Not bad!

Coming from HIM...that's a real compliment!

Nice work Enzo.

Those look really great!

Purrtty..

Looks really good. The rusted coin door from my Jungle may get the same treatment.

Amazing what they can put in a rattle can these days, isn't it?

Looks great! Now since you're on a roll you need to do a coin door and coin entrance housing. I just did one on a Grand Slam em that turned out great too. I didn't use chrome but I like the look of your job.

Looks real clean man! I love spraying my parts. Saves a ton of money and you can get some great colors. I just found I need to clear them and then let sit for a day or two and be careful for the first few days on the machine so it cures well.

Looks good but I hate painting.
I had good luck with aluminium foil and water. Use it an all legs that I have and it turns out great.

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What's the total cost...materials, time, etc, for the coin door and coin entrance housing as opposed to sending to Alex. Just wondering...

I have done the legs, coin door, shooter housing, lockbar and rails or like $20 or less. Couple cans of paint and some clear spray.

Wow...that's good! Is that stuff pretty durable? Does it chip easy?

Yes, it chips WAY easier than powder coating.

Just make sure you clear coat it. I like to use the rustoleum lacquer car clear they sell in spray cans. If you want to be safe then give it a couple days of clear time and then put on machine and still be careful with it for a few more days. It will get super solid after a week or so and even better as time goes on.

Hey that looks good. I am going to do the same with a bally chime box and chime bars I need to restore. Good tip!

I tried doing something like this a few years ago. I took old legs, sanded them down, sprayed them with Rust-O-Lium (?) and then spray paint. I hung them from a tree. When I spraypainted, the wind shifted and I guess you know what happened next! From now on, I go to Alex. (I'm just not good at this type of stuff)

Chime bars usually come out a tumbler real nice , you might want to look into picking one up if you don't already have one.

Elaborate please....

Folks also use aluminum foil and Coca-Cola. You wet the foil and legs with Coke and scrub with crumpled up aluminum foil.

Looking good!!!!

Really? I never heard of that. I'll have to try that on some rusty legs in the rusty leg pile.

Does it hold up through polishing?

I use Never Dull after that and the polishing does hold up.

Interesting... I guess that I have to call it Canadian Chrome now.

Yes... done it for years too. (started on car bumpers, back when they were chrome)

I use tin foil with dishwashing liquid instead of just water or Coke.

Nothing obviously beats new chrome or a good powdercoat... but this is a great solution for "player" machines.

Soak them in Evaporust, wash with water and dry. Easy

looks good, i'm impress.
if you ever do that again, can you try sanding/finish it with 600/800 grid, i'd be curious to see if it shines more.

That is normally what I do. I have a 4in sched 40 pvc pipe about 36in long with rubber end caps permanently filled with a half gallon of Evaporust in my shop. It holds 2 legs at a time. Soak for a day, invert, soak another day remove rinse and polish.

This aluminium thing is going to be for repairs if I get some really bad ones.

Enzo, those actually look pretty nice. I am going to have to give that a shot on one of my machines.

Strange, for some reason I can't use the quote button.

Anyways,

Quote: "Chime bars usually come out a tumbler real nice , you might want to look into picking one up if you don't already have one. "

I don't know if that will work for me because the plating on the chime bars is flaking off and they are now rusted. I was going to sandblast and paint. Got me thinking about just dropping them in the tumbler now tho. Tell you what, I'll tumble them for a few days and let you know how it turns out. I tumble with walnut media and some metal polish mixed in.

So after reading the tips on here about Aluminium foil, I have to say, I was extremely skeptical.

However...I did give it a shot. All I can say is wow. I'm both truly amazed, and incredibly thankful for the tip. I'll post pics when I'm done.

Painting a chime bar could change the tone it produces. You're encasing the metal in a hard surface that is either going to be rigid (acrylic) or deadening (latex).

hummmmmmmmm........ Thanks for the input Chad.

I think I'll try the tumbler first. Then evaporust if needed.

Thanks!

Nice, that's the best chrome painted result that I have seen.

I usually like to use the rust-oleum silver hammerpaint:
http://www.thehardwarecity.com/products/7213830-Silver-Hammered-Finish-Spray/6013544

It's not chrome, but I sorta like the duller finish (and it tends to protect pretty good). Chrome seems appropriate if you're restoring older pins (especially EM's), but with everyone powder coating these days, seems like it's better to go with something less shiny on newer pins.

Nice tips in this thread!

Nice work .

Duplicolor makes a wheel painting system (chrome, black chrome etc.) With clearcoat that looks great when doing wheels on cars, I have thought about trying it on a set of old legs.

I really like the finish that paint leaves as well. I have painted some legs with the black color of that paint and they turned out really nice.

For older games I prefer the hammered paint. In general it is a lot tougher than the chrome paints. It is also a lot more forgiving for being painted over nasty old legs and coin doors with rust damage.

For the chime bars I always scrub them in the sink with Scotch Brite while I am rebuilding the chime unit. They come out looking and sounding great. You can put some car wax on them at the same time to slow the dulling corrosion.

Yep walnut media is what I use . Haven't really seen plating on chime bars flaking off ( I have seen rusty ones though ) so I'd be interested to see how they come out , keep us posted .ChadTower brings up a good point , painted chimes will sound different.