NEW Plating: Chrome, Brass, Black Nickel, powder coating for games...

Thanks for the Tapper info Chris. I most likely will send mine in August.
I will message you before doing so. Thanks!
 
We are back from vacation for those waiting to ship parts.
Dropped off a set of Paperboy handlebars today at the shop to have done. Also dissassembled a Gottlieb raised letter coin door and am having it powder coated to see what it will cost and to see the results. I will post pics of it before and after.
Let me know if I can help anyone with anything.
Chris
[email protected] or 615-598-0024
pinballplating.com
 
We are back from vacation for those waiting to ship parts.
Dropped off a set of Paperboy handlebars today at the shop to have done. Also dissassembled a Gottlieb raised letter coin door and am having it powder coated to see what it will cost and to see the results. I will post pics of it before and after.
Let me know if I can help anyone with anything.
Chris
[email protected] or 615-598-0024
pinballplating.com

Sweet, thanks for the update. I'm really interested to see how the Gottlieb coin door turns out. How do you plan on handling the raised lettering? I believe the original is just bare metal. I don't see how you could effectively mask that off. I've heard of people painting, then sanding off the paint, and I've heard of people painting the raised letters silver.
 
I've done a few Gottlieb door panels in past restorations. Powder coated them fine. As for the raised lettering, I have done it 2 ways....

Powder the whole thing with the plate still screwed in. The powder is thin to still see the detail in the lettering. Took a metallic silver sharpie and feathered over the lettering. Looked great in my opinion.

Second, did the same as above except, no sharpie. Sanded off the powder coat where the letters were. Took a lot longer and had to be extremely careful not to bump off the letters...turned out fine too....just took forever!

Couldn't find my old restoration threads on here, Qbert...what was done. Honestly , didnt look that hard either. ;)

I would highly recommend using the sharpie method.

Love to see how the OP does this. It's going to be great for KLOVers to have an option to plate and powder from someone again! You'll do great!
 
Also would be interested in having a bunch of stuff sand blasted & powder coated if you ever offer that service. I have 3 coin doors and a byunch of metal stuff that needs it.
 
Glad to see you picking up the torch of Mike Chestnut. Too bad to see all the drama it caused on pinside. You're providing a valuable service to the hobby, and seem to be nothing but respectful of Mike's legacy.

Once I've got some spare cash I'll definitely be sending you my PB handlebars. Also been toying with the idea of changing the lockdown bar, glass slides, legs, etc on my Paragon to brass.
 
I've done a few Gottlieb door panels in past restorations. Powder coated them fine. As for the raised lettering, I have done it 2 ways....

Powder the whole thing with the plate still screwed in. The powder is thin to still see the detail in the lettering. Took a metallic silver sharpie and feathered over the lettering. Looked great in my opinion.

Second, did the same as above except, no sharpie. Sanded off the powder coat where the letters were. Took a lot longer and had to be extremely careful not to bump off the letters...turned out fine too....just took forever!

Couldn't find my old restoration threads on here, Qbert...what was done. Honestly , didnt look that hard either. ;)

I would highly recommend using the sharpie method.

Love to see how the OP does this. It's going to be great for KLOVers to have an option to plate and powder from someone again! You'll do great!

My only thing with the sharpie is that I'm a stickler for originality, so much so that it sometimes gets the better of me. I'm slowly learning it can do more harm than good. Ideally, I'd want use the sanding method but if it's going to end in a ruined powder coat then I'm not sure it makes sense.
 
The only hard part about sanding the letters is time, patience and ensuring that there is a good bake on the powder. One attempt I had the PC chip away when sanding, had to redo. It is a trial and error process.
 
Sweet, thanks for the update. I'm really interested to see how the Gottlieb coin door turns out. How do you plan on handling the raised lettering? I believe the original is just bare metal. I don't see how you could effectively mask that off. I've heard of people painting, then sanding off the paint, and I've heard of people painting the raised letters silver.

The guys in the shop and I talked about that specifically for a while yesterday. We have a solution in mind that we think will allow us to not have to sand or tape off. I will update you on the finished product and reveal how we did it in the end :)
 
I've done a few Gottlieb door panels in past restorations. Powder coated them fine. As for the raised lettering, I have done it 2 ways....

