Mario Bros. CPO = Butter

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To piggy back off of the other thread about removing old CPOs...

I got my Kawasaki Heat Gun in the mail yesterday from Amazon and was dying to try it on my Mario Bros. control panel.

The reviews don't lie. I set it on high and used the scraper tool and the overlay just scraped off like butter. I'm still going to need to use Goo-Gone or Brake Cleaner for some of the adhesive residue, but it gets all of the overlay off. I even tested it on my SFII CPO and it made the top layer crumble off and the overlay just peeled off. I also started to remove some of the old vinyl off of SFII and it was so easy. If I choose to apply new vinyl, this will be the perfect tool to do that as well.

I'm definitely going to save myself hours of time of scraping and peeling with razor blades and my fingers. I love that it comes with the scraper tool and attachments. It makes it a very versatile product. Highly recommended.


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UPDATE: I finally finished this, but never posted it. Here are pictures of it primed and ready for the new CPO. It's been done for months but I've never taken a finished pic. I'll try to post one eventually.

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I think it is kind of hit a miss with the Harbor Freight one. The one I had lasted about 1 hour of use.....
 
I ended up forking out the cash for the Milwaukee one from Home Depot. It is built like a tank compared to the HF. Of course I could have gone through probably 3-4 HF ones for the price....
 
The heat gun was good for taking off the CPO but the thick adhesive was still a layer on there. Blkdog's tip of using brake cleaner worked good with the scraper and got me 95% there.

I then just used steel wool and more brake cleaner to get the rest of it off... ran the rusty parts under a wire wheel and sprayed rustoleum metalic onto the pitted areas for a "Like New" finish... I'll see how it goes when it dries and may try to give the CPO a shot tonight. I want to slice the backing paper so that I get a nice splice for registering and laying it on 1/2 at a time.

My Mario CPO may get dressed tonight!!!!

It's like a tale of two MB WB Control Panels...

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Mine arrived today and I am on the same project! (Mario widebody CPO removal!)

To piggy back off of the other thread about removing old CPOs...

I got my Kawasaki Heat Gun in the mail yesterday from Amazon and was dying to try it on my Mario Bros. control panel.

The reviews don't lie. I set it on high and used the scraper tool and the overlay just scraped off like butter. I'm still going to need to use Goo-Gone or Brake Cleaner for some of the adhesive residue, but it gets all of the overlay off. I even tested it on my SFII CPO and it made the top layer crumble off and the overlay just peeled off. I also started to remove some of the old vinyl off of SFII and it was so easy. If I choose to apply new vinyl, this will be the perfect tool to do that as well.

I'm definitely going to save myself hours of time of scraping and peeling with razor blades and my fingers. I love that it comes with the scraper tool and attachments. It makes it a very versatile product. Highly recommended.


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The heat gun was good for taking off the CPO but the thick adhesive was still a layer on there. Blkdog's tip of using brake cleaner worked good with the scraper and got me 95% there.

I then just used steel wool and more brake cleaner to get the rest of it off... ran the rusty parts under a wire wheel and sprayed rustoleum metalic onto the pitted areas for a "Like New" finish... I'll see how it goes when it dries and may try to give the CPO a shot tonight. I want to slice the backing paper so that I get a nice splice for registering and laying it on 1/2 at a time.

My Mario CPO may get dressed tonight!!!!

It's like a tale of two MB WB Control Panels...

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I have alot of pitting to and my painting didnt help it out. Im sure if i dont fill these in it may/will cause problems eventually once CPO is applied. Any recommendations?
 
the edge where your palm rests on for my CP had lots of pitting and some light paint and sanding filled it in barely. Once the CP was applied, it was un-noticable. I would say don't worry about it.

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I found the CPO from Quarter Arcade a little translucent so I would say use white primer on your CP and put on a pretty good layer then sand it down as smooth as you can.

Applying without bubbles is a bigger issue.

It was a long night but I got addicted to working on the CP.

Cleaned, Painted, Sanded, Cleaned and prepped the Metal CP.

Rebuilt a 4 way joystick and 2 way joystick. Polished hte handles, CLeaned out all of the grease and applied new grease

Polished all of the bolt heads (some were pitted from rust, eh)

Re-assembled the CP with new Bob R buttons and tuned the switch holders.

Examined the CP Harness to figure out maybe where the extra pins go for the 4 way joystick. Tried to compare it to my Popeye harness.

I'm basically building this MB so that I can move the main harness edge connector to a harness extension that runs to a 2nd cage for Popeye.
 

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looks great!!!! for the sticky adhesive try using paint thinner. You can get it at NAPA or any autobody supplier store. Thats works great on almost anything when your trying to clean off metal. Be careful around certain plastics though as it can eat it up.
 
yeah I was freaking out cause I had used the heat gun to strip the CPO and then sprayed some brake cleaner to get the adhesive off and it boiled off.... (low boil temp)

I ran to vent the garage... It was just a small shot but still....
 
CP work is sort of addictive

Tonight I took the 2nd MB WB CP and completely stripped it down to the bare metal and took off as much rust as I could with wet sanding, wire wheel and scrapping.
 

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I thought I would throw this out there. I have worked in 3 food plants and we have used this adhesive remover to remove glue, tape residue, and other adhesives. It is citrus based and works well if you let it sit for about 15-20 minutes. Depending on the amount of residue it make take a few applications but it is easliy removed with a scraper.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3KB83?Pid=search
 
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