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So why exactly did you settle on black?
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They said they can't do hammertone powdercoating, so I had to pick a solid color. They didn't have a blue in stock to match the original color so it would have been some waiting to order the correct stuff and it only comes in 5lb bags, so they wouldn't have used it all anyway which would have been wasted money for me. I ended up with satin black because it was in stock, it looks nice, the red stenciling on the panel will really pop against it, and RCA themselves did metal cabinets in black so it seemed logical.
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It now looks extremely out of place, if not half-a**ed. From what photos you showed us before painting it looked totally fine.
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Not sure what you mean by half assed, it was a professional place that did the work. The reason it had to be done was the top of the cabinet was pitted with rust, they had to do some sanding to get it back to good metal. That and like I said, I didn't want the HV meter in there.
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I'd of just taken a 2x2" square piece of sheet metal and JB welded it to the backside of the panel, then bondo'd and sanded the front down before paint. You wouldn't of needed a new panel and after paint you'd again never notice it.
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I thought about it, but in the end powdercoating is a tougher finish that lasts longer. This will likely end up getting kicked around my garages, so I needed something that would stand up to a little neglect. Bondo doesn't play well with the heat of powdercoating, so that idea was a bust.
Plan is to have a sort of repair shop set up, so I can service chassis people send me. I want to be able to put it on a shelf and forget about maintaining it, plus powdercoating just turns out so nice.