This has been on my to-do list for a while now and so happy to finally get to it. I had a friend bead blast the control panel for me, and started to prep it yesterday. Here’s the steps that I did.
- Painted both sides (black satin spray paint) and sanded it with 220 and 600 grit sandpaper to get a nice smooth surface.
- Wiped down with Isopropyl alcohol.
- Aligned CPO and used a flashlight underneath the control panel to show where the joystick and button holes were located.
- Clamped down both sides
- Measured the CPO to the control panel to make sure it was square
- Removed one clamp and peeled off half the overlay and cut the backing off.
- Smoothed the half of the overlay down and then did the same for the other half.
- Heated the top and bottom to wrap around the metal control panel
- Trimmed excess and to an excto-knife to the joystick and button holes.
- Used a hole punch for the bolt holes.
- Added joystick, buttons, and hardware.
