Future project pin is a Recel from Spain.

[JahBarron]

So... here's another question regarding this one.

How does one remove the pf from the cabinet? Is the a harness that detaches or do I need to depopulate the pf while it is still in the cabinet and go from there?

 

[marxtoys]

So... here's another question regarding this one.

How does one remove the pf from the cabinet? Is the a harness that detaches or do I need to depopulate the pf while it is still in the cabinet and go from there?

p/f harness would be a couple of those big plugs on the cabinet panel and bottom of backbox insert. The p/f can be pulled out and worked on a stand, or stripped in the cabinet - whatever's handy.

I seem to recall mention of a hair dryer being used to soften the mylar goo so the stuff would peel off without taking paint.

 

[JahBarron]

The glue used to adhere this mylar is some pretty tough stuff! I tried everything to no avail and, in the end (if any of you attempt to remove one of these from a Recel pin from this era), the only thing that works is the hairdryer and a razor blade. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to go about removing the glue from the pf art. Also, as a warning to those who attempt this, denatured alcohol melts the glue but also eats the paint!

 

[beerorkid]

I hear goo gone works well

 

[JahBarron]

Finally finished getting mylar and, more difficultly, getting the glue off. Now before re-assembly....

wax now or wax after?

 

[marxtoys]

Finally finished getting mylar and, more difficultly, getting the glue off. Now before re-assembly....

wax now or wax after?

wax after new mylar but before screwing all the pieces back on.

 

[JahBarron]

I don't think i'm gonna re-mylar. Apart from a few nicks and scrapes, taking a plastic razorblade to the pf with a hair dryer for glue removal worked amazingly well. After get the base of it off, I put a little denatured alcohol on a cloth rag and wiped in circles. Voila!

Before and after, pics:

 

[JahBarron]

 

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[JahBarron]

The nastiest:

Work "bench" in action:

 

[joeycuda]

Looks like a good candidate for a touch up and clearcoat, since you have it stripped down anyways.. You'd just have to pull the wire guides (and do a lot more work...).

 

[JahBarron]

As the guy who did a ton of work to get that mylar and glue off I was thinking that, but a good CC would probably run over $200. I'm not sure if the guy I was doing this as a favor would wanna spend any more money on it. He got it off eBay for $250 ("in GREAT shape!") and paid NAVL $450 to ship it from Brooklyn to LA.

Then there's my end: matching paint. I was in contact with a guy in Spain who restored one of these and he said he had a hard time matching the blue (even with Americana). The fact that touch-ups tend to darken after a clear coat also frightens me.