comes off with the rag. Then I immediately reapply for 20 more and had fantastic results. The paint falls off leaving bare metal - and in that case it was powdercoat, not the easiest stuff to remove. My total expenditure to strip the dome to bare metal with no sanding and only light scraping...$8 and one hour.
I might be missing an advantage to the process but your electrical magicalness seems to be way less magical and way more work.
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