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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: GameDork on March 26, 2004, 09:03:25 pm
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I dragged my Pacman Cab. out today and started sanding on it to prepare it for new paint. When I started I saw the original sideart is still pretty much intact.
Is it worth it to try and save it by light sanding and touching up the graphics and a whole new respray of the yellow?
or....
Just strip it off and proceed as planned with a new complete paint jab?
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Pac sideart does not usually survive very well under other paint.
Williams sideart, and silk screened stuff survives paint-overs very well, Pac-Man does not.
Heck, Pac-Man art has a hard time surviving without being painted over. Take a good look at the next Pac or Ms. Pac you encounter. The sideart will almost certainly look terrible.
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so I should just strip it all off?
It just seems so wrong.......I can see Pacman looking at me with those big red eyes..........Its gonna be hard, I just have to think of how good he will look after I repaint him, huh? :(
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Well, what I am saying is that it is not going to be presentable. You will basically have to repaint the whole thing once you get down to the pac art.
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What you could try is using 3M Safest Stripper, in light coats, a bit at a time, and taking paint off that way. You will have to repaint, but at least you can use the original art as a template of types.