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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: OverRide on November 01, 2010, 11:03:52 am

Title: DK Restoration - Laminate replacement options?
Post by: OverRide on November 01, 2010, 11:03:52 am: Hello,

Soon I will be starting my winter project, restoring a DK cab that was converted to Arkanoid. My only hurtle at this point is deciding on what method to use for fixing/replacing the sides? the Laminate is pretty beat up. I was wondering if replacement laminate exists? Or am I stuck with painting or using vinyl?

Thanks,

Aaron.
Title: Re: DK Restoration - Laminate replacement options?
Post by: leapinlew on November 03, 2010, 03:12:53 pm: Quote from: OverRide on November 01, 2010, 11:03:52 am
Hello,

Soon I will be starting my winter project, restoring a DK cab that was converted to Arkanoid. My only hurtle at this point is deciding on what method to use for fixing/replacing the sides? the Laminate is pretty beat up. I was wondering if replacement laminate exists? Or am I stuck with painting or using vinyl?

Thanks,

Aaron.

Heres a dumb question - is the sides laminate at all? I thought it was just paint. It sure sands off like paint.

What I did was sand mine smooth, fix the sides with filler/bondo (nows a good time to hide the bolts), and took a sample into Home Depot so they could color match. I painted it.

Looks good.
Title: Re: DK Restoration - Laminate replacement options?
Post by: Spyridon on November 03, 2010, 04:41:24 pm: Quote from: leapinlew on November 03, 2010, 03:12:53 pm

Heres a dumb question - is the sides laminate at all? I thought it was just paint. It sure sands off like paint.

Correct, it was just paint. It was baked on and had a hard finish like a laminate.
Title: Re: DK Restoration - Laminate replacement options?
Post by: javeryh on November 11, 2010, 06:03:53 pm: Paint it. That's what I did to mine and it came out great.
Title: Re: DK Restoration - Laminate replacement options?
Post by: OverRide on November 15, 2010, 03:28:56 pm: Thanks for the help. I saw a couple restored DK cab's in person. And yes, the paint looks awesome.