Identify this GC model???
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They must have a lot of hours of play to start wearing the wood grain off of the Formica. I guess Im lucky that my GCI has no wear, chips, dents, or scratches in the Formica.
I'm jealous! my rails have a decent number of dents etc... not sure it would be worth the cost to repair or replace... it does nag me though.
At least it doesn't affect the way the table plays, thats the most important part.
Thats not wear, thats character.
DeeDeeCues
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The Formica can be worked and painted the same way as automotive body work is done. My GCI had several cigarette burns, so I sanded it, filled the burns and dents, then painted. I'm not a huge fan of wood grain Formica to begin with, so I was happy to have something different.
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That looks outstanding!!!!! Were you able to save the diamonds on the rails? Thats one thing that always concerned me, how to save them and make it look good.
DeeDeeCues
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Thank-you.
The table was missing one diamond when I bought it, and I wasn't planning on saving them. I printed new circular inlays out of copper-filled PLA with black diamonds inset. Keeps with the theme of the table colors. I painted the rails, then re-cut the pockets on my mill. This was the most stressful part of the build, but a brand-new carbide cutter resulted in no chip-outs. I shot four coats of 2k clear after. It worked out well, but that is 100% the part that would be the toughest to do without having a good way to cut the pockets. If I didn't have the mill or at least a good drill press, I would have likely compromised and used some kind of overlay before clear coating. Happily, I didn't have to resort to that.