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Anybody else restore a condom machine before?
I have a few of these in the warehouse so I decided to fix one up and see how it looks. I remember seeing these in gas stations when I was a kid. They were always a little taboo to say the least. They are made by Harmon and look to be from sometime between the mid-50's to mid-60's. They operate on a double quarter stack (50c) coin mech and have flat/skeleton key type locks.
I stripped them with Aircraft Remover and then sanded. These tend to have many coats of different types of paint. Anytime the bathroom wall was painted it seems these would get painted also. The stickers were sold in bulk with the particular brand condom/novelty you put in the machine. Many machines will have 3 or 4 old stickers on top of each other from years of being on location.
I primed and painted the machine then installed an NOS sticker I purchased online.
These stickers are frail and old. I destroyed the first one I tried to install. This one came out great with only a couple tiny flaws. All in all the machine looks great and will be cool to have on my gameroom bathroom wall as a novelty/conversation piece. I will post pics of the black one when it is finished.
I have a few of these in the warehouse so I decided to fix one up and see how it looks. I remember seeing these in gas stations when I was a kid. They were always a little taboo to say the least. They are made by Harmon and look to be from sometime between the mid-50's to mid-60's. They operate on a double quarter stack (50c) coin mech and have flat/skeleton key type locks.
I stripped them with Aircraft Remover and then sanded. These tend to have many coats of different types of paint. Anytime the bathroom wall was painted it seems these would get painted also. The stickers were sold in bulk with the particular brand condom/novelty you put in the machine. Many machines will have 3 or 4 old stickers on top of each other from years of being on location.
I primed and painted the machine then installed an NOS sticker I purchased online.
These stickers are frail and old. I destroyed the first one I tried to install. This one came out great with only a couple tiny flaws. All in all the machine looks great and will be cool to have on my gameroom bathroom wall as a novelty/conversation piece. I will post pics of the black one when it is finished.
