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Defender Restoration - Problem with wood
Zakk:
ohhhh yeah.... that's right! there's that little kickplate thingy there. And as a matter of fact I sanded mine down smooth and painted it due to damage! Duh! :-[
wakerlet:
Zakk, mahuti, and fredster,
I'll take a picture tonight of the affected area and post it tomorrow. I'm sure one of your suggestions will work but I'd be interested to know what you thought once you see it.
Thanks,
Todd
wakerlet:
Okay guys, here is what I'm dealing with. What do you think?
paigeoliver:
Ok, I have dealt with a lot of stuff like this (and have now owned 5 Defender cabinets).
Several options.
#1. Replace the entire peice of wood. (Harder then you might think).
#2. Wood putty. Not tood hard, although it is never going to look perfect unless you are VERY experienced with that sort of thing.
#3. What I do with lower cabinet damage. I make kick plates, I make them on all 3 sides if needed. Just go to a big hardware place and find an appropriately sized piece of aluminum trim of any kind (I have also used wood trim). Use a hacksaw to cut it to size and then paint it black and install it on the cabinet.
Lately I have also been putting corner protectors from Bob Roberts on ALL my new projects. Lets face it, the bottom of these cabinets get JACKED up. The 3 in one combination of corner protectors, a kick plate in front, and corner trim at the bottom of both sides will prevent damage and hide current damage.
Well done trim always looks better than damage. I have had plenty of game EXPERTS over at my place, and have never had so much as a mention of any of my "non-original" trim.
OSCAR:
Here is a previous thread about replacing bottom the bottom edge of a cab: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=16970;start=msg134607#msg134607. Since this post, I have updated my Centipede restoration page at www.oscarcontrols.com/centipede which has more info, too.
I also used the black corner protectors that Paige mentioned on my Stern/Time Pilot cabinet. They work pretty good if you want to hide the damage rather than fix it. On an elcheapo/generic cab, that probably makes more sense. The bottom corners of cabs take a real beating because more often than not, the leg levelers are sheared off or missing altogether. Here is a pic of the corner protectors on my Stern cab.