sWEating HYDRAtion
Treading water with air Compressed air: lifting dust, grit, and grime out of rusty screws and old interior crevices soaked 409 clean now of brittle nicotine heated plastics oh my &^*$ yucky. So too when the time came to clean the dirt and dust out of newly sanded wood, 120' CFS air cleaned so a fresh black could be applied after the glue for the chipped corner dried solid under the clamps. Restoration also means time to dry (after true applications of whetted sweat slowly concentrated patient wet painting labor glue whatever). Fun stuff. This Hydra had been docked since October 2009 and actually suffered water damage while bookending an Atari row that stretched 120'. It was the baby of the line @1990, topping the last 'Atari Games' cabinets after the 720ยบ and Paperboy. Sweet white complex cool molded star wars yoke it reminded me of game #1 fiberglas mold and how 20 years bookending Atari video games was kind of neat when you literally set them next to each oth...