HunterZero Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Quite pleased how this turned out. The disc on the right hand controller on my Inty 1 was looking a bit poorly. The disc has a clear plastic film on it. This film had a circular hole scratched into it about 10mm across with the metalised surface showing through. The edges of the hole were jagged and annoying when your thumb was on it. Wish I'd taken a before pic now. So I peeled off the plastic, cleaned off the adhesive residue with rubbing alcohol and applied new clear book film. Result! - J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice work. I have several controllers that could use a disc 'facelift'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACFinPGH Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 What about replacement metal discs? Anyone found a source for those? Perhaps the resident metal worker (Crazy Climber) could produce something? I have half a dozen controllers with poor or missing metal inlays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Yes I have often wondered how one would go about reproducing them... I would imagine they are aluminium with a circular brushed finish, and some form of gold clear coating or anodising, then the plastic film. - J Edited February 26, 2015 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 What is "clear book film"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Adhesive backed thin clear plastic film used for covering books. Edited February 26, 2015 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Where does one purchase this "clear book film"? I've never heard of it before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Transparent covers!? This completely changes the way I judge books. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Ok, just send your discard Intellivisions to me. CIB please...or at least a Sylvania Manual. Transparent covers!? This completely changes the way I judge books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I don't have the Sylvania manual either....or the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Where does one purchase this "clear book film"? I've never heard of it before... Any office stationery shop should carry it. Eg, here in Australia... http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/contact-book-covering-clear-5m-es46859 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Transparent covers!? This completely changes the way I judge books. I see right through your attempt to judge a book by its cover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 What is "clear book film"? Let me google that for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I don't have the Sylvania manual either....or the box. Got the box, but no manual. Come to think of it, I don't know if I've ever even seen a Sylvania manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I recently picked up an Intellivision I...great to have this system again!It's in excellent condition except for one of the controller discs...that has lots of light scratches that appear to be only on the surface. Hunterzero discovered that his controller's disc had a plastic film-layer. If mine is the same, I should be able to use a plastic buffing compound (PlastX) to buff-out the scratches. Problem is...I can't tell if there is a plastic layer, and if there isn't, I may ruin the metal surface. Since I have the same model as Hunterzero, I would think the discs would be the same...but I can't be sure. I welcome any advice. Thanks, StephenJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Pic? Very hard to tell though unless you can see the actual disc. Look very carefully at the edges of the disc to see if you can detect any fraying or lifting of plastic at the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I just did this to one of my controllers and the alchohol removed all the gold coloring. Now its a nice shiny silver disc... No biggie to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 I just did this to one of my controllers and the alchohol removed all the gold coloring. Now its a nice shiny silver disc... No biggie to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Weird... I tried a few things on the gold on my controller and was wary of removing the gold. Used milder stuff so no acetone. WD40 and isopropyl alcohol had no effect on the gold. WD40 had no effect on the adhesive either. The isopropyl worked slowly. You could find yellow tinted clear film? Edited May 7, 2015 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 (edited) Weird... I tried a few things on the gold on my controller and was wary of removing the gold. Used milder stuff so no acetone. WD40 and isopropyl alcohol had no effect on the gold. WD40 had no effect on the adhesive either. The isopropyl worked slowly. You could find yellow tinted clear film? i just used 91% isopropyl alchohol. I will try another with 70% isopropyl alchohol. It had removed the sticky and the gold really easy. Edited May 7, 2015 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hunterzero, "...Look very carefully at the edges of the disc to see if you can detect any fraying or lifting of plastic at the edge...". Used a magnifying glass...no sign of fraying or lifting of plastic. I decided to take a chance and try using PlastX. Although it caused no damage, it did nothing about the surface scratches. Bummer. Thanks, StephenJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 HunterZero...and anyone who is interested... I decided to gently use my fingernail in a prying motion on the edge of the disc. Slowly a very small portion of the plastic layer started to peel-up. When I first attempted to pull the plastic with tweezers, the disc pulled apart from the brown plastic holder. With repeated sessions of soaking with Goo-Gone, waiting a few minutes and gently pulling with tweezers...the plastic was completely removed from the disc. Note: I was very careful to not pull too hard so as to bend the thin metal disc. After some wiping with a soft cloth...it looked like new and with no discoloration. Now I have to apply a new clear-plastic layer. Since the disc is removed from the brown plastic holder, I decided I would use a non-thermal paper laminater that I have at work. I would think that trimming the excess plastic around the disc with a razor-blade should not be too big of a problem. But all that will have to wait until Monday. I'll update this thread afterwords. All the best, StephenJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 As long as it's not of contact paper type, those shrinks over time and you might end up with slightly smaller cover and exposed edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 "...As long as it's not of contact paper type..." I really don't know what type it is. Guess I'll give it a try and see what happens. Thanks, StephenJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) Ethyl alcohol might be safer to use in general to clean the disc to prepare for new clear plastic than isopropyl alcohol. Good to know Goo Gone works although I don't think that we can get that in Australia. Edited May 10, 2015 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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