the restoration continues ...while removing the wooden coin door panel, i realized some nails at the bottom which weren't supposed to be there
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this needed some further investigation (see how beat up that cabinet is?)
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i removed all the nails that didn't belong there ...
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... and guess what: a part of the panel simply fell off
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4923330594_9a0bf4184c_b_d.jpg)
without using any of those nasty nails, i simply glued it back on again. other parts of the cabinet were loose as well, so they got the same treatment!
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and here they are, all the pieces of the cabinet lined up nicely
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as i've said before, having those individual parts gives me much better control over the restoration process. with that being said, i started to sand down the old color layers - look how the original paint job starts to shine through
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coin door panel: DONE!
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the same was done to the other parts, i especially loved removing the grey color layer from the sides
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some would consider this restored
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on the left JUNGLE KING, on the right SHINOBI. which one looks better?
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of course that was not good enough, so i continued with my mission
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underneath that paint i found a huge crack in one of the sides ...
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4923331282_172224a3b0_b_d.jpg)
... and a part where the cabinet had obviously been fixed before
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4922741141_b6b9233666_z_d.jpg)
another comparison shot
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blank!
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with the outside done, i turned to the inside
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you can clearly see where they painted over the original black color for the grey shinobi look
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4922740691_ee6d260b43_b_d.jpg)
my first thought was to only remove that grey color, but when i started to do so i realized that (a) the black comes off easily and (b) removing the old smelly paint entirely probably isn't the worst idea
so here's the result of that consideration ...
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4923332588_b2b487ca75_b_d.jpg)
... and the results of many hours doing nothing but sanding, sanding and sanding
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4923332964_94d4fefe97_b_d.jpg)
in between those sanding sessions, i found the time for some minor side projects (which all revolved around sanding as well
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):
the monitor mounting bracket before the operation
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4923333800_0cc0213dab_b_d.jpg)
as you can see, full of color spots and lighty rusted
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4922742637_39af79ec05_b_d.jpg)
after some sanding and polishing rounds, here are the results: not perfect, but good enough - i didn't want to be too anal about this part
![Ghost :ghost:](http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/Smileys/default/smiley_ghost.gif)
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4922742269_9aa2eae32b_z_d.jpg)
next up: the cabinet wheels. as you can see, they were totally worn with huge chunks of plastic sticking out
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4923333160_e52dc2b005_b_d.jpg)
i could have simply bought new ones, but as long as pieces are salvageable, i'll try to use them. what i did was stick the wheels on a pen and let the rotational pull of the sander do the trick
![Grin ;D](http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4923333682_95ffab4078_b_d.jpg)
so much better than before!
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4922741859_b58a4d9da8_b_d.jpg)
here they are again together with the sanded / polished "wheel holders" (i don't know what the correct term for those parts is)
![](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4922741699_0be5f22d5b_b_d.jpg)
and finally: from a rusty dull coin box to a shiny polished coin bucket
to be continued ...