So I'm repainting a Centigrade 37 and I'm having a hard time finding the right shade for the cabinet. I want to stick to rattle cans so that limits my choices a little. So far Rustoleum Heirloom White and Krylon Ivory have too much of an almond color. I just picked up some rustoleum Blossom White which seems a little too white. I've done a couple of other wedgeheads in the past but can't seem to find what I used. It may have been rustoleum antique white, but i think they quit making that shade. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Thanks, but I already tried Krylon Ivory and I can't find the Antique White anymore.

I started with Heirloom white but thought it was a little too almond,so I picked up another rustoleum shade of white to try next week. I wish I took a closer look at your machine at pintastic. There were a bunch of people around it when I went by and I never made it back that way.

The Atlantis looks great. I think I've found the right shade with Ben Moore "Easter Lily". I wanted to stick with rattle cans, but I can't find the right shade so I'm going to buy an HPLV gun tomorrow.

I can tell you that the Heirloom white is definitely on the tan side. I have a Jack's Open and it is substantially whiter than the Heirloom white. I sprayed my whole cabinet with it and then wasn't happy with it and tried Krylon Ivory which was even darker. One good thing came of it; I found that Krylon Ivory is the perfect color for an ElDorado or Gold Strike. I did one once white heirloom white and ironically, it was too white for that particular game.

Do you have any photos of the machine with that white before you clear coated it? I bought that color too, but thought it was a little too stark white for my C37. I'm thinking it would work well though for my Joker Poker which has a whiter base.

Wow, that had to be absolutely heartbreaking. To have it come out so beautiful only to see it yellow....I had heard that Varathane would yellow and that's why it shouldn't be used on a playfield. I had no idea it would happen so fast.

I would say that was smoke stains on your game. Usually some mean green will tell you quickly. That stuff cuts right into the smoke stains but does very little to the clear coat. I have a Royal Flush at home that is still aimost as white as the day it came out of the factory so I would say it was not prone to yellowing. I see the exact opposite on some wedgeheads like Sky Jump, where they have almost always had their clearcoats turn yellow.

I think the Blossom White is a good shade for the Royal flush, but still a little too white for some wedgeheads like C37. Below is a picture I took of the different colors. The cabinet is painted Krylon Ivory which I will repaint. Next is the Blossom White, then Heirloom white, then a Ben Moore Shade called Easter Lily that I will probably use. The Heirloom White is darker than it looks in the photo.

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Colors are a funny thing. The real colors are much different than the flyer, at least on mine.

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Trying to get them just right.

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Very nice. I did my base cabinet color today with the blossom white that Shiny Balls recommended. I was going to do a different shade but failed miserably using the preval air gun system (i guess the paint was too thick). At any rate, I think it will work pretty well and then I'm going to use the Montana kicking yellow and the Good times shade for the Magenta.They're a little different than the ones you chose, but I think they both work. Mine will look a little more like a brand new game, while your's looks more like an original game in excellent shape.

Below is a photo I took when i had to remove some paint off the front and redo due to runs. I post it because the color underneath is Krylon Ivory and it really shows how almond that shade is. Perfect though for ElDorado or GoldStrike.

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Yeah, I was going to go the HPLV route and then realized my compressor wasn't large enough to perform adequately-. I saw the Preval system in the store and bought it on impulse. I always wanted to try it out, but it was a lesson learned. As you said, it would be good for hard to find stencil colors where a custom match is required.

It looks very nice. Are you happy you chose the Heirloom White?

I've used Krylon Crystal clear in the past with good results. It supposed to be non yellowing. Below is a machine I did roughly three years ago and it still looks good. Not sure if I did gloss or satin, I seem to have cans of both. I experiment with so many things that if I don't write it down I lose track. That's one of the great things about these threads, they make a great point of reference.

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I had a similar experience with stencils with the Astro I just posted a pick of. I used satin for the base and the orange, but for some reason I could only find the black in gloss. Sure enough, the edges of the gloss black are raised but not the orange. I din't sand it, because i was afraid I would screw up the finish, so I just decided to live with it. It's one of those things the average person wouldn't notice but I always will.

Still looks good. That green is tough to match. I'm trying to find a little just to use for touch up on my Atlantis. When it comes to touch up, it looks worse than leaving it if you can't match it almost exactly.

Now that drives me nuts. Looking at that photo it looks nice and white, but I had my cabinet done and it seemed to tan so I redid it. Maybe I should never have looked at it outside on a sunny day! I may regret going with the blossom white, we will see, but I've already painted it three times, I'm not doing it again.The funny thing is, I believe the Astro I did I used Heirloom white and was happy with it. Makes me wonder if I got a bad batch this last time.

Here's a few pictures of the completed machine. I am actually very happy with the Blossom White from rustoleum.

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Blossom white is definitely whiter than Heirloom white.

Black laquer works good for speckles or spatter. Webbing is a whole other story.