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| Stingray:
Being a real man isn't enough reason? ;) I painted my NEO-GEO with a roller. Turned out pretty nice, I thought. -S |
| MYX:
Did you get any roller marks or was it smooth as if spray painted? |
| Bill Mote:
Smooth as silk. The key is in the surface preparation. That's why I put 2 coats of primer on sanding before and after each coat. The surface I ended up with is incredible. Just don't get lazy on the preparation and you'll be golden. I put 3 layers of the final coat on. You wouldn't believe how great it looks. I used paint-grade (b-grade if memory serves) 5-ply 3/4" plywood. I primed both sides of the wood, but I did not give the inside as much attention. A buddy told me to paint the inside as it would smooth out the surface a little and it would hold less dust/cobwebs. So far I think he's right. The cab has been built for 1 year and the inside has stayed very clean. Don't skip the light sanding between layers of paint. It *will* make a difference. dot |
| DrewKaree:
First, if you're gonna spray it, you need to use an HVLP sprayer. That's probably why dot's experience was messy. Wagner only makes 2 HVLP sprayers that I know of, and they aren't common. The regular Wagner sprayers are loud and annoying, and require so much thinning to not clog the dang things up, you'll need twice as much effort to achieve half the desired result. Their HVLP sprayers are lots nicer, but are probably more than you'll be willing to spend. The air-powered HVLP sprayer will look the nicest The foam roller will look nice with the least amount of money spent. The electric HVLP sprayer will look almost as nice as the air sprayer with scads more money spent than the foam roller. If you don't have a compressor, then the air-powered HVLP sprayer will end up costing you more than the electric's. |
| MYX:
If rolling works that well, I will probably go with that. Hey Dot, What grit sand paper did you use. I sanded my Ms. Pac. LINK The only problem is that I kept getting blotches when I was spraying and when I sanded it, it seemed to make things worse. I want my MAME cab to have no blotches. Although, I am assuming that when one builds a cab they intend for it to be perfect prior to construction, but settle for "looks good enough" after they start. I am going to try to have a flawless machine. But I guess, we'll have to see. |
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