Just picked up a Cow Poke that’s been sitting in a basement for forty plus years. The machine looks nice but the previous owner painted over the original cabinet. I’m not sure if it was latex or oil. My question is has anyone had any luck removing paint without destroying the original cabinet artwork? If so, what did you use?
I would guess that I would have to strip the cabinet down, buy stencils, and repaint it.
Test first. Use some 90+% rubbing alcohol with a swap. If it removes the finish, it's latex. If not, oil based.
Quoted from 20eyes:I don't have any good before pictures but I stripped this cabinet with Easy Off oven clean and a lot of elbow grease. Prior to that I tried I think it was citristrip but it melted the paint underneath in a test spot.
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You need to come over and do our Scorpion!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/pinball-horror-pics/page/82#post-6969105
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