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Title: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: audihere on January 08, 2009, 10:06:10 pm

The horizontal wood piece above the control panel on my Donkey Kong which has the instruction decal on it has the black laminate badly damaged (the wood isn't in very good shape either so painting wouldn't come out too good).  I'm looking for either an entire repro piece or a source for a small piece of black vinyl laminate that matches the original so I can re-apply it.  Anyone here have any extra I can buy from them or a website that sells really small sections of it (smallest I've found is 2ft by 18ft from Parts Express and that would leave me with a lot of extra laminate and I'm not sure if what they have correctly matches the original.  Any advice would be appreciated!  Thanks

Title: Re: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: Neverending Project on January 08, 2009, 11:15:40 pm

I just placed an order for a bunch of matte black vinyl from thisoldgame. I don't have a DK to compare, but if you give me the size you need I might be able to send you a little piece. I ordered both matte and textured black, so let me know which one. Here (http://www.thisoldgame.com/Partspages/VinylsPg.htm) are the ones I ordered.

Title: Re: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: audihere on January 09, 2009, 04:51:29 pm

Thanks, I went ahead and ordered a foot of there black vinyl.  Hopefully it will work out.

Title: Re: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: Paul Olson on January 10, 2009, 01:31:38 am

Please post back with the results, I have the same problem on my DK.

Thanks,
Paul

Title: Re: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: audihere on January 12, 2009, 06:53:04 pm

I received my order today from this old game and unfortunately the black vinyl laminate is going to be far too thin and not robust enough to repair this piece of wood on my Donkey Kong so I'm still looking for a solution.

Title: Re: Need black laminate source for under DK instruction decal
Post by: WunderCade on January 17, 2009, 11:17:14 am

Take a look at Neilyboy's DK restoration thread over in the RESTORATIONS forum. He did exactly what you're trying to do and I believe he listed his source for the black vinyl too, but you'll have search through his postings there.