dogcow Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 as purchased decals removed, control box and coin door+housing removed .. getting a bath to remove decal glue residue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decaturjack Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Looking good Dogcow, how long did it take you to scrape all those off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Looking good Dogcow, how long did it take you to scrape all those off? quite a while the problem was i bought this hot blade decal remover from harbor freight genius little invention basically its a razor blade holder on the end of a soldering iron problem is its so poorly made when it heats up the coupling between the handle and the iron warps and it breaks. so i went through about 2 of them per side. finally i found where someone suggested removing the tip and inserting it into a desoldering iron made by radio shack. i tried that and it worked and the unit is much better made so i was able to do the last side without any breakage. had i started off with that set up i could have probably done the entire thing in less than an hour. currently repainting the control box and coin door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decaturjack Posted May 29, 2012 Share Posted May 29, 2012 Cool. What kind of graphics are you going to put back on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcow Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 none, i found a source for decals but it was like $800 for a set , this is not worth it since the black paint underneath is in very nice condition and not scorched by the removal process. if the paint gets screwed up i may try to get some custom decals printed, i will probably get one printed for the header which is the name of the place where the crane is going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Mcghee Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hi! I also have a treasure chest crane. I need a manual for it. Any idea where I can get one ? Thanks! Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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