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Brokering peace between the collectors and the Mame Community
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Reged: 03/11/05
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Posts: 770
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Loc: Oakland, CA
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Re: So many great bezels waiting to be cleaned
09/27/14 06:35 AM
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> Wow, I haven't seen this much activity on a thread in a while. As long as everyone's > here and on the topic of cleaning, I have a question. How far do we go with the > cleaning? I'm currently stitching and cleaning the inner bezels for Blue Shark and > it's in poor condition (folds, rips, uneven fading, water marks, staple holes, rust > stains... you name it, it's got it). At some point it becomes less of a restoration > and more of a re-creation. I'm not sure if I have gone far enough, or if I've already > gone too far.
Looks great to me. I think the desire is try to get it as close to new as possible. If a better example should come along the art could always be touched up later. With so much damage, one has to take some artistic license.
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