It’s been a little over two months since I started restoring Ice Cold Beer and it’s time to wrap up this restoration and do some final detailing and assembly.
Ice Cold Beer finally got a final cleaning and a couple coats satin black. When you plan to apply vinyl to a cabinet it a very important to put a couple of good coats of paint on your cabinet to give the vinyl something to stick too. Just remember, adhesive on vinyl WILL NOT stick to a flat finish so always use a satin, semi gloss or glossy finish. I prefer to use oil based paint with a satin finish with a foam roller.
Overall Ice Cold Beer was not in too bad of shape and the cabinet was pretty solid. But after restoring more than a few games games I’ve learned that even the easiest restoration takes longer than expected.
About a month ago a somewhat uncommon “Exidy” game titled Pepper II showed up on a curb in Indianapolis, Indian. What was even more surprising was that not only was it posted on the local craigslist but collectors we discussing it on CoinOpSpace.com and KLOV.com yet it wasn’t picked up for about three days. Living in Michigan I never pay much attention to ads outside of my state. However, owning both a Venture and a Mouse Trap I found it a little unsettling that a Pepper II might end up in a landfill. But what could I do living over five hours away? Not a whole lot.
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