Most people would be sad and upset about their holiday to bali getting cut short then having to spend 2 weeks in quarantine at home. Not me never been so happy finally some pure Daniel time...
We got the notification to get home ASAP and I already knew about the quarantine so I got to work piece of together a list of supplies for my son to get me before we got home and he moved out,
While everyone else was sticking up on toilet paper and canned food my list was
THINNERS
PAINT STRIPPER
SANDING DISKS
MASKING TAPE ETC
HAHAHA
So I arrived home all my goodies where waiting on the floor of the Loungeroom.
Day 1 we unpacked I mowed the lawns then shuffled the shed so I could get out raceway
Day 2
I stripped out the cabinet and backbox the side rails on these are not like regulars side rails and where a bitch to get off they have a piece is crappy bloat wood to fill out the strange shaped rails there must be a reason for them but I can’t work it out
The raised pieces under the rails finally revealed that the fame had webbing originall it had been painted over several times over the years.
Cleaned out the cracks and broken corners Glue and clamps over night ready for sanding in the morning
Day 3
Before I go into the next step I’m not a fan of restorations that look perfect I much prefer an original game that has character of a 50 year old game not one that looks brand new with 3 inches of clear the cabinet looked ok in the photos but one pass with an orbital sander and this is all that was left
The red had been repainted and must have stopped it flaking off,
Cabinet was stripped to reveal more damage so that was all repaired,
The game was found standing on its front door standing in some dry mud so the front ply had started to seperate and around the coin door had been damaged but I forgot to take a photo of the damage,
The reason it was on its face the cabinet has a section recessed for the animated Backbox to sit so it won’t stand on its bum I used a jack to balance it to do the resin repairs
Day 4 (I think? it’s becoming a blur)
Found some graffiti scratched into the cab that I kinda liked plan was to keep it and a few of the bumps and scrapes but the first coat of primer and that plan changed hahaha I’m still not after a mirror finish cabinet but this thing had been to hell and back and not to mention the crappy timber quality and pieced together cabinet
Ran out of bloody primer and being stuck at home i could wait till Monday for my son to head to Darby’s or switch primer so that’s what I did,
Still needs some more prep work but fingers crossed tomororow I’ll be able to get the cabinet in white
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