Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
A New Hope... "I knew you could do it!"
RetroACTIVE:
Got my stuff back from the powder coating shop.... yeah! I glossed the bulk of the body and semi glossed the handles... I also had a gold coat put on the power block frame... check it out!
This gold looks unbelievable!... wish I had new stickers
I'm anxious to get it back together... but real life is keeping me preoccupied.
"You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done."
TheShanMan:
That looks awesome! I was watching an old episode of My Classic Car last night and they had a guy from Eastwood on the show showing off their DIY powder coating kit. Looks really cool, and it's really simple. Only thing is you gotta have an oven you don't use for cooking. When we get our next house I might just have to get some old oven off of CL so I can do this! The kit is here: http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=5572&itemType=PRODUCT
Level42:
Wow that looks great !!!
I think I will have to plan a date to remove _ALL_ black hardware from _ALL_ my machines and have them powdercoated in one go.
That little DIY kit looks nice but the youtube video seems to have a couple of unfavorable comments...does anyone own a kit like that ?
For an oven, you could consider one of those tiny electric ovens that cost close to nothing. However, larger parts like marquee retainers would require a really big oven, bigger than a regular house-hold oven. And that would take up the same space as a cab.....;)
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Level42 on April 11, 2009, 02:24:29 am ---For an oven, you could consider one of those tiny electric ovens that cost close to nothing. However, larger parts like marquee retainers would require a really big oven, bigger than a regular house-hold oven. And that would take up the same space as a cab.....;)
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You might be able to get away with retainers in a household oven if you took out the racks. Complication here is that you have to hang the part so it's not sitting on anything. Maybe if you suspended it diagonally with two hooks. I'm in the process of working this stuff out right now. Just had an electrician out to spec out the work to put power out to my shed. Included in the plan is a 240v outlet for an old electric oven for powdercoating.
RetroACTIVE:
I received my replacement artwork today... it came in the same square box... it was a little crushed again... there are a few kinks in it. I'm a little dissapointed it's a lot of money and I just want it to come out great. I'm sure it will be ok.
"Thats funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here."
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