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I just picked up a pretty nice (converted) Missile Command cab over the
weekend. (Thanks Larry!!!) Luckily, whoever converted it didn't do a
half-bad job. The original marquee was in pretty good shape once I
removed the pop-riveted piece of marquee over it. The monitor glass is
in perfect shape, with a few scraps of instruction cards scotch taped
over it. the side art wasn't tampered with at all.
I'm convinced I can make the control panel look pretty good too, but
I'll need to remove the adhesive laminate CPO that is currently stuck
to it first.
I tried just peeling it up, but it is brittle and just flakes apart
when I do that. (Curiously though, there are a few places that had
stickers over the CPO, and under the stickers the overlay is still soft
and peelable!)
So here's what I'm thinking. My objective is to get rid of the plastic
laminate WITHOUT removing the missile command paint under it. So I
can't use a screwdriver, putty knife, etc. I'm thinking I should take
everything out of the metal CP, and try to gently heat it up by passing
a torch across the back of it. Has anyone tried this? Is there a
better method I should try first? (heat gun, etc?) I had the idea of
just putting it out in the hot sun for a few hours to see if it would
soften up, but our two days of hot weather for the month are gone now,
and it is back to 40s-50s
I just picked up a pretty nice (converted) Missile Command cab over the
weekend. (Thanks Larry!!!) Luckily, whoever converted it didn't do a
half-bad job. The original marquee was in pretty good shape once I
removed the pop-riveted piece of marquee over it. The monitor glass is
in perfect shape, with a few scraps of instruction cards scotch taped
over it. the side art wasn't tampered with at all.
I'm convinced I can make the control panel look pretty good too, but
I'll need to remove the adhesive laminate CPO that is currently stuck
to it first.
I tried just peeling it up, but it is brittle and just flakes apart
when I do that. (Curiously though, there are a few places that had
stickers over the CPO, and under the stickers the overlay is still soft
and peelable!)
So here's what I'm thinking. My objective is to get rid of the plastic
laminate WITHOUT removing the missile command paint under it. So I
can't use a screwdriver, putty knife, etc. I'm thinking I should take
everything out of the metal CP, and try to gently heat it up by passing
a torch across the back of it. Has anyone tried this? Is there a
better method I should try first? (heat gun, etc?) I had the idea of
just putting it out in the hot sun for a few hours to see if it would
soften up, but our two days of hot weather for the month are gone now,
and it is back to 40s-50s
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