whoamonga
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TLDR:
any recommendations on clear coating the paint to preserve this cab's character and story?
FULL STORY:
I recovered this Ms Pac from a roadside trash heap in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Anyone in coastal Texas will remember the mounds and mounds of ruined elements of life... the owner was cool with it, so I started the work of giving this gal a second life.
The bottom has been replaced and separated pieces of ply glued back together. Fuses, psu, all that jazz...
But the paint on the side is beginning to flake away and that makes me terribly sad. So I'm trying to hunt down an effective way to clear coat all the blue areas in such a way as to seal and preserve this cab's story. I don't care that it's faded and chipped. I love it and want to keep it just as it is. Well, I might replace the t-molding... wonder how pink would look...
Anyway, has anyone had success with clear coating original artwork and care to share your findings with me? I think matte might look best, but wonder how that would hold up over time.
Thanks in advance!
any recommendations on clear coating the paint to preserve this cab's character and story?
FULL STORY:
I recovered this Ms Pac from a roadside trash heap in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Anyone in coastal Texas will remember the mounds and mounds of ruined elements of life... the owner was cool with it, so I started the work of giving this gal a second life.
The bottom has been replaced and separated pieces of ply glued back together. Fuses, psu, all that jazz...
But the paint on the side is beginning to flake away and that makes me terribly sad. So I'm trying to hunt down an effective way to clear coat all the blue areas in such a way as to seal and preserve this cab's story. I don't care that it's faded and chipped. I love it and want to keep it just as it is. Well, I might replace the t-molding... wonder how pink would look...
Anyway, has anyone had success with clear coating original artwork and care to share your findings with me? I think matte might look best, but wonder how that would hold up over time.
Thanks in advance!

