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Dealing with dryrot...
« on: April 09, 2006, 01:02:40 pm »
I bought a Galaxian cab about a week ago and am beginning to do some restoration on it.  The cabinet is in pretty good shape (no warping, no big gouges anywhere and very little swelling due to water damage), but the bottoms of both side have some dryrot.

What's the best way to deal with dryrot short of replacing both the sides (which I may do eventually).  I just don't like having little bits of wood keep falling off the cabinet every time I move it.  Is there some sort of spray on adhesive or something that will help prevent me from having to get out the shop-vac everytime I move it?  :)
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2006, 01:25:05 pm »
I had dryrot on the bottom of my cab too, i used wood filler along the whole bottom on both sides and then sanded, I also had to replace a whole corner. This would of course require repainting which I'm not sure if you plan on doing depending on the condition of the artwork. Also, if it isn't already, put the cabinet on casters you'll be glad you did next time you need to move it. Hope this helped, and good find, got any pictures?

ps this may be helpful http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49927.0
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2006, 03:29:32 pm »

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...still lots more work needed on it.  It should be a nice summer project! :)
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2006, 01:42:03 am »
you gotta put a bleach solution on dryrot before you consider repairing it.  it's a fungus, so you gotta kil9l it or it will keep coming back. 
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2006, 09:53:35 am »
After doing some more research, many sites indicate you can treat dry rot with a borax solution or boric acid.  Some sites also mention using Glycol (anti-freeze) to kill the dry rot fungus.

Anti-freeze probably isn't good in an environment with pets, but since I don't have pets, I might give it a try.
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2006, 06:48:11 pm »
borax.  sounds like an xmen villain.  you didn't see anything for a bleach solution?
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Re: Dealing with dryrot...
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2006, 07:17:06 pm »
Just use wood rot arrester, found at most home improvement stores.

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