36
Teardown of the upper is next.
|
37
|
38
Underside stripped.
|
39
Topside stripped.
|
40
The first thing that needs to happen is that I need to fill in the cracking.Some of these areas are just too small and det
|
41
Lots of wear.
|
42
The spider web area black is the most challenging at first.No way to mask all the very small lines off that make up the web
|
43
Black paint is smeared throughout the troubled areas.This will at least turn all the bare wood black and help hide it.
|
44
The black paint was carefully /SLOWLY rubbed out with a mixture of very weak thinners.The results are that the black are
|
45
I roughed in some of the white as well .The color is not meant to match since I plan on actually repainting the majority of
|
46
First clear is applied.This should seal the playfield as well as help start filling it in and give me a good base to wor
|
47
Close up of the improvements and challenges left in the web area.
|
48
This helps show that the worst cracks are filled in with black paint and clear.
|
49
It takes a very heavy coat to really fill and bury the grain but it will be chopped backed down and the majority of it wil
|
50
Sanded and ready to begin repaints.
|
51
I have already laid a rough ground coat of white down on the center of the web.
In this pic I have masked the dark tan an
|
52
Unmasked.Looking a lot better.
|
53
This area is a very tough repair and like a lot of things that will go on with this particular restore it is never going t
|
54
Hard to tell in the pics but two different colors are sprayed to give a fairly correct look.Gray is an accent color and a
|
55
Unmasked.I have roughed in some missing segments of the brick red color for now by hand.I will actually repaint those ar
|
56
Cleared for a second time.Another heavy coat but it will be chopped back down and eliminated almost entirely prior to the
|
57
Better close up here shows the grain eliminated and the color is solid.
|
58
After a couple days cure I will be ready for round 3.
|
59
I am going to start focusing on the finish work now that I have good foundation.
|
60
A more accurate match for the aged white is sprayed.
|
61
Unmasked.
|
62
Cleared.After a couple days dry time I will get to work on what will probably be the toughest part of his playfield's resto
|
63
Sanded again and working on the gray .
|
64
Cleaning up some of the detail in the web and freshening up the lettering at the transfer insert.
|
65
After quite a few hours I have managed to mask the black inner web area.I did everything thing I could to avoid it but ther
|
66
Black sprayed.
|
67
Black unmasked.I don't think it is ever going to be truly perfect but that black repaint really brought it up a notch.
|
68
Cleared again.
|
69
Clear is wet and just sprayed in these pics but after it dries I will take some more direct shots of i.Trying to tread lig
|
70
Cured and ready for the final sand and clear.
|
71
Some minor touches are being done to close a couple gaps and freshen the wood a little by disguising the cracking in it.
|
72
Ready to clear for the final time.
|
73
Cleared .The wood is still very natural looking.
|
74
Still wet right now but once it cures it should look much better than it started but still not perfect.I am content with t
|
75
Still not totally satisfied so I am going to strip the last version and take one more crack at it.I found some good pics o
|