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Benevolance:
And you can doff the top hat, roll up those shirt sleeves when Ms. Pac Man starts to get intense.

drventure:
Well, no pics just yet, but suffice it to say, I'm cryin'

 :cry:

Take it from me, DO NOT try to seal formica with clear enamel spray.

I knew it was a tad risky, and, well, for about a week, it looks fantastic.

But then, everywhere where sweaty hands touched it, the enamel has discolored, turning a chalky whitish gray.

I thought at first it could just be wiped off, but no go.

And it's steadily getting worse.

I even tested it on a spare sample and let it sit for a week. That test piece still looks great  :angry:

Oh well. It plays and I've still got the bottom panels and monitor to frame out and finish up.

In the meantime, maybe I'll figure out some way to salvage the cp...

Ond:
No way! :o that's a damn shame  :( .  I'm thinking about how to rescue it.  Maybe try to remove the clear enamel and go back to the formica surface, I would try acetone (the stuff in nail polish remover) it should dissolve the enamel without wrecking the formica surface, you could try it out on the sample first and even leave it for a while after it's clean to be sure.  It will probabaly take off the gold work with the enamel though.   Paint thinner is also an option but I would try Acetone first and only on the sample to start with.  I've had to go through the pain of stripping back and starting again it's infuriating and frustrating to say the least, I did something else for a bit until I was ready to tackle it again.  You've come way to far to let this ruffle you for long though.

drventure:
Hey Ond

Yeah, I'm going to concentrate on some of the other finishing touches, and getting all the LED and ELWire elements operational (LED Blinky is some kinda fun!)

Maybe it'll all just flake off on it's own  ::)

I suspect if push comes to shove, I could use paint thinner or similar, but that'd almost certainly wreck all the stamping, and getting that right the first time was a chore. I guess it'd likely to be much easier the second time around though.

I've also thought about possibly having a vinyl overlay printed, but getting all the holes lined up now would be a whole world of pain.

And I know all about stripping. After I'd re-veneered the cabinet doors, I stained them, and got the color too red (even though I'd tested it too, sigh). So I had to grind them both back down to below the stain. No big deal except I sanded +through+ the veneer in one small spot before I realized I'd done it.

Fortunately, a horse hair brush and a little ebony stain, and I emulated (hehe) the maple grain good enough that you can't even tell now. Still, that was a little disheartening too.

So, I'll do something else for a few weeks and see where it goes.

BTW, have you seen this guys PC case mod?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steampunkfrankenstein/



The thing's almost 8 FEET tall!

Unbelievable detail, and he says he got virtually everything off ebay.

It's a tad TOO "steampunky" for what I'm doing but wow. Lots of ideas for small elements I hope to incorporate.

Ond:
I'm looking forward to playing with LED Blinky myself.  Step back from it as you say and give youself time to think it through.  That case (case ???) is nuts.  One thing though it's loaded with fodder for design for your animation I'm doing, valves, brass nuts, tubes etc, I'll go check it out more.  Hmmm I might have to find some parts in the anime to do in timber too.  :afro:

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