moonchilddave
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I'm in the process of restoring a Galaga and have come to the point of cleaning up the cabinet itself. Now, I'm not a master craftsman when it comes to woodworking, but given enough detail and hints I'm pretty sure it's not beyond me (I'm more an electronics guy). It looks like much of the cabinet is particle board and there are some damaged areas and areas where it has swelled. Also where one of the wheels was, it has nothing but a big ripped out area in the bottom of the cabinet.
Any good pointers or tips would be greatly appreciated as the rest of the cabinet isn't in that horrible of a shape. I've been inspired by some of the other restorations I've seen and I want to do this one right, and I'd like to be properly armed before I dive in and make things worse.
Pictures of the worst areas are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/moonchilddave/GalagaRestoration#
I've already removed all the metal pieces from the cabinet and cleaned them all up, and I've finished the control panel by stripping, painting and installing a new CPO.
I also saw where one person painted the inside of their Galaga cabinet white to brighten it up inside, what do others think about doing that as well? It did look nice! But part of me says to keep it black as it originally was.
Any good pointers or tips would be greatly appreciated as the rest of the cabinet isn't in that horrible of a shape. I've been inspired by some of the other restorations I've seen and I want to do this one right, and I'd like to be properly armed before I dive in and make things worse.
Pictures of the worst areas are here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/moonchilddave/GalagaRestoration#
I've already removed all the metal pieces from the cabinet and cleaned them all up, and I've finished the control panel by stripping, painting and installing a new CPO.
I also saw where one person painted the inside of their Galaga cabinet white to brighten it up inside, what do others think about doing that as well? It did look nice! But part of me says to keep it black as it originally was.

