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| BillyJack:
Okay, so I'm having the worst possible time painting the metal parts of my arcade cabinet. First off, I've had more bugs decide to play "tar pit" in my coin door, and "oh nice doggie, please put your shedded hair in my paint job too" problems... I need a friggin clean room to do this in. So I sand and paint again... twice. Finally, I take my painting to the cellar. After spraying them down (Rustoleum Gloss Black) I notice that the coin door parts (thicker metal than the trim / marquee retainers) look like a wrinkle paint job. Then, all of a sudden Mr. Clean and the Turtle wax turtle AND the scrubbing bubbles start attacking me! I realize I'm just goofy from the paint fumes... so I light up a cigarette and chill with the little guys. Anyway, it turns out that water condensed on the coin door parts while I was spraying them? Is that what happened? Too cold in the cellar eh? I take the stuff topside and let it dry, as being in the cellar for two hours wasn't long enough to get them non-tacky. (I'm really guessing cellar=humid at this point.) So now I have a good "non-buggy or dog hairy" paint job, but it is all bubbly. Do I keep it (it really is kinda cool) or do I sand / spray AGAIN, or do I just try another coat of paint to smooth out the wrinkles? >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( THANKS for taking the time to read my silly scribblings, BillyJack |
| SirPeale:
Save yourself a ton of agrivation and have the things powder coated. |
| SNAAAKE:
Another good reason WHY you should always use laminate for this kind of project. Maybe frosty could help you with paint(see his work :o?). PM the guy! :) |
| BillyJack:
I don't want to laminate my coin door! Silly mortal. |
| HeadRusch:
If you dont mind the way it looks, use it. If you hate the way it looks, just sand out the bad parts and put over a few more layers...if the paint is relatively thick (like one of those appliance-grade enamels that goes on kinda thick) you can get away with murder ;) Note: You can also consider the krylon sprays that have textures on em, like the hammered metal paint...that really covers up flaws as it lays down an actual texture as it dries.... |
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