Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Moon Patrol Restoration
CheffoJeffo:
Nice job ... and that T&F cocktail looks really sexy ... nice ...
Cheers.
SirPeale:
Wade -
I don't remember, do you live anywhere near me?
If so, can I borrow your stencils?
Wade:
Thanks for all the nice comments guys! :) I spent a lot more time on this game than I really wanted to (about 4 weeks), but it's hard to complain once it's all over.
ChadTower, for the clearcoat, I tried several different approaches, but the one that worked best for me was to spray minwax polycrylic satin through my air gun. This step wasn't absolutely necessary, but I wanted to protect the art a bit and give it all the same sheen.
Arcadefever, Thanks! I don't have any recent pictures on my web page, but I plan to update the page and pictures soon, now that the Moon Patrol is in there. I have been holding out on updating because the MP was in progress.
Peale, I think you live quite a distance from me, but I might be able to ship the stencils. I live in Charleston, WV, 25314. Email me privately if you are interested, at wadelanham at hotmail.com. BTW, do you have an original you can use for alignment purposes?
Wade
SirPeale:
Email sent. If you don't see it in your inbox, check your junk box.
johnvv:
Great job!
I'm in the process of restoring a Joust and am approaching the clearcoat work. In general, what were the problems you encountered with other methods? Did you try with just spray can?
In cleaning up my very beat up Joust, I found a small section of orginal condition paint under the speaker panel. I had seen on tutankham.com that Williams games used a glossy clearcoat. I was very surprised at how glossy the orginal black areas were. In my testing, I've tried the Minwas poly gloss and semi-gloss spray cans, but not satin. Gloss was much closer to the original than semi-gloss.
Congrats on being finished. I still have stencilling to do...
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