Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Centipede Restoration
Spyridon:
Assembly of the control panel today. I planned on using a new white fire button but when I pulled one out of my stock pile, I only had the short leaf buttons and the original came with long buttons. Looking at the leaf switch holder, there were a few spacers in place.
Removing these moved the leaf switches up closer to the button allowing me to use the short button that I had in stock
All controls in place. I need to get some adhesive or new pads for the original stick on wire holders.
And the complete control panel:
And once again, the comparison "before" shot:
I know the repro looks like a different color than the original, but it just depends on how the light is hitting it. Look at this shot of the repro and you can see that it is a good match to the original color
WunderCade:
Awesome job. The bolt heads look nice black.
Looking ahead to the sideart, this is over on KLOV.
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on May 03, 2009, 08:51:49 pm ---Awesome job. The bolt heads look nice black.
Looking ahead to the sideart, this is over on KLOV.
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From the KLOV post:
--- Quote from: KLOV ---One time I tried Just stripping, repairing and sanding without sealing the sides, the problem comes if you have to reposition the artwork which tends to pull up small particles of wood and leave your finish with little bumps. Also it is difficult to spray windex on the wood when it absorbs it right away. The other problem is that the artwork is slightly transparent which showed a slight tinting to the white as the brown bled through. The vinyl had difficulty adhearing to the edges and was starting to lift up.
On another occasion I stripped, repaired, sanded and painted the sides white. The vinyl was having difficulty sticking to the edges of the painted surface as well.
The best result was when I laminated the sides of the cabinet in white and then applied the sideart on top of the laminate. The result was a perfect finish and reduced the time to prep the cab.
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I was planing on stripping and painting the sides. I hadn't thought about using laminate, but that would speed up the process.
I need to pull out my side art and look at it. I was thinking it was just the centipede part and you just placed it over a white side. Now, it sounds like the side art may actually be the full side including the white?
Oh yeah...I think the bolts look good in black also!
WunderCade:
Yeah, I thought, wow.....great way to eliminate the problems associated with trying to get a perfectly smooth surface to apply the vinyl to.
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on December 01, 2008, 01:20:59 am ---I have my Centipede Upright, let me know what you'd like pics of. I'd be glad to help you out.
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Hey WunderCade,
Could you post a picture of the back door on your Centipede? Level42 posted his, but I think his is a bit differnent in where the vent holes are.
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