So about a year and a half ago I acquired my Gc1 from the situation of, if you want it come get it out of my basemnt . I had no idea what kind of table it was and was only told it was a 9ft table. My dad played on it years ago and said it was a nice table don’t pass it up. It had been dis assembled for 15 years and stored indoors. When I got there I was like man what am I getting into. It looked
Pretty rough. After doing a quick google search I thought I might have something special here. So I loaded it up and got it home to start evaluating it.
Once home I laid it all out and started scrubbing, sanding and painting. It really wasn’t in horrible shape after cleaning it up. It just needed a little tlc. My dad has been working with me on this, so it’s been a good time. It’s the first table we have ever refurbished. Once I figure out posting pics I’ll post more.
some of the corners were cracked so i wood glued them down. It seems to have done the job.
all the levelers were rough. Two had pipe wrench marks on them. I just sanded them out and polished them.
The ball rack was fun to prep for paint. Most of the glued pieces were loose so they all had to be glued back on.
wet sanded and buffed the rails out. 85% condition now.
My dad did a killer job painting the skirts and base. I'm going to go with some grey or silver stickers.
This weekend is all about getting the hardware ready. I have replaced all of the 1/2" bolts from square to hex and added lock nuts and more washers. for the plastic side skirts I'm debating on stainless washers or white nylon washers. I'm thinking the nylon will keep them from cracking the plastic and messing the paint up.
Pretty rough. After doing a quick google search I thought I might have something special here. So I loaded it up and got it home to start evaluating it.
Once home I laid it all out and started scrubbing, sanding and painting. It really wasn’t in horrible shape after cleaning it up. It just needed a little tlc. My dad has been working with me on this, so it’s been a good time. It’s the first table we have ever refurbished. Once I figure out posting pics I’ll post more.
some of the corners were cracked so i wood glued them down. It seems to have done the job.
all the levelers were rough. Two had pipe wrench marks on them. I just sanded them out and polished them.
The ball rack was fun to prep for paint. Most of the glued pieces were loose so they all had to be glued back on.
wet sanded and buffed the rails out. 85% condition now.
My dad did a killer job painting the skirts and base. I'm going to go with some grey or silver stickers.
This weekend is all about getting the hardware ready. I have replaced all of the 1/2" bolts from square to hex and added lock nuts and more washers. for the plastic side skirts I'm debating on stainless washers or white nylon washers. I'm thinking the nylon will keep them from cracking the plastic and messing the paint up.
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