Refinish/Paint Gold Crown Pool Table Light
- Thread starter Nogbert
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You do realize you just asked us if your personal preference is ok to have in your own home, right? It's equivalent to asking us if it is ok for you to have a white refrigerator or brown couch. Of course it is ok to have whatever color you prefer on your own things in your own home, including on your pool table light. Not only is it ok, yours and your wife's opinions are the only ones that matter in the least.
I wouldn't personally ever cover up beautiful wood grain with paint, but that's just my preference which only matters for the things I own.
One thing I would mention in case you hadn't thought of it, if the aprons on your table are white, which means you would be painting the light white, it might look kind of funny next to the Brunswick logo insert on the light since that logo insert has a white background as well.
I'd do it if I had a solid color GC. Those lights are all 20+ years old now. Switch them over to LED flat panels while you are there. But keep the grates, or your eyes will be blinded.
I know, I know. I'm just asking the collective in case someone has any compelling arguments against or for it that I have not considered. another reason is I'm torn between keeping the wood grain and painting to match the vintage aesthetic. looking for peoples' opinions
thanks for this tip, the flat panels had caught my eye but I am not as familiar with how they are installed vs LED tube replacements. Are they simply dropped into the frame? would i be able to remove the entire fluorescent fixture (weight)?
Send it to me. I'll need to live with it for a few years to get a feel for which color is best.
Another idea is to just cover it in vinyl furniture wrap in the color that best matches your table (shop around for the best match, there are a billion colors out there, and you can even have a custom color done if desired).
Applying the wrap is pretty easy to do (the video below quickly shows the basic process), but the big benefit is that if you decide you want to go back for any reason you can easily remove the wrap by just peeling it off with the use of a hair dryer. If there are any traces of the very weak adhesive left, it can be pretty easily rubbed/wiped off with rubbing alcohol.
There may be other similar things to the furniture vinyl that others are aware of the might work even better for your light for some reason, and maybe they will chime in with their suggestions if there are.
While I did not paint an original, I did make my own and painted it to match my restored Gold Crown I. If you do decide to paint, use a Door and Trim or Cabinet Urethane Enamel as it will offer a better finish and dry harder than latex wall paint.
This light-frame.... is it stained with a clear coat just like your wood aprons?
I know my GCI apron (pic) layered wood was gorgeous.
Likely not poplar. With a fine grit, all aprons and underframe took 45 minutes to completely strip, a 200 or 180 grit then stain/clear coat.
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That paint job pops!!
The wood shop near me told me that my GCI aprons were Maple.
my aprons have the original paint on them but the backside looks much like yours. the light itself is solid mahogany if i am not mistaken
I miss typed in thread #10, I was told they were poplar.... Kinda makes sense, the wood was so light, had my choice of how dark to go to match the room, I did get it tho too light.
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I believe it is. I'm not sure I'd paint mahogany, but that's just me. I made mine out of poplar.
DeeDeeCues
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Yeah, I'd be hard pressed to paint mahogany.
I'm a huge believer in automotive paint for this kind of stuff. Summit Racing has great paint at reasonable cost of you don't have your heart set on a color match.
I owned 7 GC I's and some II"s. Cornblasted em (not too deep) light hand sanding, took 15 minutes to do that. Wiped em clean five minutes, chose a stain, then 3 coats of clear. Came out perfect, got the wood to match the room lighting.
