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Bob's Arcade Cabinet 2nd attempt!

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BobtheAddict:
This weekend I wanted to paint the control panel to protect it from the elements. I went to Lowe's and started looking for primer and semigloss black paint and came across a couple of Rust-Oleum products that fit my needs.

I ended up buying two Quarts of Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch N1974 Semigloss Black and N1980
Grey Primer.

The concern I had with the paint was how to apply it. My last project I used spay cans and it did not come out as nice as I wanted.

I had a scrap piece of wood laying around the garage, so I decided to test a roller and a sponge brush to see what would happen. Once the paint was dry, I could tell the roller and the sponge brush were not cutting it. So I decided to go out and buy a Husky Gravity Feed Hvlp Spray gun.

I am not a painter by trade, but this spray gun made me feel like one. I just can't believe I waited all this time to buy a paint gun.

Here are some pictures, enjoy.

BobtheAddict:
I just finished putting on three coats of primer and started with the semigloss black paint when I realized that I forgot to mount the pinball plunger. I think the problem was I was sober this weekend.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.  Here are a couple of pictures of the revised panel.

BobtheAddict:
Good afternoon everyone,

The last couple of days I have been working on the base of the control panel. After my little incident with the pinpall plunger, I made an executive decision to throw back a couple of cold beers to help calm my nerves. And boy, did it help!

Here are some pictures of the base with the pinball plunger temporally installed.

Bender:
wow! that plunger looks great!  :cheers:
what kind of paint did you use on that cp? looks awesome
how about some details on that plunger

punxrus:
That looks freakin' sweet! I had no idea you could rig up a plunger!  :applaud:

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