Best way to preserve original art

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I just picked up an empty Joust cab last week. No boards, marquee or bezel, but it does have a K4900 with very little burn and a generic cp. Best of all, the original side art is all there, in pretty good shape. I'd like to restore it back to a dedicated Joust, or maybe a multi-Williams. I want to preserve the original side art, but it is "weather cracking" (for lack of a better description) - the paint is cracking in a vertical pattern on both sides. Aside from re-stencilling, what's the best way to clean this up? I thought maybe lightly going over the sides with steel wool, then touching up the really bad spots with some color matched paint, and finally shooting the whole cab with a clear coat. Anyone ever do anything like this? Here's a crappy cell phone pic to kinda show what I'm describing...
 

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Oooooh. I need to watch this thread, I'm in the same exact situation.

My instinct, with mine anyway, is to leave it as-is for the time being. It has a 30 year old look to it that I like... But I hear what you're saying, how to preserve...

I wouldn't re-stencil. Keep the original paint. It'd be like repainting a 57 Chevy with "The same color Blue" - not the original paint. JMO.

And yours looks pretty damn good already!
 
Greg,
If it were me I would do some minor touch up with color matched acrylic paint.
Then, after I was happy with the results I would cover it all with acrylic sealer in either matte or satin in a rattle can (arbitrary, but I would go with satin). You can buy that at any arts and crafts store such as Michaels or even the crafts dept at Wal-mart.
I think the problem is really that the plywood has started to delaminate and curl causing the vertical cracks. One side of my Stargate cab is doing this but it's not that bad yet.
 
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