[Jukebox-list] Degrees of restoration (Was: ADMINISTRIVIA: Flamewars and insults - price disputes, etc.)

[Bob Ellingson]

At 04:14 PM 8/20/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>
>--- rodehond <rodehond at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> Sometimes it can be very satisfying to just repair the part in
>> question 
>> and let it wear the scars of its past. In some cases a 40 year old 
>> machine has to look like a 40 year old machine.
>
>That's what I've done.  All my machines have their battle 
>scars.  I really admire the work of people like Aaron who
>finish a machine and it looks like it just came off the
>assembly line, but I just don't have the time or patience
>for that - so I go for "good daily driver condition" rather
>than "concours condition" to borrow a couple classic car
>terms.  I think I'm going to make an exception for the
>Seeburg 148 hideaway I have.  I'm going to try to make that
>look like new.  I just need to figure out how I'm going
>to re-apply the gray crinkle paint finish.  I've never
>done something that big with a can (cans!) of crinkle
>paint.

Crinkle paint is tough to do right, especially on large areas.
It needs to be a very wet coat, luckily you have flat sides that
can be turned to face "up" so you don't get runs.  I don't think
you can do just part of an area and expect to blend it in with
the next application for side-by-side portions.  "Mist-coats" of
crinkle paint don't work!

--Bob
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