Pac-man restoration - Return from Doh!

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WunderCade:
I think it looks good. Ready for the stencils....

Spyridon:
Well, I was sitting on the couch watching the Phillies game and I thought to myself, "Hey, I could be doing something productive while watching this game", so I pulled out the control panel and applied the overlay.

Items needed:
1 freshly painted control panel
1 CPO
tape
scissors
plastic burnishing tool (or whatever it's called)
beer - apply as needed

The first thing I did was line up the overlay and use some tape to hold it in place. Blue tape works well as it is low tack, but just to be safe, I stuck it on the work surface first to take off any heavy residue. You only need to tape the middle and one end as you will be working first from the end without tape (It's easiest to work with the top of the control panel facing you)

Working from the tapeless end, peel back to overlay, being careful that the remaining parts stay in place

Next, use your scissors to cut a few inches of the backing off

Lay the overlay in place, and use the burnishing tool to press it down good.

Next, remove the tape and pick up the other end of the overlay

Remove the backing slowly, beginning from the cut side, while at the same time you press the overlay into place.

Use the burnishing tool again to press the entire overlay into place.

The result...a beautiful looking control panel:

(by the way, notice how well those extra holes on the front of the control panel cleaned up. You can't even tell they were ever there)

Level42:
Nice work !

Tip: instead of the tape you simply could have installed the buttons temporarily. Like this:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=62784.msg671270#msg671270

Spyridon:

--- Quote from: Level42 on August 26, 2009, 01:57:07 am ---Nice work !

Tip: instead of the tape you simply could have installed the buttons temporarily. Like this:

--- End quote ---

Yeah, I considered that but went with the tape instead. You can see in one of the pictures above there is a button on the side that I was going to use.

Spyridon:
Okay, the part we've all been waiting for....

The stencil process has begun!

Step 1:
Line up the left side RED stencil in the correct position. Wasn't as hard as I thought as the stencil is set so that you just align the back edge to the left edge of the cab and everything lines up from left to right. You just need to set the correct distance from the top. Use tape to hold it in place.

Step 2:
Use the hinge method as follows:
* Remove tape from the top of the stencil and peel back a few inches
* Cut off the backing from the part you peeled back
* Apply the top section of the stencil to the cab and press into place
* Remove all the tape
* Working from the top down, slowly peel back a few inches at a time. As you do this, press the decal into place with a plastic burnishing tool like this one (if you don't have one, a credit card will proabably work):

* Once the stencil is in place, peel off the protective layer

Step 3:
Repeat for the other side

Step 4:
Cover up all the areas that you don't want to get paint on

Step 5: (the fun step)
Paint!

Step 6:
Remove the stencils:

This automotive paint dries very quickly so you can remove the stencils within minutes of painting. I didn't want to leave them on too long and let the paint really harden up and risk pulling some of it off when removing the stencil

The stencil uses registration marks (pac-man shaped) to line up the next two layers of stencils. You must remember to leave these on the cab and not remove them after painting

Step 7:
Admire your work

The first color is the easiest since you don't have to worry about aligning it to the previous colors. That will be a challange. Since the first color of the front stencils is blue, I'm going to do that when I do the second pass on the sides.

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