It's time to paint that disgusting case that we weren't able to restore properly just with elbow grease and retrobrighting. Rather than trying to match the original breadbin case tones, I'm just picking a bright, loud color and going for it. I'll cover choice of paints, technique, and how it turned out, as well as the restoration of a few more odds and ends.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Prep work
02:42 Colors
04:16 Painting
08:02 Rusted metal
10:56 Restoring the manual
12:16 Putting case back together
14:47 Badges
16:03 Final result
17:00 Testing
18:07 Conclusion
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