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Let the games beginJanuary 16, 2006Alright... I've made some significant progress towards getting the wood patched. I finished patching underneath the right-hand side of the score cabinet. Now I need to sand, prime and paint it. I started patching the bottom of the main cabinet back. That's going to take a while to fix because of all the damage. The veneer is coming up and the wood is starting to chip at the edge. I guess that's what comes with age, but I can stop the disintegration. More on that as I make progress.
OK... About the priming... As you can see, I did some finishing sanding on the areas I had previously worked on (the front and top of the score cabinet & the front of the main cabinet) as well as sanding down the inside of the coin box. After that, I began to apply primer. Jess was awfully sweet and gave me a gallon and a half of primer that she had left over from the last time she did painting. It's great stuff. It's even got a sealant mixed in. I started by taping off the side of the score cabinet and most of the metal of the front of the main cabinet. I didn't worry about the plunger or coin box because that still need to sand and polish them. Besides... It's easier to get dripped paint off of metal than wood.
Yes, being the dork I am, I used my tripod and my camera's timer to get pictures of myself working on the machine... Go ahead and laugh. Anyway, after I finished the first coat, I sanded it down with a 320 grit sanding sponge to even and smooth the primer out.
The second coat went on very nicely and I'm just about ready to paint. In fact, I'm going to put on the first coat this week. Thursday is looking good for painting. As you can see, I also put a coating of primer on the scoreboard. This will , hopefully, keep that wood a little healthier and should also make for better contrast when the glass is in place.
More soon!
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