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Re: Buck Rogers Restoration
« Reply #75 on: June 01, 2014, 07:58:43 PM »
Been a while since I posted any pics but have been gradually chipping away at stuff when time permits.  Just about finished the cabinet (still gotta do the head box) excluding a few minor touchups to the cab.

What took extra long was I did the black area first which in hindsight was stupid.  I should have done it last, so I redid that section again after I had done the yellow and red/orange.  It was the biggest area and it was best to finish it off last.

The other thing I learnt since I have been using large amounts of frisket was I had to put 2 layers on.  When I only had one the paint seemed to react with it and seep through somehow and react with the glue and/or really get the edges to lift.  So after trying two layers of frisket it seemed to work.

Overall I am reasonably happy with the results. Not perfect since the method I was using didn't allow for the cabinet to be sanded totally flat since I would completely lose the image I was working off.  But in some respects it keeps it a bit more authentic still seeing a bit of woodgrain indentation in the cabinet rather than a dead flat surface. On the side in the pic I messed up and sprayed over 2 orange circles so I scratched them back slightly in the pic so I could see which ones I had to be go back and fix (thought I would mention it in case people see a couple of obvious imperfections you can see one in the top left corner of the third pic).