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Anyone have any advice for anything I could spray on it to make it stick in those toruble areas?
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What is the surface like (e.g. paint, stripped to wood, vinyl, etc.) ?
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Its a wood surface but was also painted too.
So painted wood.
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What kind of paint ? If this was an existing cabinet, then what surface prep did you do ?
Basically tell us as much as you can, including what kind of contact paper.
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Alright well the cab was a MameRoom.com arcade machine before they started selling their cabs with the black color already on them. So just the plain wood.
The spray paint was America's Finest by Rust-Oleum (Fast Dry All Purpose Interior/Exterior)
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The surface should have been clean and dry (and un-waxed!) before applying the contact paper. By the way, contact paper isn't very good in the sticking department anyway. You should use commercial grade vending machine/amusement game self-stick vinyl instead.
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