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Patching an already-painted metal panel?
CheffoJeffo:
Still don't really get it -- the only panel that I have that contains both metal and wood is on my big Capcom cabinet adn they are glued together instead of in two pieces.
I guess I would ask if the holes go through the wood as well (I presume that there are matching holes in the metal and wood to accomodate buttons and joysticks).
Cheers.
TurboC--:
No, the holes do not go through the wood in most areas. Just the metal. The whole panel was hacked up to convert Pac-man to a trivia game. I restored the wood part very nicely. Now I have to patch the holes in the metal.
Pik4chu:
--- Quote from: TurboC-- on August 24, 2005, 10:41:31 pm ---No, the holes do not go through the wood in most areas.
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TurboC--:
--- Quote from: Pik4chu on August 24, 2005, 11:57:58 pm ---in that case the support for the bondo should be provided by the wood panel backing, no?
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Not unless it's 100% perfectly flush at all points? (It isn't.) And not unless it is currently installed? What happens when I have to remove my metal panel? Sounds like a really bad idea all the way around. And aluminum foil looks only marginally better than duct tape. Why spend another $10 on bondo just to have aluminum foil all over my panel. I'd rather just duct tape in some stupid cutouts of plastic, or whatever better "cheap as free" method I can think of with stuff I have lying around.
Pik4chu:
Not to nit pick but you never said anything about removing it, just that you needed the surface to be flat for your CPO :)