Restore Arcade Cabinet Vinyl Or Paint

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Restore arcade cabinet vinyl or paint.

Tutorials for building your own arcade hacks tips arduino projects and shop for all things arcade. This video shows the first step of refinishing those ugly thermafoil or vinyl cabinets. Picked up a red tent a few weeks ago i had to have it being i have many memories when i was a child with this setup. But often the paint is just stuck too well to the cabinet and won t come off without destroying the original finish beneath it if it s even there.

After that peel off the tape and the vinyl should be firmly in place. If the cabinet was not repainted with latex paint the goof off won t have any effect on enamel or lacquer paints. As i wanted to turn this into bright retro cocktail cabinet i chose a 60 in 1 board which has many retro arcade games including donkey kong galaga and pac man. I chose the brightest yellow interior paint i could find.

Both monitors have a great image only slight image burn in them. Vinyl wrapped cabinets with their sleek surface are more challenging to paint than wood. Here it is part 7 of the midway mortal kombat ii arcade restore. I got about 5 vs pcb boards and a few games with it.

Vinyl or formica surfaces don t attempt to paint or refinish these cabinets because they re best suited to be handled by a professional he says. Today we will explain what kitchen cabinet wraps are how they work and why they make the perfect solution for an easy simple and cost effective way to give your. Diy arcade cabinets for the raspberry pi. Press the vinyl back down on the cabinet and keep it in place with masking tape until the glue has dried.

Very carefully apply some wood glue to the board under the veneer with a brush or a cotton bud. Continue reading below our video of the day. I spent the last 5 days pulling all the stops to show you how to properly sand fill and paint the cabinet to achieve the seamless look if you want a themed cabinet donkey kong. These vinyl wraps help give your cabinets an entirely new look and can transform your kitchen into something radically different all without ever having to replace a single cabinet.

Anyways the cabinet was in pretty good shape it just needed a good cleaning and some paint work. The vinyl can easily be removed by a blow dryer and then painted with.