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O'Boyle's Arcade - by the "book"

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Spyridon:
Okay, it's been a while, but my work space was consumbed by a kitchen remodel I had going on.  Now that it is done, I'm back to work.  The time away from the cab did give me some time to work on the computer setup.  Mala is a wonderful thing!

Here is where we are now...

With construction mostly complete, it was time to prime and paint.  I used a white latex primer


Started with the bottom


Then moved on to the main cab

Spyridon:
I needed to secure the control panel top to the base, so I used the method in the book (as I did for the entire build) and glued/screwed velcro covered blocks to the top and base. 





I used a couple of finishing nails to make sure the velcro stayed in place

Spyridon:
Primed the control panel unit.

I was just going to do the bottom edges of the control panel but once I got going I did the entire bottom.  I did not paint the top.




I used two coats of primer on the cabinet and sanded after each application

Spyridon:
Here it is after the second coat of primer

Spyridon:
Next was two coats of semi gloss black paint.  Again, I sanded the first coat down before applying the second coat.







I left the area inside the marquee white.  I thought it would reflect the light better than if I painted it black (that and you wouldn't see it anyway on the completed unit)

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