The original cabinet had already been repainted once, but was in generally good condition. There were some dings and corner damage, but nothing that could not be glued and filled. I started by stripping the old paint with a chemical stripper, and followed by sanding with 60 and 80 grit, using a belt sander.

I had originally intended to use 3-5 coats of Krylon, but took my father up on his offer to put the base coat on. He subsequently decided to use a brush, but I was happy with the end result.

The stencils were created on my computer, using xfig and the Gimp. I printed them in parts, and cut the stencils from posterboard, using an X-acto knife. Two stencils were created for the head, and two for the cabinet sides, where the same pattern was repeated 3 times on each side. Krylon spray was used for all red and for the Kokopelli black, but Rustoleum gloss black enamel was used for the black portions of the cabinet sides.

The cabinet was finished with a light rubdown of 0-0-0-0 steel wool, and waxed with two coats of clear paste wax.

I polished the siderails using a cloth buffing wheel on my drill and white polishing rouge. New nails were used to re-attach the rails to the cabinet.

The coin door was in poor condition, with a good bit of rust. As it was painted already, I removed the paint and rust with a wire wheel, and primed it with Rustoleum metal primer. I then painted it with 2 coats of gloss black, and clear-coated it with 3 coats of Krylon Crystal Clear.

I wire-wheeled the paint off the flipper and game start buttons, primed them, and painted them with red Krylon, followed by clear. I removed the paint from the shooter and polished the knob to a high gloss. The plastic shooter guide was repainted red to match the buttons.