Correct Paint for Cabinets 80's

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I'm in the process right now of doing the same to a Pinbot, and I'm
finding that, unlike what I read here previously, the black that is
the underlying base seems to be gloss, and not semi-gloss. And you are
correct, it is enamel. I tried some semi-gloss Krylon black on my
backbox's side and when I compared it to the rest of the game, it's
just too flat. So on the cabinet side, I used some gloss in spots and
it seems to be a better match. It would be simpler and look better in
the end to just recoat the entire cab in black and redo the artwork,
but as I have yet to find a stencil, I'm masking the artwork and
spraying it, and then I will go back and redo the artwork, probably
with acrylics, since they are easy to fix mixtakes with.

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I've used Krylon "Banner Red" and "Sun Yellow" for the "Williams red &
yellow" on games from early 1980's. Probably the same for F-14. You'd need
Gloss White as well.

I'd shoot the whole cabinet in a gloss black enamel with a high volume gun
first, then do the artwork with the aerosols.

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"Cliffy" <crinear@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Yeah as I've stated before that's exactly what I ended up doing on my
> F-14. It's not too hard as the lines are all straight. Just mask with
> blue tape and go to town spraying. I'm sorry I can't remember the red
> and yellow that I found matched pretty close but it was off the shelf at
> Home Depot. Yes the cab is gloss, not semi.
>
> deafdumb&blindboy wrote:
> > I'm in the process right now of doing the same to a Pinbot, and I'm
> > finding that, unlike what I read here previously, the black that is
> > the underlying base seems to be gloss, and not semi-gloss. And you are
> > correct, it is enamel. I tried some semi-gloss Krylon black on my
> > backbox's side and when I compared it to the rest of the game, it's
> > just too flat. So on the cabinet side, I used some gloss in spots and
> > it seems to be a better match. It would be simpler and look better in
> > the end to just recoat the entire cab in black and redo the artwork,
> > but as I have yet to find a stencil, I'm masking the artwork and
> > spraying it, and then I will go back and redo the artwork, probably
> > with acrylics, since they are easy to fix mixtakes with.
> >
>
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