My Flash Resto (Without Studley67)

[mildflame]

I made a big mistake when buying the red paint...
I bought: White Knight "Squirts" Cherry Red Gloss
At the time i didn't think about the paint running and leaving drip marks ect.
I had to spray 6-7 coats of this stuff to get a fluent smooth finish, when i removed the stencil it ripped a bit of the curved edges because of the seal/glue effect between the stencil and Backbox, it looks ok but i'm not too sure i want to take the risk on the main cab though! Maybe i'll look for a semi-gloss before attempting the cab
I have to admit the stencils I have are brilliant! they didn't bleed apart from where the small gaps were due to applying it badly

Pics of finished paint-job on backbox:

[ajlaird]

Looking good! When you are finished I think you will be very happy with the result.

[Strangeways]

Looking good Mitch.

To remove rust from the legs - covered in detail here

http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=110.0

Siderails & Lock Down bar - 360 Grit wet / Dry with Windex

Door - 400 Grit wet / dry with windex

[mildflame]

Just bought another can of red, hoping to get the whole cabinet finished before monday... if i do I will be Amazed! can't wait to see the final product, its not even half done and looks a lot better than what i started with!

[mildflame]

Okay, this is a confusing question... anyone can answer if you have done it before.

I attempted my pinball legs today and tryed the wet/dry and windex, it works a treat getting of surface-surface rust but it leaves black spots, i tryed rubbing even more but the more i rub the more black spots i get. I than noticed that if i very lightly and carefully rub the legs it takes of the rust and dosn't quite get rid of the bumps and no black spots appear. i have a small idea what the black spots might be but i don't know how to get rid of them!
I have always had this problem with rust somtimes not as bad tho

[mildflame]

Cab paint finished,
Side rails on

[Mr Pinbologist]

Nice job on the stencilling, well done  

Overall its coming up nicely 

[Strangeways]

Well done Mitch. As the youngest restorer on AP, I think you are doing a MARVELOUS job. I just hope other youngsters step away from their PSP3s and start getting into pinball !

[goodolddays]

Very nice work so far Mitch 

[studley67]

all i can say is WOW,great job mate.

[mildflame]

Polished legs last weekend, windex and 280g wet&dry, two legs came up good... the other two not soo much but better than what i started with. so i have picked out the back legs already

[studley67]

make sure you buy some leg(cabinet) protectors.ps i need a set if my decals ever turn up.,dad

[mildflame]

Thats all for the cabinet at the moment...
TIME FOR PLAYFIELD RESTORATION!



Today i spent 3 hours masking the bad black parts of my playfield,







it only took me 10 mins to spray with the airbrush though





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[Retropin]

Good work! Takes a long time to mask off eh?

[goodolddays]

Keep going Mitch