Old pinball just moved into ER

[illawarra_steelers]

Hi Tony,
What do you use to paint the cab - Compressor/Spray gun or Pressure packs ?
Kev

Well I have only done before and was real happy with results.

Will keep it a secret until I post the finish results cause you will get a laugh from it

Also as a side note - I purposely left the majority of the original artwork that sits under the rails. Why? The original design was gone, it had been sanded off previously before the custom job. So having that small part of original art I can gauge how far apart the blue lines run and how wide they are.

[illawarra_steelers]

This is the cab design that I'm aiming for 

[Strangeways]

Terrific update, Tony - I love the "organized chaos" on the billiard table !

[illawarra_steelers]

For the first time today actually cleaned and polished/buffed the side rails on a game - wow - what a huge difference that makes!

Respray over the Easter long weekend! 

[goodolddays]

For the first time today actually cleaned and polished/buffed the side rails on a game - wow - what a huge difference that makes!

I am amazed to hear that Tony .. but as you've found its definitely worth doing.

[goodolddays]

Great machine and glad that it is in your hands. How does it smell? There is nothing like the smell inside an EM cabinet.

This one didn't have the same strong 'old EM' smell that the others from the same vintage had.

You know it wasn't until you mentioned my gamesroom had that smell that I noticed the next time I walked in - even after all those years!

Yeh .. my Lady Luck doesn't have that EM smell either .. both your's and mine came from the same source, as you know

[Strangeways]

For the first time today actually cleaned and polished/buffed the side rails on a game - wow - what a huge difference that makes!

Respray over the Easter long weekend! 

You mean you buffed instead of re grained ? so do they have a high shine ?

[ddstoys]

Looking forward to the pics Tony. And im curious like nino about the side rails

[illawarra_steelers]

For the first time today actually cleaned and polished/buffed the side rails on a game - wow - what a huge difference that makes!

Respray over the Easter long weekend! 

You mean you buffed instead of re grained ? so do they have a high shine ?

I applied that stuff in the green bottle with the crock on the outside (name slipped my mind) and then scrubbed with a toothbrush. After leaving it there for 10 minutes then scrubbed down the 'grain' with an old scotch cleaner thingy. After that used an old shirt to take off the excess then buffed and it looks awesome. Will take pix after the spray job is complete on Monday/Tuesday 

[millsy]

Hi Tony,
Noticed you have a Sweethearts added to your collection - My all time favorite - Whats the condition like -Look forward to some pics when you start that restore.
Kev

[illawarra_steelers]

Lets say she is (another) project. Will need lots of work but couldn't pass her up

[Strangeways]

For the first time today actually cleaned and polished/buffed the side rails on a game - wow - what a huge difference that makes!

Respray over the Easter long weekend! 

You mean you buffed instead of re grained ? so do they have a high shine ?

I applied that stuff in the green bottle with the crock on the outside (name slipped my mind) and then scrubbed with a toothbrush. After leaving it there for 10 minutes then scrubbed down the 'grain' with an old scotch cleaner thingy. After that used an old shirt to take off the excess then buffed and it looks awesome. Will take pix after the spray job is complete on Monday/Tuesday 

So you have regrained it. The "green bottle" is Isocol 

Next time - Try this - 320 Grit Wet/Dry and Windex. Use a soft block and with straight lines. It will look exactly as it did the day it rolled off the assembly line. I usually take the side rails off and use a "straight edge", so that the "grain" is dead straight. I then use new nails. Takes time, but the results are always rewarding

[illawarra_steelers]

Dear Diary 

What a day! Between going out with my beautiful wife and taking my teenage daughter shopping (oh the pain) got the 'white' base coat on and applied the black webbing. Thanks Mitch for the 'toothbrush' method which I used. Looking at it I feel the webbing is a little too much but hey - it's my game I can do what I want 

Very very happy with the results so far - reds go on tomorrow and blues Monday.

Have been taking pix througout the process and will post Wednesday night when complete.

Oh - and have payed for the playfield and shipping for the real nice playfiled coming in from PA, USA.....so that will be next.

Lots of new parts ordered from PBR...

........and what's that I hear? A reproduction backglass? 

Oh yeah nearly forgot - have 2 more early 1960s games on the way - one Sweethearts and another wedgehead from 1961 - so lots more restoration in the queue 

[Mr Pinbologist]

Hey Tony.. glad you decided to try my suggestion re the toothbrush method of doing the webbing  hope it worked out well for you.. cant wait to see the end results!!

I remember seeing webbing paint in spraycans years ago.. i bought a can to see how it would look, tried it on cardboard and it was WAAY to heavy and thick for use on a pinball cab!!

i was going to use it on MIBS when i was restoring it.. but ended using the toothbrush trick

Cheers... Mitch

[illawarra_steelers]

Well I think it will look like the cab I did today  it is 'too much' black webbing but I don't give a rats arse cause it looks cool. Also because there is no other colour on the cab maybe it makes it look too full on.

Change of direction tonight - actually started on the blues and I'm thinking this won't be complete before the long weekend is out - just don't want to rush it.

Got all the stencils on for the horizontal blues tonight on one side and got 2 light layers of the colour on

Have taken pix of each stage and still very happy with the results.

The cab from start to finish would of cost around $80 to do and 3 part time weekdends.

Money and time very well spent