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Starting platform is not too bad for a Cyclone.That is relative though as it would be kind of beat for a WPC game.
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Suffers from the normal graining of the playfield and discoloration in the non mylared areas.
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Playfield is out.The cabinet needs work.It has some bubbling of the plys,boat tails and crackling.In the pics it looks good
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Lower cabinet is gutted.
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Head is being torndown.
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Head stripped.
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Cabinet parts will nees to be cleaned and polished.
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I am going to try and spot repair the flaws and just repaint the black.This rarely works on older cabinets because the scre
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The bubbling plys have been filled.The bubbling is like a air pocket that makes a big bump in the cabinet.
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It took several hours to tape all the colors off so the black only could be done.The tape used is very low tack so it hopef
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Ready to paint.
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Black is down.
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After untaping it I am just not really satisfied with it.The art is still intact but it has sharper lines than I want and t
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I am going to cut it back down and repaint the cabinet entirely.
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My cabinet man is even baffled by it.We already put a lot of effort into it so starting over again really sucks.
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The paint we applied previously will act as a good filler to get rid of the graining.
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This cabinet is just delaminating everywhere.It is not the norm.
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After further investigation I have found out why it is bubbling and delaminating so much.For whatever reason there is MASKI
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Had to go this large to dig out all the tape.Nothing will stick to it which is why it started bubbling to begin with.You can
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More tape between plys cut out.
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More tape.
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Tape again.This is a great picture because it really shows what we are dealing with.
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Tape in-between plys.
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In this picture when expanded you can see how the tape discolored the wood over time and exactly where it was.I wonder if m
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It will take some fill to fix all these sections.
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Head had some rough spots as well.It is interesteing how a cabinet can look decent but really have lots of flaws in terms of
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Back needs work as well.
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Head is ready to prime.
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