Gold Crown II Repainting Questions

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I just bought a Gold Crown II, and the previous owner stripped most of the old paint from the ball box and apron wings at the foot of the table. Also, it looks like all of the aprons were originally blue and have been poorly repainted brown. I am going to have the table set up in about two or three weeks, and I wanted to know what formulas of primer and paint would be recommended to get it looking decent before install.

The pedestal legs are white and appear to be the original paint. Any suggestions for cleaning them up or painting them as well?

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You should do a search. I recall seeing this discussed in various threads over the past few months.
 
Besides the leg levelers, it was described to me that the rails having captive nuts in them suggest a GC II
 
GCII was not painted in any of the original pastel colors. Just curious, did the table survive with its plastic skirting and anchor straps intact?
 
xianmacx said:
Here are a couple threads with paint codes. Congrats on the table, best table every made IMO. :thumbup::thumbup:

My GC1, done in the original yellow/gold and white
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=393224&highlight=capsule
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=393287&highlight=capsule

Another member did a great job on a Blue and white restoration recently.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=431397
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Thanks! A couple of questions. I read somewhere on a thread that acrylic paint shouldn't be used. Only oil based? Also, do I just use a paint roller? And if I want to use other colors than traditional will that effect resale value do you think?
 
rikdee said:
GCII was not painted in any of the original pastel colors. Just curious, did the table survive with its plastic skirting and anchor straps intact?
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Do you mean those fins that look like find from a car from the fifties? I don't have those with the table. What are anchor straps?
 
bluepepper said:
Thanks! A couple of questions. I read somewhere on a thread that acrylic paint shouldn't be used. Only oil based? Also, do I just use a paint roller? And if I want to use other colors than traditional will that effect resale value do you think?
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Honestly I don't think it matters too much. I am not a paint expert but was also told oil based would be the best for painting the light as it would adhere to the wood better. I ended up going water based so I could shoot it and it was easier to work with. Since its a home table and won't take abuse, I think any type of paint will hold up pretty well.

I don't think paint scheme will affect resale at all. People who buy gold crowns are buying them cause they are "gold crowns" not because of a specific color.

Ian
 
Anchor straps are the shaped metal strips that fix (with wood screws) the plastic skirting to the underside of the main frame rails. There are 7 as would have been furnished with a new table; three on each of the long apron skirts and one at center of the head apron skirt. The skirts themselves screw to the lower edges of the three aprons herein mentioned. Additionally, the skirts for the foot rail aprons do not fix with anchor straps.
 
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Thanks, Pat and xianmacx. rickdee, I'm actually out of state for a couple of weeks, so I don't have the hardware in front of me, but I know that there were no plastic parts anywhere. When I Googled "anchor straps", the following Gold Crown service manual popped up, so I can see the parts of the table you are referring to. I don't recall anything that looks like anchor straps, but there were several plastic bags of hardware that I didn't go through. I just trusted the seller that it was all there.

http://www.chicagobilliardmuseum.org/files/Gold_Crown_1961.pdf
 
bluepepper said:
By the way, I'm not sure what a skirt is as opposed to an apron?
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Aprons are the wooden pieces that attach to the rail extrusions.The skirts are the plastic pieces you are apparently missing. Good news is, if you don't have the skirts, anchor straps have no application. If you plan to put time, money, and effort into a refurbish, it would make sense to somehow acquire a complete set of skirts and straps. Along with providing a finished and original appearance, they conceal the bottom ends of the plastic pockets that otherwise protrude into a quite untidy view.
 
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Ah. I had thought they were terms being used by different people for the same thing. Thanks for explaining.
 
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