Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
A New Hope... "I knew you could do it!"
Level42:
Yes, per game, it's a lot of money if you need to pay that. On the other hand, you'll never get the same finish with spray painting yourself (unless you have a HVLP set-up, which is also _very_ expensive).
AND it's a Star Wars. That alone deserves a little bit more than usual. And because it's the yoke, this will be touched a lot so it can't be sturdy enough.
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: Level42 on March 27, 2009, 01:57:29 pm ---Yes, per game, it's a lot of money if you need to pay that. On the other hand, you'll never get the same finish with spray painting yourself (unless you have a HVLP set-up, which is also _very_ expensive).
AND it's a Star Wars. That alone deserves a little bit more than usual. And because it's the yoke, this will be touched a lot so it can't be sturdy enough.
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I seriously considered painting this... as my DK2 coin door came out fantastic using spray and 0000 steel wool between coats. I figured I'd leave the handles alone as they are in decent shape and because they are as you stated touched a lot. Which left me with just painting the frame... and after I got it apart and looked at it... I figured sanding it would be a ---smurfette--- so that did it for me.
ChadTower:
HVLP isn't that expensive if you already have the compressor and pneumatic stuff... which would also be used for sandblasting.
Funny I'm having two parallel powdercoating discussions, one here and one KLOV. The other is about how one would build their own powdercoating oven which to my view is very very similar to a meat smoker but less complex because you don't have to worry about food issues.
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 27, 2009, 03:06:25 pm ---
HVLP isn't that expensive if you already have the compressor and pneumatic stuff... which would also be used for sandblasting.
Funny I'm having two parallel powdercoating discussions, one here and one KLOV. The other is about how one would build their own powdercoating oven which to my view is very very similar to a meat smoker but less complex because you don't have to worry about food issues.
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I really think the sandblasting capability is key to any method... prep work is such a pain without it.
ChadTower:
Definitely... ooh, I wonder if you could use the same box for blasting as you did for baking. Just design the heater on a pullout shelf and you're good to go! That wouldn't be hard at all.
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