Montreal, QC
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Sanded today, I think I’m going to have a bit of trouble getting it levelled fully here. The clear is rising up with the decals.
I sprayed can two just now, I did it in two spray sessions. I could tell I still had some left in can 1 and finished it off at the end of can 1, maybe it will be thick enough now that I can sand down above the decals and have it flush then. I don’t want to get low enough over the decals where it stays cutting into them.
That being said, it looks great! This clear is sweet stuff. I will also follow up again and say this stuff is rank. I could tell the vapours we’re getting into my mask. WHEW.
I just checked the PF. In a great turn of events, the clear leveled out nicely and better than I was anticipating. It filled up around all the decals nice and came up almost flush with them now. I'm super pumped. Block sand it on Mon eve or Tues eve and then give it a final can should do the trick i'm hoping!
1 week later
Went ahead and sprayed a BeautyTone oil based primer/sealer this afternoon. Not overly pleased with results as it was my first attempt with HVLP gun, took a while to dial in the gun, thin the primer a bit to get it running through gun.
I was practicing in booth with a big piece of cardboard to get pattern dialed in. I had to refill the reservoir once with just a bit more primer, i accidentally put a bit more thinner than I was wanting in reservoir, then my primer was spraying out MUCH better. Something to remember for next coat. I will have o wait until very dry and give it a sanding
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Second coat completed. Pissed at myself, I got a bit of run/sagging. I should have put more light on it so I could see where/what I was spraying better. I’ll just have to sand it smooth.
I got smarter today as I didn’t know where to ever set the gun and filling it was a hassle. So I made this quick before filling the gun up. I got smart before filling as unnoticed the hole in the 4x4 was too close to the wrong end.
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Well, amazingly enough. I’m starting the upper playfield build!!! The excitement in the house is electrifying. Well, maybe not, but the wifey is excited as fuck that I’m starting to get this crap out of her garage. Yes, her garage. I fill the entire basement with pins, she gets the value of a snow free vehicle in the winter. Justified!
Well, here she goes. Copied Soulrider911 a bit and changed up the pop colours with going to blue. Got the insert lights boards that have leds that aim up and down, should brighten up the upper PF a bit with the clear bodies.
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I've got those double sided pop bumper light boards on my f.t. they look awesome, I got red up and white down, the glowing pop bodies look cool
I’m so pumped. Looks so clean and sleek now. I’ve been staring at my pre-demolish pics for reference, the old pics are so filthy!!
Pics will probably be in backwards order as usual
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one evening this week now I suppose. Lost a full day yesterday, took my oldest to cross-country running provincials out of town for the day, -3 with a 50km/hr wind.... poor runners. And dad, I was cold as a MF.
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..... I can’t imagine the swears that came out when you chipped that cabinet... one step forward two steps back. Very impressed with what you’ve done so far! Watching with envy!
Quoted from toasterman04:Ya being a parent now you sure appreciate what your parents did whe you were young. Hell my mom still comes out rain or snow to watch me play touch football.....
..... I can’t imagine the swears that came out when you chipped that cabinet... one step forward two steps back. Very impressed with what you’ve done so far! Watching with envy!
Yeah, it was minimum a silver medal in the four letter words Olympics
Cabinet quickly after work!
Whew, strong, I’m kinda whacked out. Had a cartridge mark kn also.
If you wanted to know if my negative pressure tent is working, check out the filter I put in!
This paint is smooth, goes on with a fantastic mist.
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I went out and checked the cab, it looks like complete fucking garbage. Man I suck. I put it on very, very thin. It still ran a bit and where it didnt run, its too almost see through. I would like to find a happy medium in there. Well, I guess i'll have to grab some extremely fine sandpaper and take out the runs. I think I will have to only spray one side at a time and have them facing up, one by one. The only two places it looks very very nice is the top of the back of the cab and the top of the head. It'll be a bit more time consuming and tedious, but facing up looks to be my option. Taint guzzler! That's my new saying today to say
Raleigh, NC
One coat, I kept it to a very light coat and was trying my hardest to keep it very light, I had the patience for it.
Playfield completed tonight. Only have to tighten the flippers and insert all the bulbs. I need to re-fasten the PF in the back to the rotisserie so I can flip the unit upside down. Holy, it’s heavy again being populated.
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Yeah, many of the places the run (very very thin run) will have decal on it, no it’s not the end of the world. I just wanted light paint over the primer to have the decal adhere better. I’ll make it right.
I used the rattle can instead of the hvlp gun because I am still a rookie with the gun and knew the can had a nice spray. Also, i was in lazy mode and didn’t want the clean up.
Quoted from northerndude:Yeah, many of the places the run (very very thin run) will have decal on it, no it’s not the end of the world. I just wanted light paint over the primer to have the decal adhere better. I’ll make it right.
I used the rattle can instead of the hvlp gun because I am still a rookie with the gun and knew the can had a nice spray. Also, i was in lazy mode and didn’t want the clean up.
The nice thing about messing up is you should now know what you did wrong. I don't think you'll ever get good coverage without runs if you go with one coat. You also said you put it on very very thin? If you got runs, it wasn't very very thin.
I would normally do 3 coats, two light and the last a bit heavier. All about 5 to 10 minutes apart. When I say light coat, it would only cover maybe 50%. Out of hundreds of parts painted, I did get a handful of runs. They always ended up on the last coat and it would be when I overlapped a bit too much and put a bit too much paint on.
Thx, I had plans for 2-3 coats. The area where I kept it light like I wanted it’s pretty much see through. I just got barely a little heavy in a couple spots and it ran.
OK, sanded down my fuck-ups. Gave it two very light coats about 10 mins apart. I held a bright assed flood light in my left hand and sprayed with my right so I could see everything better, should have done this yesterday. Live and learn my friends! Thanks for the tips all.
I'll need this information saved up in the brain as I have a WhirlWind next in the queue. Mint CPR playfield, new BG, new plastics. The PF has already been swapped by the previous owner. I just have to restore the cabinet for this one and do a PF shop, cleaning. I have all new custom decals and side blades made and in hand awaiting.
Pulled the rig out of the garage and into the front porch to cure for the week. I can tell there is a bit of a “dusting” of paint on a few areas where the paint dust in the air settled. I will wait a couple days and wipe it down with a wrung out micro fibre cloth. I can finally take down my murder tent in garage, clean the damn place up and let wifey get the SUV back in there.
They look very good
Murphelman like the blankey?
Really glad I put this together in the garage, took me quite a while, but I kept a lot of crap from getting into everything and I kept a lot of crap from getting onto my playfield for clear and my cab for primer paint.
Taking it all down right meow!!
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. Have 6 more to be picked up next week.
Chillin’ in the sweet sun in Arizona, I have all of this in hand now from my 6 orders from 6 different pinball vendors! Only one more to go-PBL should be here on the 31st!
Already have- Pinball Mods, Cliffy, Marco, Monster Fish mod, Amazon order. Saweeeeet
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