Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Mini Restoration
SirPeale:
Yesterday I want to town soldering stuff. I got changes, but nothing brought the game up again.
Without a decent place to to test work I'm not going to be able to fix this properly on my own. Guess I'll have to send it out. :(
On a brighter note the coin door came out awesome. Looks brand new. I finally ended up just using a wire wheel to remove everything. Coat of rust converting primer, then a few light coats of Rust-Oleum brand Hammered paint, followed by a couple light coats of gloss black Rust-Oleum. It looks like a brand new door.
I still need to paint the frame. I didn't strip it down because it's not rusty, but there are a few paint chips and it could use "brightening". And of course the insides a nice brass.
SirPeale:
I finally bit the bullet and bought boardsets on eBay. It was a lot of six of them. Figure I'll sell off the ones I don't need. I just hate that I won't have matching serials any more.
RayB:
--- Quote from: Peale on February 06, 2009, 04:32:19 pm ---I finally bit the bullet and bought boardsets on eBay. It was a lot of six of them. Figure I'll sell off the ones I don't need. I just hate that I won't have matching serials any more.
--- End quote ---
Some careful peeling, a little glue... they'll match. ;-)
SirPeale:
Sorry for the lack of updates on this. Right now left to do:
[*] Finish the control panel. Stripping this hasn't been easy - the damn CPO adhesive is really nasty stuff. I was able to very easily strip 90% of it down using electrolysis. I have to finish stripping, paint and apply the CPO.
[*] Paint the coin box/coin box holder. It's rusted much like everything else was. I don't currently have a container large enough to use electrolysis on it, so it'll have to wait.
[*] Though I bought several working boards on eBay, I'd like to get the original working again. The serial numbers match everything else in the cab, and it's a very low number. But I do have several I can just pop in.
[*] cap the monitor. Though this isn't a big priority, because it's working perfectly, I'll do it for longevity, and the fact that I want to staple the cardboard bezel into place.
[*] paint the front. I would like to replace the serial number sticker as its' already 1/2 peeled off and faded, but I'm not sure where to get one.
[*] replace the T molding. It's pretty cruddy.
ChadTower:
Is the matching serials issue all that big a deal if the serial number sticker has been replaced? If I were a buyer I would immediately throw out the matching serials in that situation.
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