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GMZombie:
just as the post says im trying to find out if the sideart is still in tact or if it has been ruined...how would i go about getting the black paint off? The machine was converted into a nintendo gradius i think is the correct spelling. it had a midway coin door and the monitor was obiously a pacman cause it has heavy burn in. still for 20 dollars not a bad deal...i wanted a pacman cab for my ms pac gal bootleg that i have

Darkstalker:
Well, my suggestion would be to try and chip some of the black paint off to see what you have underneath before doing the entire side.  Pac-Man burn in just means the monitor was hooked to a Pac-Man PCB at one point.

You could use some diluted paint thinner, or a razor blade if you have a lot of time on your hands...

GameDork:
My Pac Cab was painted over in gray paint. I could see the raised painting of the Pac art underneath.So, I just sanded it down until I could see the art clearly and made my own stencils.

You can look at the before and after pics in my project announcement thread:

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=20460

spriggy:
Go to this thread about paint removal and check out my reply.

Good Luck.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=21121;start=msg170837#msg170837

daeven:
Be careful with the 3M Safe Stripper on a Pac Man cabinet.  I tried that on the first side of mine and it took the original artwork off as easily as the paint.  I'm doing the second side using Goof Off and its doing a much better job.  It does require a lot of rubbing!

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