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| Dig Dug Cabaret [aka good old #325] Restoration |
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| Slippyblade:
"...play the sport of jewbag..."? Wow. That right there would make me blacklist the guy. |
| 8BitMonk:
--- Quote from: mkarabinus on September 24, 2016, 08:33:31 pm ---Here is the AR II, and I have a spare power brick too, if you need any parts. --- End quote --- Thanks PM'd. --- Quote from: Slippyblade on September 24, 2016, 11:40:31 pm ---"...play the sport of jewbag..."? Wow. That right there would make me blacklist the guy. --- End quote --- Yep, blacklisted, his further responses got worse. |
| 8BitMonk:
Cleaning the control panel. Time to dig into the control panel, I removed parts and started with a heat gun and blade to get the basic overlay off. Getting the adhesive off is alway a pain in the ass. Haven't found a silver bullet, still trying different techniques. I always start with GooGone and let it sit for 10 minutes or so and then scrape with a flat razor. This time after getting the majority of adhesive off with GooGone/scraper I used hot water, Scotch pads and a degreasing pumice hand cleaner called Gojo and it worked pretty well. I hit the rusty spots with some Loctite to break it up, wipe it clean and then use some steel wool and/or a wire wheel to get rid of most of it. The rivets holding the CP latch come through the top of the CP and had worn through the old overlay which bugged me so I decided to grind them off. With them ground flush the latches on the underside were still pretty solid but I hit them with some JBWeld just to be sure. Top/Bottom Ground flush and JBWeld around latch |
| 8BitMonk:
Painting the control panel. Rustoleum Satin Black spray job. |
| 8BitMonk:
Applying the control panel overlay. Overlay time. The 3M material can be fairly rigid making it tough to bend and it's also easy to get air bubbles around bends so I use a hair dryer to apply heat on the parts that bend to relax the material a bit and also poke small air holes with an xacto. I use a mini roller (burnisher) or a credit card to press it down. New overlay. Control holes cut and added back. Debating between an 8 way WICO or a Dominux8 with a 38mm red ball top. Painted carriage bolts and new nuts & washers. |
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