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Xenophobe Restoration
SirPeale:
There are twelve carriage bolts holding on the monitor enclosure and the cabinet body. I've been removing them three at a time, wire wheeling them rust free, and painting them flat black.
Doing them three at a time, I've gotten the ones on the bottom, closest to the body. I went to do the ones near the monitor, and I'm going to have to disassemble that part. As luck would have it, the bolts that hold in the monitor come right down to these bolts, and they're in the way. Since I have to pull the monitor anyway I figure I'll do everything at once, and give it a good cleaning.
The speaker grill is off. I've been wire wheeling the old coating away, and wherever I do there is rust underneath. Considering taking it to someone that can sandblast it (wire wheeling it takes forever) then powder coating it. Problem is...there isn't anyone even remotely close by that does this. I dunno why. In a perfect world there would be someone withing 20 miles, or a few people. Closest is like 70 miles, so I think I'm stuck.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: Peale on March 06, 2006, 08:09:17 pm ---
The speaker grill is off. I've been wire wheeling the old coating away, and wherever I do there is rust underneath. Considering taking it to someone that can sandblast it (wire wheeling it takes forever) then powder coating it. Problem is...there isn't anyone even remotely close by that does this. I dunno why. In a perfect world there would be someone withing 20 miles, or a few people. Closest is like 70 miles, so I think I'm stuck.
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any auto- electricians nearby? many of them have bead-blasters to clean up parts. im sure you could sweet-talk one into doing it for you (",)
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on March 07, 2006, 04:21:47 am ---any auto- electricians nearby? many of them have bead-blasters to clean up parts. im sure you could sweet-talk one into doing it for you (",)
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First place I called were auto techs. No go.
It's all good; it's coming right off. Right now I'm just trying to decide whether to go with semi-gloss or gloss.
SirPeale:
First pictures.
SirPeale:
Pulled the monitor today - what a mess! Cobwebs everywhere.
This allowed me to get to the bolts that hold the monitor enclosure onto the pedestal.
Of course, I have to allow the paint to cure overnight. Problem is the monitor enclosure is just sitting on the pedestal. I *pray* we don't have any unexplained vibrations, or anything, or I can kiss this project goodbye. It should be fine, as long as no one messes with it... (famous last words)
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