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Spyridon:
Worked on the metal parts tonight. First up was the control panel.

I needed to remove the old overlay. Using a heat gun and metal scraper, it was off in about 30 seconds

I used a wire wheel on the drill to remove the paint and rust on the front but when I hit the spot under the overlay, I hit a snag. Too much adhesive was still on the panel making the wire wheel gum up. Time to pull out the Citristrip.

One hour later after a quick scrape it was practically down to the bare metal

While I was waiting for the control panel to soak, I worked on a few more pieces.

Monitor brace (before and after):

That metal bar on the back bottom of the cab (before and after):

Marquee brackets (top before and after):

(bottom before and after):

Old rusted parts are now shiny and new, just waiting for a new coat of paint.

Mimatt:
You're lucky you have a sandblasting shelf. :notworthy:
I sanded my control panel by hand - not fun. :badmood:

Does This Old Game have the coin door plates with the pegs, or are they the sticky kind? What are you using to clean the small metal parts, besides a dremel?

I've been using a dremel w/abrasive buffs, and Tarnex or Brasso for the bolts, screws and coin door chutes. I like the buffs better than the steel brushes - it's almost a fine steel wool consistency. They seem alot less harsh than the wire wheels. Plus you get 2 in a pack. But on the negative side, they seem to wear out a bit faster than the wheels.

Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Mimatt on July 22, 2009, 05:03:02 pm ---You're lucky you have a sandblasting shelf. :notworthy:
I sanded my control panel by hand - not fun. :badmood:
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I ended up doing my control panel by hand. It really wasn't that bad if you use Citristrip first (see previous post picture). The sandblasting just takes too long. Need to figure out a better way to do that.

--- Quote ---Does This Old Game have the coin door plates with the pegs, or are they the sticky kind? What are you using to clean the small metal parts, besides a dremel?

--- End quote ---

You can get the plate with or without holes. They don't provide the rivets.

--- Quote ---I've been using a dremel w/abrasive buffs, and Tarnex or Brasso for the bolts, screws and coin door chutes. I like the buffs better than the steel brushes - it's almost a fine steel wool consistency. They seem alot less harsh than the wire wheels. Plus you get 2 in a pack. But on the negative side, they seem to wear out a bit faster than the wheels.

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I'll be using the dremel with wire brush followed by Brasso on the coin door bolts (but your getting ahead of me)

Spyridon:
Finished stripping the control panel today

Next up is to use some bondo on the two extra holes on the front of the panel then paint

SirPeale:
re: the coin door plate. They're not rivets. Closest thing I can find is something called "snaps". I found some in a scrapbook store, but they're not long enough to mount thru the door itself. They would, however, go thru the plate just fine.

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