Powder the whole thing with the plate still screwed in. The powder is thin to still see the detail in the lettering. Took a metallic silver sharpie and feathered over the lettering. Looked great in my opinion.

Second, did the same as above except, no sharpie. Sanded off the powder coat where the letters were. Took a lot longer and had to be extremely careful not to bump off the letters...turned out fine too....just took forever!

Couldn't find my old restoration threads on here, Qbert...what was done. Honestly , didnt look that hard either. ;)

I would highly recommend using the sharpie method.

Love to see how the OP does this. It's going to be great for KLOVers to have an option to plate and powder from someone again! You'll do great!


Thank you so much, I'm excited to see this stuff through. Never would have dreamed I'd be doing all this. Thank you again!
 
Also would be interested in having a bunch of stuff sand blasted & powder coated if you ever offer that service. I have 3 coin doors and a byunch of metal stuff that needs it.

We will be doing it, if you want to go ahead and send stuff in feel free or you can wait to see how these turn out. It should be just fine though, they do this stuff everyday.
 
Glad to see you picking up the torch of Mike Chestnut. Too bad to see all the drama it caused on pinside. You're providing a valuable service to the hobby, and seem to be nothing but respectful of Mike's legacy.

Once I've got some spare cash I'll definitely be sending you my PB handlebars. Also been toying with the idea of changing the lockdown bar, glass slides, legs, etc on my Paragon to brass.

I can't tell you how much it means for you to say that. Mike was my friend. I hate the drama stuff and I'm just glad to finally be moving forward. I will be running the business just as he did, you will get your parts with an invoice, check them out, if all is good then pay me. Etc.
I really can't tell you how much it means what you said there, thank you and I look forward to helping you in the future!
 
Haven't been on Pinside in a while. What's the Readers Digest version of the drama? Curious as I thought he was revered there and RGP?
 
Haven't been on Pinside in a while. What's the Readers Digest version of the drama? Curious as I thought he was revered there and RGP?


Mike was very much revered all over in my opinion. The drama is another guy started a plating biz the day we buried Mike. I've had lots of Mike's customers say they all thought he made it seem like he was working with the family and taking on Mike's actual biz, neither of which was true. It's caused a lot of confusion. One can read the posts and decide for oneself if they really care to, I'd save my time and stay away. Sad all in all given the circumstances of losing our friend, and I think the other guy is a good dude, just bad timing and not being clear on some of that has left lots of questions.
 
The guys in the shop and I talked about that specifically for a while yesterday. We have a solution in mind that we think will allow us to not have to sand or tape off. I will update you on the finished product and reveal how we did it in the end :)

Sounds awesome!
 
Question, we were discussing today what is the correct finish on the raised letter Gottlieb door? It looks to us like it was a powder semi to matte black with a textured finish. I was thinking about doing two different doors one that way and one a straight gloss black and allow everyone to choose which they want, etc. Thoughts? Cost would probably be the same.
 
Question, we were discussing today what is the correct finish on the raised letter Gottlieb door? It looks to us like it was a powder semi to matte black with a textured finish. I was thinking about doing two different doors one that way and one a straight gloss black and allow everyone to choose which they want, etc. Thoughts? Cost would probably be the same.

I'm for the original texture. I checked mine and agree it looks like a semi to matte black, textured.

I see this less in the pinball world, but with arcade games there seems to be much greater emphasis on keeping the games original. Just take a look at some of the threads on Nintendo buttons or T-molding, rescuing linear power supplies, etc.
 
I'm for the original texture. I checked mine and agree it looks like a semi to matte black, textured.

I see this less in the pinball world, but with arcade games there seems to be much greater emphasis on keeping the games original. Just take a look at some of the threads on Nintendo buttons or T-molding, rescuing linear power supplies, etc.

I totally agree with you. I'm probably equally into both worlds and I have felt this to be the case. I think I'm just going to let them do the one door and offer the service for whatever other people want. I don't really want to do one of mine in gloss black but I think everyone knows what that looks like so I don't really need an example. Truth is we can do any color under the rainbow on whatever parts.
Thanks for the input!
 
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