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Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by nik282000@lemmy.ca to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Repaired some broken solder joints, sanded out the biggest scuffs and polished most of the scratches out of the screen. Oh yeah, and the paint job.

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[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Now you just need a little sticker for the corner.

Television

Entertainment System

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I did think about vinyl cutting some stickers or getting something custom made up but I never decided on anything.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'd recommend Rockin Monkey if you wanted to do stickers, they've been awesome when I've had them do orders. Unfortunately the smallest batch they'll do is 10. I'm guessing you don't need 10 TV stickers... I don't remember how small Spring will print.

I can do a couple quick mockups for you if you'd like. I'm just procrastinating at work.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rockin Monkey

Oh no, I didn't need another custom printing company in my bookmarks list...

I might try to make a stencil, I've had good luck with those: https://i.imgur.com/MQHV2yu.jpeg

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love that! Sand blasted or etched?

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sand blasted. You can get one the size of an airbrush that is meant for cleaning jewelry (I think), it works awesome on glass.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My mom's been doing stained glass for years, so she's got one of the decent ones. I've been dying to do some projects with that and her Cricut...

Not sure how Lemmy's gonna butcher this, it looks like it played nicely. Did a couple versions. Tried to be as close to the original kearning and font ratios as I could just eyeballing it. I'm more a fan of the top one, personally. Feel free to use it if you do decide to do it. Let us know how it turns out!

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those kick ass! If I can get a decent vinyl cut I will go with the top one. It looks pretty legit. Thanks!

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

No problem at all, first time I've had an excuse to open gimp in like a year.