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Ken Layton:
Nintendo cabinets are made with a formica surface. Paint will just scratch right off and look crappy.
Gumby:
I do agree somewhat Gideon...however, these cabinets aren't in good enough shape to restore to their former glory...no matter what I do, its going to have to not be origional.

I've got 3 other orig nintendo cabs that I restored, so I don't feel TOO bad...

but.  The Formica surface...I'm not sure what to do about it.  There are pits and holes and scrapes and such throughout the cabinet (even a 4" circle cut out of the bottom left side, have no idea why)...even if I putty the bad areas, I'm not sure they make paint that will stick.  Wondering if I have to rough sand the surface until I get down to its wood underlay (thats a project I'm really not looking forward to)...

-G
paigeoliver:
Search google a bit, Donkey Kong (AKA, Nintendo cabinets), is the single most common "total restoration" around. You should end up finding some homepages with details of what people did to them.
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