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

[Ron Rich]

David,
  I did a Seeburg LPC hideaway once with several cans of gloss brown paint. I just cleaned the cabinet real well with "TSP", and painted over it--that retained the "bumps" that were in the original (brown) paint very well. Ron Rich

David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
  
--- rodehond 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.


David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com


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