Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
I still go BERZERK !
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Level42 on February 10, 2010, 02:45:38 pm ---Since the weather was like it was, I had to (carefully) spray inside the home.....
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Wow, that looks dangerous.
Level42:
I managed to remove the bezel, which was scary because it was very tight and the last thing I wanted to do was break a bezel that survived for 30 years and looked VERY close to brand new.
So I started by cleaning the front (with some mild-soapy water) and carefully the back (center only). I was very careful to get as little as possible of the artwork wet.
But after some time I saw something that stopped my heart..........for a moment.
Flakes ! Black flakes OMG !!!!!! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
I went insane. I'd overload the profanity filter if I'd cut and paste what I exclaimed....
Here I was, completely ruining a lovely piece of original arcade history. It survived 30 years through every day (ab)use, being stored for years etc. etc. and then this happens.
I went......BERZERK !!!
But it was done. Nothing I can do about it now.
Here are the damaged parts:
There's also damage on the black on the top, but forgot to take a pic. I think the black might be possible to rescue, but this, I guess this is beyond repair:
Well OK, we all love to write and read success story's, but the truth is that sometimes while trying to do the best you can things go wrong. This was one of these moments.
A dear lesson to learn.
Now I have three options:
1) Find a bezel that is just as nice....I guess it would have to be NOS for that. Very slim chance
2) Try to fix'r up. I guess I could do the black parts. But the robot's "arm"......
3) Order one of these:
A guy in the UK printed this for Luigi. It looks very nice indeed. I wonder about the instructions area though. It looks like that is "printed in" too. I'd prefer to keep my original card because it has instructions in Dutch (well it looks more like Flemish, but still....)
ChadTower:
Not surprising that it flaked like that, actually. Mine is a little flaked but not too bad. Just Triple Thick that sucker up and decide if you want to try your hand at a touchup. That's a pretty simple one compared to pinball playfield touchups and stuff. It's not backlit which really helps you out here.
You're a maniac spraypainting in your kitchen. I hope your wife doesn't know you did that.
Level42:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 10, 2010, 04:10:39 pm ---You're a maniac spraypainting in your kitchen. I hope your wife doesn't know you did that.
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Sshhhh.... does it help if I say I turned on the "cooker hood"? (I hope that Babelfish translation is right, it sounds weird but I really didn't know the English word for it :D)
Level42:
Oh, did I mention I hit 13200 today ! Quite a psychological breakthrough. I did somewhere in the 12000 once but it wasn't on my ZPU board. All my hi-scores on my own board were into the 11000 for some weird reason....
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