Coin Door Pitting

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So I bought a Nintendo coin door thinking it would need a little sandblasting and powdercoating. Opened it up (months after purchasing it from a KLOVer) and the fucker has more dimples than Fritz's ass in a funhouse mirror. The dimples are of course rust pits and my powder coaters have told me that there are 2 things they cannot do. Get rid of pitting by sandblasting, and powdercoat over bondo. What do I do? Get out the grinder? Bondo then paint instead of powdercoating? This sucks.
 
You can have them do a heavy coat of PC to try and fill the voids. But I would suggest high build primer and body filler if needed followed up by some paint.
 
Yeah I guess this one will not be getting the royal treatment.

Relax. Use your magic, along with bondo and the Rustoleum hammered finish and it will look just fine:

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Oh, and I'll be happy to accept "the royal treatment" if it's still on the table.
 
skim coat of Bondo, sand, a couple of coats of primer, sanding between, then use RustOleum satin black spray. It will look gooood.
 
skim coat of Bondo, sand, a couple of coats of primer, sanding between, then use RustOleum satin black spray. It will look gooood.

This, but splatter on some truck bed liner spray before the Rustoleum satin black if you want to reproduce the original texture.
 
This, but splatter on some truck bed liner spray before the Rustoleum satin black if you want to reproduce the original texture.

On a Nintendo door? I've seen a few with random 'splatters' under the paint, almost like the course random setting of a spackle hopper for drywall, but nothing that would even approach the even and uniform consistency of Truck Bedliner spray. That sounds more later Midway (Rampage, Arch Rivals) to me.
 
So I bought a Nintendo coin door thinking it would need a little sandblasting and powdercoating. Opened it up (months after purchasing it from a KLOVer) and the fucker has more dimples than Fritz's ass in a funhouse mirror.

Yeah. I agree with Alpha-tron. First you... wait. You saw Fritz's ass?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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Yeah. I agree with Alpha-tron]/b]. First you... wait. You saw Fritz's ass?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.


I was LOOKING at the funhouse mirror. His ass just happened to move into the viewing area while I was looking. Needless to say I got the hell out of there as fast as I could.
 
Here is a minty original finish on Ninty coin door for your viewing pleasure.:rolleyes:
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On a Nintendo door? I've seen a few with random 'splatters' under the paint, almost like the course random setting of a spackle hopper for drywall, but nothing that would even approach the even and uniform consistency of Truck Bedliner spray. That sounds more later Midway (Rampage, Arch Rivals) to me.

Here's the original coin door on my Donkey Kong Jr.:

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It's definitely textured. If you just spray it with Rustoleum, you'll get a finish that is smooth as a baby's ass, to keep with the ass metaphor. Here's a coin door that has only Rustoleum sprayed on:

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What I'm suggesting is to put on a very light "splattering" of bed liner spray first. Press the nozzle just enough so that the paint starts to sputter out, holding the can about 18 inches away from the coin door. Not a full coat, just enough to create the little bumps on the surface. Then follow it up with a few coats of Rustoleum. Here's one I did that way for a Stern coin door. (if it was a Nintendo door I'd use slightly more bed liner spray, but you get the idea):

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I know it's not 100% identical to the original texture, but in my opinion it looks very close. The hammered finish would also match it quite closely though, more so than Rustoleum by itself.

Whatever way you do it, I'm sure it'll look really nice, so don't sweat it if you can't get it powder coated.
 
So I bought a Nintendo coin door thinking it would need a little sandblasting and powdercoating. Opened it up (months after purchasing it from a KLOVer) and the fucker has more dimples than Fritz's ass in a funhouse mirror. The dimples are of course rust pits and my powder coaters have told me that there are 2 things they cannot do. Get rid of pitting by sandblasting, and powdercoat over bondo. What do I do? Get out the grinder? Bondo then paint instead of powdercoating? This sucks.

Let me try your next powder coating job and see if I can do any better for you. They make this product for situations like yours.
www.columbiacoatings.com/High_Temp_Lab_Metal_Filler_p/hilabba.htm
 
Let me try your next powder coating job and see if I can do any better for you. They make this product for situations like yours.
www.columbiacoatings.com/High_Temp_Lab_Metal_Filler_p/hilabba.htm

Sweet, I'll look into that. These guys are local to me and are very reasonable. No shipping charges, etc. My last batch was 5 complete coin doors, 2 control panels, 2 Sega coin boxes and 16 marquee/bezel brackets all for $96. Kinda hard to beat that. Thanks for the offer though.
 
Sweet, I'll look into that. These guys are local to me and are very reasonable. No shipping charges, etc. My last batch was 5 complete coin doors, 2 control panels, 2 Sega coin boxes and 16 marquee/bezel brackets all for $96. Kinda hard to beat that. Thanks for the offer though.
I've been looking at local places to have this done too. Maybe a dumb question, but how the hell do you keep track of all the parts and what goes with what? I can just see myself getting a huge pile of finished parts but not knowing what goes with what. :eek:
 
I've been looking at local places to have this done too. Maybe a dumb question, but how the hell do you keep track of all the parts and what goes with what? I can just see myself getting a huge pile of finished parts but not knowing what goes with what. :eek:

I bring in a box full of parts, and leave with a several layered pile of stuff wrapped in sponge wrap. You just have to write it all down with diagrams or just match the parts to the cabs as you go.
 
Setup a camcorder and film what item your taking apart.
Take pictures before during and after wards.
Lots of Zip lock bags to put in parts keep the nuts and bolts in groups which they belong too.
 
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