Everything is moving right along. It’s getting pretty cold right now so that is slowing me down a bit. When temps were in the 70′s and above my spray primer was drying within 15 minutes. It’s taking much longer now.
So on Friday I put the first coat of Bondo on the front of the cabinet. Since drying times are increased I had to let it sit overnight. I sanded that down on Saturday and put the first layer of primer on. The front of this cab has definitely seen water because the leg levelers are rusted to the T-nuts within the triangular wood pieces under the bottom of the cab.
Taking the leg leveler mounting piece off
Ever want to see what the bottom of the mounting piece looks like? Here ya go:
The piece is just stapled onto the bottom of the cabinet. Nice and rusty!! 
After you first spray the primer down you get to see areas where you need to apply more bondo to make it nice and clean. I put on the last bits of Bondo today so I am waiting for that to dry before I can sand it down one last time and put the last layer of primer. After that all I have to do is repaint the front and reassemble!
I’d like to find a good match for the silver on the sides but I don’t want to get too heavy into touchups unless I can get a good match. Touchups in a color like that will stand out like a sore thumb. Below are some pictures of my progress:
The first layer of Bondo is applied.
Another shot of the first layer of Bondo.
The first layer of Bondo has been sanded down. The front is really smooth now!
Another shot.
The game is masked off in preparation of applying to first layer of primer.
I masked it all the way to the top of the game. I will spray all the black areas on the front of the game.
I was contemplating spraying the black areas with Rustoleum textured paint so that’s why you see a bit of shiny black paint on the front. I am going to stick with rolling on oil based semi-gloss paint with a dense foam roller instead.
After the first layer of primer was applied. I can already see some problem areas.
More Bondo applied.
