Re: suggestions for "hiding" the tears on a control panel bend.

I restored my Mappy before there were replacement CPOs. To fix the tears at
the bend I got a piece of clear plastic corner molding, the kind you use for
protecting the corner of a wall, and spray painted the underside red. I then
attached it to the CP using double-sided carpet tape. The end result is
pretty good. Check out: http://www.cademo.com/arcade/images/mappy_cp.jpg

This molding is available from stores like Home Depot and costs only a
couple of bucks.

-roy-



"Pleiades" <pleiades10@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a dedicated cocktail Warp Warp that I am trying to restore.
>
> (No snide comments please, I happen to like Warp Warp!) ;^)
>
> Anyway, it's in decent cosmetic shape, except for the standard tears in
> the bend of the control panel. I realize that finding NOS overlays for
> this are probably never going to happen.
>
> So, I'm wondering if anybody has any suggestions for covering up the
> bare metal on the bend of the control panel. I don't want to paint it
> blue, because even if I match the blue on the control panel, it'll
> still look crappy.
>
> I was thinking of taking some t-molding like material that could lay
> flat and be glued onto the bend in the overlay... Something with a
> uniform width, but that I could trim the length on.
>
> I would try blue t-molding, except I'd have to trim off the "T" part,
> and I'm not sure I could do that smooth enough to make it lay as flat
> as I need.
>
> Anybody seen anything... like maybe something in an art supply store
> that may work?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
>
> Kyle S. :^)
>


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