Centipede cocktail restoration question for visible black metal parts

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Centipede cocktail restoration question for visible black metal parts

I have a question about my Centipede cocktail. This is my first attempt at any sort of cosmetic restoration and I should have asked more questions before doing anything.

I removed all of the legs and associated metal brackets. These were rusting pretty bad. I sandblasted them clean and sanded some of the rougher parts that were pitting. I thought that the best thing to do would be to powdercoat them so I took them to a guy I found locally and told him that I wanted them flat black.

The problem is that they came back glossy. At least they appear much more glossy than I wanted.

So, I am planning on blasting them clean again and starting over.

My question is whether or not to attempt to powdercoat them again or to just paint them? I assumed that they were originally powdercoated but maybe I am mistaken. I would like any advice that will help me to achieve a more authentic looking result.

Thanks in advance people.

-Jeff
 
I painted my Warlords CT legs, bolts, speaker, etc. SATIN black, looks perfect.
 
There are different sheens for powdercoating, but if it's a sheen to shiny, I wouldn't sweat it, unless you just think it looks bad.
 
I powder coated all of my Atari c/t metal parts, satin black seems to match the original perfect. And yes I believe they were powder coated from the factory.
 
powdercoat is very strong stuff. I'd scuff them up and just shoot them with whatever color you want. The powdercoat will still be underneath keeping those parts from re-rusting.
 
Thanks for all the advice. I guess that for now I will just leave them as is. It's probably not worth the effort to redo them. On a good not, I found replacement leg levelers at Lowes so I can start putting it all back together. Unfortunately there are two of the original leg levelers still broken off in the legs and I have to figure out how to remove them. They are rusted in pretty good so I am not sure if I will be able to use an easy out without breaking it. I am going to let them soak in penetrating oil and then we will see. I will post some pics when I'm finished.
 
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