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EX's Kitchen Cab (so has to match the kitchen!)
ex_directory:
BTW, here is a pic of the kitchen that I am matching the cab too, the base colour of the cab tones with the walls.
Franco B:
Looking good bud :)
You will have to let me know what primer you used, I cant remember what you said it was? Looks like you have done an awesome job with the vinyl :cheers:
Im planning on folding my vinyl over too to hide it. After following one of Knievels threads I noticed he used a smoothing iron to help when folding the edges over. I should be getting one this week, if you can hang on that long I can pop it in the post and you can borrow it if you like.
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--- Quote from: Franco B on March 18, 2008, 04:07:35 pm ---Looking good bud :)
You will have to let me know what primer you used, I cant remember what you said it was? Looks like you have done an awesome job with the vinyl :cheers:
Im planning on folding my vinyl over too to hide it. After following one of Knievels threads I noticed he used a smoothing iron to help when folding the edges over. I should be getting one this week, if you can hang on that long I can pop it in the post and you can borrow it if you like.
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Dude, too late - I have no thumbs left!!
But seriously, thanks for the offer :cheers:
I developed a knack (I had to, there was so many panels!) for bending the vinyl around the back and acheived really good results - in short you slightly stretch the vinyl around the corner and using your thumbs, push very hard on the corners to create a crease in the vinyl, this ensures you get no 'bubbling up' on the edges which was my main worry, I also allowed about 5 cms around the back of each panel on each side as obviously the edges is the weak part but with the extra 5 cms there is no way it is peeling back.
On the t-mold edges obviously you can't do this but you can still create the crease, if i need to I will use some glue or similar to get a good stick.
Primer is from screwfix, just their cheap unbranded stuff, but with one coat and a light sand it gives a great finish to vinyl to. I would seriously recommend priming to anyone, made the application of the vinyl a breeze, hardly any bubbles. I read here somewhere you should leave it for 24 hours after coating to 'gas off'. I left mine for about 4 days but that was because I had other jobs to do!
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Step 3: Rebuild Cab
Finally the cab is all back together (well almost!)
The next big job after finishing the vinyl on all the panels was to attempt the sides. This was a big job as I had something like 30 screws on the sides that I had to fill, sand, fill again, sand again etc. And obviously once those screws dissapear it is not coming apart again. But anyway, confident that everything was ready to go back together for the final time I went ahead, see later for the small mistakes I made :o
I am REALLY pleased with the end result. Cab has just come alive and now wishing I had done this ages ago.
Was up till 2am two nights running, took about 4 hours per side which included final sanding, applying vinyl very slowly (2m by 1m), trimming vinyl overhand to about 1cm with lots of cuts to allow it to go around corners and finally applying the t-molding to trap it all down.
I know some are not fans of the chrome t-molding, but it sets off the cream vinyl beautifully. Sorry to say I don't have any shots mid-process applying the sides which is a shame but if anyone is interested let me know and I can explain in more detail, the tricky bit is the overhang without bubbling up on the edges.
Here is a close up of the top of the cab showing how the vinyl wraps under the t-molding. The t-molding plastic is still on - missus won't let me take it off until the cab is complete which is why it looks marked :(
Click on the image for a larger view.
I have 10 domed allen key bolts on each side for access into the cab, namely for the marquee/marquee light (2 bolts), the speakers/fan/monitor from the back (4 bolts), the kick door (2 bolts) and the control panel (2 bolts).
The next image shows the top half of one side, you can see the bolt heads, this was after completion of one side. The fan panel is missing. The holes in the cab at the top are for the marquee light and volume control.
Click on the image for a larger view.
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And here is a picture of the whole cab with one side done, missing bezel, cp, coin door and marquee. Click on the picture for a bigger view.
And so to the mistakes :banghead:
The MDF is 18mm wide, t-molding comes in 11/16” = 17.462mm and 3/4" = 19.050mm. I opted for the sightly wider t-molding as I thought this would look better than the slightly narrower. I was right - good so far. Spot the obvious mistake with my removable panels!!
Well, in reality, it is not too bad, the chrome-t-molding is supple and so moves to allow the panels out without the t-molding popping out and given the amount I will be removing those panels - hardly ever, I can live with that.
However, there is one panel that will open almost daily - you got it, the keyboard drawer. Fortunately this is a removable panel (see earlier post), so I am off to order some more vinyl and will either make a new panel or try and remove the vinyl from the existing one and take 1mm off each side.
I also had installed castor feet with brakes on the front two. But in the past the kick panel has been mostly off and what I didn't realise is that when the kick board is on, the wheels don't spin freely as the brake part hits the kick panel. Anyway, quick hacksaw job on the plastic brake handle to make them half size and problem solved.
Apart from that I don't think there were any other mistakes, and no bubbling up either of the vinyl near the edges so am very happy :applaud:
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