Best advice/techinique you've gotten here?

joeycuda

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Here's an idea.. What's the best idea/advice/technique you've picked up on this forum?

Some, like myself, have been collecting for 10+ years, yet there's still a LOT to learn.

I hadn't needed to repaint many large areas with satin black, mostly brackets, coin doors, etc and always had good experience with rattle cans. I'd read where several, incl prok, swore by using Rust-oleum satin black, sprayed through a gun.

I had replaced my Robotron front with new MDF, then applied several coats of Zinsser sealer to soak in, sanded, primered, sanded, then used rattle can Valspar satin black. I didn't like how it turned out, as it looked uneven.

I block sanded that finish with 320 grit, to knock it down flat, then scuffed with 3M grey pad, then wiped with naptha to clean. I sprayed from a cheap siphon feed HVLP gun - the satin black, bought in a quart can, 85% paint, 15% acetone to thin, as recommended on the can.

The result were pretty amazing. Not only does the sheen look great and it's slick as a car finish, but it's perfectly even. Since I had more paint in the gun, I went ahead and repainted the new plywood backdoor I made, the remaining black areas on cabinet, and the 2 coin doors.

Though cleaning the gun is some trouble, and there's the set up time, I'll probably use this method to paint coin doors and larger in the future. It also seems that doing it that way is cheaper, in materials, than buying rattle cans.
 
removing a cpo by placing it in the oven. Best removal method ever short of having someone else remove it for you. Although it seems no matter how many times I mention it in a thread folks shy away from the idea. At least until they try it. Then they think it's the greatest idea ever and wonder why they wasted so much time with heat guns, scrapers, wire wheels, BBQ's and map gas. I'm sure this won't get any folks to try it though as everyone seems afraid for some reason.
 
Overall I've gotten a lot of inspiration, especially when it comes to restoring cabs cosmetically, it's amazing what some Klovers have been able to do with even the worst kinds of damage!
 
For me it is the simple things.

- Using a paint roller to paint a cabinet. No spray-gun prep or cleanup needed and the results are really awesome.

- Using bondo to repair big damage and gouges. I don't know why this didn't occur to me before...

- Using 1x1 blocks to put a cabinet back together from the inside

- Using Minwax Wood Hardener to repair water damage. Saves craptons of time not having to fab new parts.
 
The bondo thing and of course always offer only 10% of what people are selling games for. LOL
 
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