Two tone painting help.

[zadd]

Here's what I did to my vendo 126. I painted and cleared the whole machine red , Then I sanded the whole machine with 800 grit dry on a DA , used blue fine line tape to mark off the area I wanted white , masked up the red area (covered up) ,then had some cheap vinyl decals made to cover the red area I  wanted to stay red where it says have a coke. Painted the white and then peeled the decals off to revile the red and unmasked the whole thing ,and then cleared the whole machine again. Looks AWESOME!

[loman4ec]

I painted the white today. It looks great. Tomorrow I am going to tape it off and shoot the red. I went and bought the tape a few days ago. It is blue vinyl tape used for painting flames and pin stripes. I hope it all works out. Here is a pic of the white.

[dr galaga]

When you paint your machines, do you paint the entire inside?

[loman4ec]

I use automotive undercoating on the insides. It comes in a spray can and works great. It also helps to insulate and really protects the metal. I attached a pic. This is what it looked like after the first coat. It took two cans and two coats to cover well. I am sorry but I dont have a pic of after both coates.

[Jim]

Josh,

Looks good!
I would like to point out that the door looks as if it has sagged with age OR is this just an illusion because the liner will pull things back into alignment once everything is put back together...

Keep your lines straight! '>

[zadd]

Yea. I seam seal the inside cabinet,And  outside seams and then paint the complete machine inside and out.The outside seams I use a battery powered seam seal gun to get a flat constant look. Like the factor does on automobiles.

[loman4ec]

It must just be an illusion. It does have a little sag but it is less than most machines. I would say it sags less than 1/8 inch. I think it just looks that way due to the angle and the way the door is open.

[collecture]

Jim,
Josh - correct me if I am wrong, but don't the 56's have a door support bracket on the bottom which is sort of like a ramp and helps bring the door up into alignment when it is closed.

[loman4ec]

The square tops do but I am not sure on the round tops. This one does not but I bet it is do to this one is a really early square top. The door sag it does have is really minor. Here is a before pic. You can see that the door sag is hardly visable.

[collecture]

None of the round tops I have ever owned had one. I am pretty sure it was a modification that Vendo came up with after the sag problem surfaced many years later.