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

Roy, that fix looks real good. A lot better than being all chewed up on the
edge.

Kyle, if you follow Roy's suggested repair, you could probably snip a piece
of your CPO near where it's already damaged and take that to the hardware
store and get the paint color-matched. (or take the whole damn panel with
you if you don't want to hack anymore on it...) It wouldn't be spray paint,
but it should brush on fine with a decent brush.

Just my 2 cents.
- chris in md



"Chumblespuzz" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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