LUCKYMAN
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Heres my first step. Restored the power brick
before
after
more pics to come as i progress
before
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more pics to come as i progress
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Good luck, and have fun. I posted a few pointers on the vinyl install in my restoration thread. Fortunately, the bottom is a beast, so you don't have to worry about restoring a chipped/water damaged bottom! Just make sure you prep your sides well with multiple coats of polyurethane and sanding in between so there are ZERO lumps or bumps...they'll show up easily.
Go get a $20 heat gun at Home Depot and strip the vinyl. It sucks, but is the best way to do it. Heat it to the point you can pull it, work a few inches at a time. If you do that, the particleboard shouldn't be too bad. When restoring all of these games, it's all about the prep work, so wood putty is fine, but then polyurethane over that. As for the base, I was just discussing this in another thread. Mine was originally black, so Rich's silver kit didn't work for me...and I was happy it didn't have black because I painted it instead. Honestly, I don't know how I'd do the vinyl. I guess I would line it up, tape the sides, and start laying it from the back to front..doing one side before the other.
Hey Darth,
What was the serial number on the one with the black base? Curious because most people report having a silver one. Judging by my serial number on Jeff's 720zone.com registry, I'm one of the upper numbers. Just wondering if it was something toward the end runs or what.
Hey Darth,
What was the serial number on the one with the black base? Curious because most people report having a silver one. Judging by my serial number on Jeff's 720zone.com registry, I'm one of the upper numbers. Just wondering if it was something toward the end runs or what.
Did you email him? If you're going to restore it, you might as well do it 100%.