Mike Doyle
Well-known member
I picked up this neglected Asteroids Cocktail from another collector as part of a haul that also included a few uncommon titles. This one wasn't working and was missing the top glass along with the cardboard bezel, and tinted monitor plexi. Since I always like to get things running before working on cosmetics, I got started testing and decided to rebuild the monitor for good measure. I ended up adding a socket and replacing one RAM in the program section. Now that everything was working and I had a nice stable picture, I switched to cosmetics.
I propped the cabinet up on blocks and pulled the legs, they had a little rust here and there and were missing a couple of end caps. 30 minutes of prep work later, they were ready for paint, I used the 2x coverage version of Painter's Touch satin black. The bolts were prepped by chucking them in a drill and holding a foam sanding block against the heads. Everything got 4 coats of paint, spaced about 15 minutes apart, which was a good match to the original finish.
I propped the cabinet up on blocks and pulled the legs, they had a little rust here and there and were missing a couple of end caps. 30 minutes of prep work later, they were ready for paint, I used the 2x coverage version of Painter's Touch satin black. The bolts were prepped by chucking them in a drill and holding a foam sanding block against the heads. Everything got 4 coats of paint, spaced about 15 minutes apart, which was a good match to the original finish.
