POLL Centuri Badge Coin Door? Flat, Satin or Texture?

[vegas12]

Looking for feedback and/or experience in which finish to use for powder coating a Centuri badge coin door... I think the original were more of a flat black - between matte and satin but just interested in what others think. Of course this is preference, no one right way, but I'm frozen on making the choice... tell which you like and why?

Thanks!

 

[andrewb]

You might want to check out John's Arcade's Gyruss restore series on youtube. He redid a raised logo door there.

 

[bman7418]

I used textured flat, looks great.

 

[vegas12]

You might want to check out John's Arcade's Gyruss restore series on youtube. He redid a raised logo door there.

I've seen it, more interested in your opinion and others...

 

[andrewb]

I've seen it, more interested in your opinion and others...

Well I own that Gyruss now, so whatever he did in the vids is great.

 

[cjoli]

I sandblast mine then spray with Rust-Oleum flat black and the last coat I dust it from further away to give it more of a texture.

 

[vegas12]

I sandblast mine then spray with Rust-Oleum flat black and the last coat I dust it from further away to give it more of a texture.

Wow... that really looks good! What medium do you use for the blast?

 

[vegas12]

I sandblast mine then spray with Rust-Oleum flat black and the last coat I dust it from further away to give it more of a texture.

You reminded me that I did a owl eye coin door in a similar way, and in looking at my door LL owl door the flat black seems to have a tiny bit of luster to it vs a dry flat black... but it's been a year or two and I can't remember what flat black I used... is the rustoleum you use the version without the primer mixed in?

 

[cjoli]

Wow... that really looks good! What medium do you use for the blast?

I don't remember exactly what I had in the bucket but it was a sand not glass, walnuts or anything like that. I don't believe these doors where originally powder coated as they sandblast really easy verses other doors I have done. the attached image is not the same door this one was for my Dragons Lair.

 

[cjoli]

You reminded me that I did a owl eye coin door in a similar way, and in looking at my door LL owl door the flat black seems to have a tiny bit of luster to it vs a dry flat black... but it's been a year or two and I can't remember what flat black I used... is the rustoleum you use the version without the primer mixed in?

I used this

https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Oleum-2...id=1588887685&sprefix=rus,aps,161&sr=8-8&th=1

Also I just paint the whole badge and then block sand the paint off the letters after its had a couple of days to dry.

 

[vegas12]

You reminded me that I did a owl eye coin door in a similar way, and in looking at my door LL owl door the flat black seems to have a tiny bit of luster to it vs a dry flat black... but it's been a year or two and I can't remember what flat black I used... is the rustoleum you use the version without the primer mixed in?

I had to go back and search YouTube to try and find the paint texture video I used. When I did I realized that I actually used SEMI flat black which explains the bit of luster I described...

If you want to see an excellent vid on applying splatter texture to coin doors from BITD check this out:

https://youtu.be/yuU-1Zyz4iE

 

[cjoli]

Yea, I use different techniques depending on the door, Bally Midway doors I use the satin version of the Rust-Oleum and I hold on to empty cans that still kind of spit a little paint and use those to add a splatter effect in the end.

 

[joeycuda]

I don't believe these doors where originally powder coated as they sandblast really easy verses other doors I have done.

I don't believe ANY of the old doors were powdercoated. People will say that, but I think it was whatever paint of the day, likely a lacquer, sprayed over metal that wasn't primered.

 

[cjoli]

I don't believe ANY of the old doors were powdercoated. People will say that, but I think it was whatever paint of the day, likely a lacquer, sprayed over metal that wasn't primered.

Agree, the only coin doors that I have come across that I think where powder coated originally where the later over/under ones, they are a bitch to sandblast everything else has been fairly easy to strip.