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Repaired and repainted a curbside CRT to match my NES. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming

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Repaired some broken solder joints, sanded out the biggest scuffs and polished most of the scratches out of the screen. Oh yeah, and the paint job.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nice work!

Out of curiosity, what repairs did the CRT need?

Obligatory safety disclaimer for people who want to repair old TVs: Messing with some of those electronics can be very dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

The board was soaked and needed cleaning, the rca jacks were broken off and the screen had some deep scratches. I was only able to get the scratches about halfway polished out though, cerium isn't quite aggressive enough.