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Title: metal panels on cabinets
Post by: darkmavis on December 30, 2004, 02:22:22 pm

the cab i bought has a metal 4 player start panel n the front
see pic

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10050

 the guy who had it before has painted it with some godawful stuff (metal outside pain i think) its made out of the same  stuff as the coin mech. its clear im gonna have to sand down and start agian (ah well)  whats the best stuff to use to paint it? thaks again dudes.

Title: Re: metal panels on cabinets
Post by: stevejt on December 30, 2004, 04:01:43 pm

Spray paint that has a "fan" spray pattern.  One that sprays the circle or dot is alot harder to get a full even coat.  The fan spray pattern is sometimes called body panel paint.  For spraying cars.  Prime, then paint.

Steve

Title: Re: metal panels on cabinets
Post by: Apollo on December 31, 2004, 01:47:34 am

Don't even bother painting it dude, you should be looking at powder coating. Heaps of different colours and finishes and it's pretty much indestructable. It's surprisingly cheap as well.