My Nintendo Cabinet - Repair, Mod & Document

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Ok YAY! Another victory.. my coin-door is cleaned up, assembled and ready for the cab to be finished. I still haven't taken the cab back out to the garage for final body work and paint (mainly cause I cant afford it right now).

I didn't get any pics of the paint stripping, I wish I had, It was kinda fun. I used Citristrip and it just melted the paint away, messy but pleasant procedure, the stuff is awesome. After the door was bare I debated on using glazing puddy to fill small dings and dents. It had the usual damage to the lock area & the small dents where it was spot welded. I decided to just hammer & dolly the lock area and then sand it with 220. The dimples from spot welding were in the door from factory so I left them.

Then I turned to testing out my paint procedure/materials.. Paint is a bad word for me, it always goes to crap so testing the layers and brands with each other was an expensive but necessary step. I tested 4 primers, 2 bed-liner sprays and then topped off with satin black. I am happy I tested the paints b/c the bed-liner and primers all didnt get along. Also one of the spray bed-liners on the market is more like a sanded paint then bed-liner. Getting the bed-liner to splatter was the hardest part and took practice, lots of practice.

The final decision was:
3 coats - Rustoleum 2x Primer 280713
1 tricky splatter coat - Dupli-color Truck Bed Coating TR250
2 coats - Rustoleum Satin Black 7777

I think it came out tits but I WOULD NOT do this to an un-damaged door. The texture is nothing like factory but mimics it pretty well. My door had large amounts of black paint that ran down it and wasn't coming off without sanding or stripper and also it was bent to hell. If you have a door that is strait but needs to be freshened just satin black paint it and be happy.

My Lower Bezel Bracket (that I didnt even know I needed.. thanks Chance) & CP Bolt Set from Mikes came in.. Got to love the way the post lady left it..

I been playing a game on XB1 called "State of Decay" its like GTA (3 or higher) infested with zombies. Looting a shop for guns and meds I found this in Nintendo cab the corner, lol..

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