Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Mini Restoration
Level42:
Wait a couple of days, The tiny couple of bubbles that were on my Centi CPO were gone after a couple of days....
ChadTower:
If you used the right primer it should be hard to scrape off, nevermind peel on its own. That's what primer is for - adhesion.
I have found a laminate roller works really well for decals and overlays. Easy to find and designed to do the same job on much heavier materials. Just don't let the kids play with it as it can be amusing and they'll never put it away (like mine).
RayB:
Peale, is that a repro overlay, or NOS? The texture looks NOS. Mine was a repro and I now have cracking along the bend. White shows in the cracks. I had applied it in late 2006. That's not very long for it to be cracking, though I admit I didn't apply any heat when doing so.
(As a comparison, my Galaga's NOS overlay, which I applied in 2002 (also without heat) shows some light cracking at the bend too, but no "white" showing through. The overlay is thicker and sturdier.)
US Amusements has NOS Centipede cabaret overlays. I will probably buy one as a backup, cuz at this rate, the current overlay is going to look like crap within 2 more years.
SirPeale:
It's a repro.
Wade:
I know it's too late now but I'll mention this for others reading. I always paint CP's either white or light grey primer, and black around the edges/holes. The reason is bare metal or black WILL show through the lighter areas of every CPO I've ever had, and make the colors look darker/dull.
For an inkjet piece that already has a layer of white vinyl before the ink, it might not matter as much, but every quality screenprinted repro I've had showed this problem so I now paint white with black borders. Definitely makes a difference.
Wade
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