A Joust restoration.. this is going to take a while

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Mike A:

--- Quote --- Power sanding is great - but you can't feel anything. Hand sanding will let you know how smooth the surface is - you can feel it and hear it.
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Yes.

I have a few blocks of wood of various sizes with a rubber mat glued to them. I think I used a kitchen drawer or tool drawer liner. It is amazing what you can hear and feel when you are not sanding with a hornet's nest.

Adios:
Nice Job! I ran across the restore looking for info on the Joust cocktail I'm restoring. Don't know if you ever got the glue off the control panel. I had the same problem with Robotron CP. I bought a (drill) spinning wheel gum eraser from Amazon it works wonders getting the glue residue off. I sanded it smooth after that.-FYI

bperkins01:
Progress being made during a vacation week..

Thankfully I was mistaken and the top panel was made of particle board and not MDF. (The edge looked like MDF..) This looks terrible. This technique should work on MDF too.. But all things being equal - particle board is better than MDF.

I used 80 grit paper and re-sanded it to as smooth as I could get. The surface texture varies considerably, but at least it is flat. I personally use a product called CPES that is an epoxy based wood stabilizer. Two coats got brushed on to lock down the wood fibers. There are many wood stabilizers available. Very necessary to fix this up! Once its set - sand again to smooth things up.

After that - 2 coats of Kilz oil based primer. It's sandable, has some filler properties and evens out the texture. I'm not trying to make a mirror - just an even texture like it was originally.

I knew the coin door panel was going to need a second coat based on how the first one went on. Sand down the high spots and generally smooth out the surface.

After repainting, this is much better..

Coin door panel ready to go as well.. Next up is sanding down the primed sides. The original Joust had a very smooth base color coat for the side art stencil work.

During all of this I've been working on the metal bits..

These are Joust upright and Joust cocktail parts mixed together. They were pretty ratty. Sandblasting and paint and they are good as new.

These cleaned up quite nicely.

And then this horrible thing happened.. Researched showed the hammered finish paint worked well for coin doors - it doesn't. (I should have done a test piece - I know better) Also - the can says black paint and it came out charcoal colored - its no where near black. I can see this type of paint being useful for some stuff.. But not for this..

I'll be re-blasting these and repainting. Digging a little deeper I found a video that shows a great way to get back the original textured finish.

More to come...

Arroyo:
Lookin good buddy. Thanks for posting the details, it’ll be valuable for future me.

J_K_M_A_N:
I love this one. Joust is an awesome game. This thing is going to look phenomenal the way you are taking care of it.

J_K_M_A_N

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