Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Punch Out Restoration Project Started
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This is the second time I've ever seen someone sand the finish of a Nintendo cab. That stuff is hard to get off. Since the finish is so smooth most people paint over it.
How long did one of the sides take you?
xtommyboy22x:
I would have left the original coat of paint, if it was smooth. Someone did a black popcorn textured paintjob over the entire cabinet, to give it a rough appearance. It looked bad. After using citristrip, peeling off what I could of the paint, and sanding, it took me about two and a half hours per side. I think that it was worth doing because I discovered some parts of the wood that had a little water damage. I am going to scrape out the rotted parts and put wood hardener and wood bondo to strengthen and smooth. Stay tuned, I am determined to bring this cabinet back to life and give it the brand new fresh look it deserves. I am planning on scraping, patching, and fixing even the very underside base the cabinet sits on.
xtommyboy22x:
I have a little break between letting the citristip sit and letting wood hardener dry, so I decided to post some pictures : )
Citristrip working its magic on the paint, to save me time and sandpaper.
Wood hardener for those bad, worn, rotted corners.
Apply wood hardener with a disposable paintbrush : )
I will be posting more photos in a little while...stay tuned.
xtommyboy22x:
Sanded..whew :P....thank God I am done with the majority of sanding : )
I used a tack cloth to get all the fine particles off of the wood before applying wood filler.
After about 45 minutes I am going to sand down the wood filler by hand.
xtommyboy22x:
After the wood filler.
I still have to finish sanding smooth, but hey its a start :)
Another edge that needs a little smoothing.
I will finish smoothing over tommorrow. Man..... I still have a lot of sanding to do (dang). It will all be worth it when its finished. (right.... :))
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