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Bumping this old thread since it was an interesting topic and I was working on a coin door recently.
Basically, the black paint was wearing off in places and the bolts had no paint. I disassembled the coin door, did some light sanding, a coat of metal primer on the bolts, and a couple of coats of rustoleum's satin black on everything, and what was once old and beat-up is made new again.
Gottlieb System 1/80 coin doors have a ridiculous number of parts--probably more than most any other coin door. It was very time consuming to strip it down, clean, de-rust, and polish every part. The door also had a dent near the lock that had to be knocked back out. I had to figure out a way to remove the decal, so I wrote up an easy procedure on pinwiki. I also printed nice new coin inserts with a laser printer.
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PBResource has Gottlieb ones.
http://www.pbresource.com/CoinDoor.html
PinRescue has Bally & Williams:
http://www.pinballrescue.net/Decals_Coin_Door.html
Marco has some:
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/BLYSTK
Phoenix Arcade has classic stern:
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Quoted from Langless28:What is the original finish on a system 6 Williams coin door? Polished or fine grain. Should I coat the door in a clear out after? Mild surface rust appeared during my refinishing process.
If you try to paint or seal over rust, it's only going to get worse. You have to get rid of the rust completely before repainting.
Quoted from Foxxstone_80:I painted the door skin on my Meteor. What's the general recommendation for how long to wait after painting to ad the decals to the coin door?
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I'd leave it alone for at least a full 24hrs. Maybe even as much as two full days.
A quick google search pulls up all sorts of figures between 8 hours per coat to a full 7 days for hammertone paint.
Was digging around in some of my reference photos, and found some close enounters photos from a few years back that I don't think I've posted before.
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