cocktail legs restoration

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anyone know a good tutorial on restorting coktail legs??
thanks in advance guys
 
I would powder coat instead of paint. Powder coating is a more durable finish. It won't scratch as easily as paint. The powder coaters strip the old paint before coating.
 
I would powder coat instead of paint. Powder coating is a more durable finish. It won't scratch as easily as paint. The powder coaters strip the old paint before coating.

Definitely better. I did mine by painting because I have no idea how much powder coating costs, but I'm pretty sure it's more than the can of primer and the can of krylon black that were already in my garage.

I used a small 'mouse' type sander to rough up the coating and take off any rust (down to the bare metal anyplace the old coating is flaking or rusty).
I then sprayed with a rust-converting primer onto that (2 coats, possibly), and then a couple of coats of krylon black (with appropriate wait times between coats).
I did all my painting by hanging the legs from the ceiling on a bungee cord through one of the screw holes.

I replaced the leg bolts with some stainless steel ones that I bought (the shiny finish is different than the original black, so you might want to get more original ones).

It looks pretty good!
 
Thx for the info, tge onlt reason why im not looking forward to powdercoating is because its gonna cost me, maybe even more than the machine itself 8-0
If anyone knows tuts on painting please awnser, and allso thanks guys for awsnering
 
I use a powder coater at work for some parts we get done. It's going to run you $150-200 for a minimum run.

The parts themselves are pretty cheap to powder. It's the minimum that gets you. I was going to have our guys powder coat some of my smaller parts, but I was afraid they'd lose them.

I have a set of Crystal Castles cocktail legs that I do plan to get powder coated with a wrinkle finish. I'm just waiting until I can run it with some other stuff so I'm not paying for the setup.
 
When I restored the legs on my Missile Command cocktail, I used a random orbit palm sander and sanded them right down to bare metal. After that, I sprayed them with about 3 coats of Tremclad (Rustoleum) semi-gloss black using the rattle cans. I didn't use primer, since the Tremclad is fine to be applied directly to clean, bare metal. For the bolts, I put them in the chuck of my drill and spun them against some sandpaper to remove the rust, then sprayed them with the same paint. The finish is probably not going to be as durable as powder coating, but I think it's durable enough for a home arcade setting (people's sock feet aren't going to wear down the paint quickly), it was inexpensive and looks very nice.
 

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I've got some crazy climber cocktail legs I'd like re-chromed at some point. Think they quoted $225. It's got that silver metallic finish.

Tom
 
Doing same restore on my Crystal Castles cocktail

How did your go about removing the legs? I am concerned about how to place the cabinet on the ground without the legs while they get powder coated. Can I just let the whole cabinet rest on the floor? Should I setup a block pier underneath?

Thanks,

Howard




I use a powder coater at work for some parts we get done. It's going to run you $150-200 for a minimum run.

The parts themselves are pretty cheap to powder. It's the minimum that gets you. I was going to have our guys powder coat some of my smaller parts, but I was afraid they'd lose them.

I have a set of Crystal Castles cocktail legs that I do plan to get powder coated with a wrinkle finish. I'm just waiting until I can run it with some other stuff so I'm not paying for the setup.
 
How did your go about removing the legs? I am concerned about how to place the cabinet on the ground without the legs while they get powder coated. Can I just let the whole cabinet rest on the floor? Should I setup a block pier underneath?

Thanks,

Howard

Wow. Major thread resurrection. Sure you can let the cab rest on the floor. You might put a towel underneath it so that it doesn't get scratched up if on concrete or something. It you have a 4 wheeler, that would be great as you can then move it around easily. But it will not hurt the cab to be supported by itself.
 
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