Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
- orion70
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Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Hello there. Having rescued a very old and rusty VIC-1020 (shell only), I am slowly fitting it in a decent retro-setup. In particular, I spray-painted the 1020 and opened, cleaned up as much as possible a Commodore 1085S monitor and a VIC-20 CR. I cooled its mobo with a couple of heatsinks and tested using the excellent Tynemouth Software hardware (see pics).
Also, in the last picture, you can see that the plastic band on the metal sheet of the 1020 is partially detached, with anti-aesthetic consequences. I thought about restoring it, but don't know how, and don't want to worsen the situation. Anyone can suggest a try? Wet it with water, or something else? Cooling it? Warming with an hairdryer? I won't hold you accountable for future disaster .
Also, in the last picture, you can see that the plastic band on the metal sheet of the 1020 is partially detached, with anti-aesthetic consequences. I thought about restoring it, but don't know how, and don't want to worsen the situation. Anyone can suggest a try? Wet it with water, or something else? Cooling it? Warming with an hairdryer? I won't hold you accountable for future disaster .
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
The pictures don't seem to be available. It says "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post". What's with that?
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
The pictures show up here (even if I'm not logged in). Sorry, cannot help. Anyone else has this problem?English Invader wrote:The pictures don't seem to be available. It says "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post". What's with that?
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Hey, thanks so much! Will definitely consider, should I worsen the label trying to restore it.
Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
No pictures for me neither. Same permission problem.
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Same deal with 3 different browsers (Firefox, Google Chrome and Pale Moon). I'm able to view pictures in other threads just not this one.vicist wrote:No pictures for me neither. Same permission problem.
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Edited first post (fewer and smaller pictures, with short names). Are they still invisible?
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Yes, same problem.orion70 wrote:Edited first post (fewer and smaller pictures, with short names). Are they still invisible?
One thing that hasn't been clarified yet is whether the pictures are unviewable to everyone except the poster or whether it's just a few individuals. If anyone other than Orion can see these images, please step forward.
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Yup!orion70 wrote:The pictures show up here (even if I'm not logged in). Sorry, cannot help. Anyone else has this problem?
Yup!Edited first post (fewer and smaller pictures, with short names). Are they still invisible?
Be normal.
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
OK, free image host then
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Everything seems to be fine now .
Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
I can see the pictures now. A very nice restoration!
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Thanks! Any suggestion about the label?
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Re: Advice on a VIC-1020 shell restoration
Oh here I finally see your latest purchase! (or better yet: re-purchase! )
About the label: is it plastic, or a very thin sheet of metal? If it appears to be self-adhesive, you may want to try to heat it with a heat gun. In many cases it's so effective that the label would basically peel off with almost no mechanical action. If it's plastic you have to be very careful not to overheat it, otherwise it will melt and deform. If it's metal you have to be very careful not to bend it while you pull it, or it will show many "bends" as vertical stripes in the metal (as I idiotically did with my Colecovision...); try to help it with a blade.
If it's not self-adhesive but pasted with glue, you might try to remove it either mechanically (again with the help of a blade), or by progressively melting the glue with "nitro" solvent beginning in a corner and then lifting the label a bit, wet the glue with solvent, lift another bit, etc. (Please note that I ignore if the writings would also be dissolved).
If the label strip is still decent at the end of the removal, the "professional" way is to spray the back with one of those spray adhesives made by 3M ("Spray Mount") and paste it back; the cheaper way is to use some "Artiglio" yellow glue bought at the local ferramenta.
If the label tears or anyway looks like poo after removing, I think you should consider having a repro made. Perhaps any of those guys that sell "new" carts for the VIC20 or the Atari may help.
In any case perhaps you should have removed the label first, and then rehauled the metal cabinet, re-painted it etc. while the label was off...
About the label: is it plastic, or a very thin sheet of metal? If it appears to be self-adhesive, you may want to try to heat it with a heat gun. In many cases it's so effective that the label would basically peel off with almost no mechanical action. If it's plastic you have to be very careful not to overheat it, otherwise it will melt and deform. If it's metal you have to be very careful not to bend it while you pull it, or it will show many "bends" as vertical stripes in the metal (as I idiotically did with my Colecovision...); try to help it with a blade.
If it's not self-adhesive but pasted with glue, you might try to remove it either mechanically (again with the help of a blade), or by progressively melting the glue with "nitro" solvent beginning in a corner and then lifting the label a bit, wet the glue with solvent, lift another bit, etc. (Please note that I ignore if the writings would also be dissolved).
If the label strip is still decent at the end of the removal, the "professional" way is to spray the back with one of those spray adhesives made by 3M ("Spray Mount") and paste it back; the cheaper way is to use some "Artiglio" yellow glue bought at the local ferramenta.
If the label tears or anyway looks like poo after removing, I think you should consider having a repro made. Perhaps any of those guys that sell "new" carts for the VIC20 or the Atari may help.
In any case perhaps you should have removed the label first, and then rehauled the metal cabinet, re-painted it etc. while the label was off...
Last edited by highinfidelity on Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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