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Restoration questions. What wax shoud I use? Which paint color? Where does this part go?

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Playfield clearcoating and touch-ups.

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Restoration stickies

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PFR Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration By vid1900 (8 years ago) - Last post 8 mins ago

Restoration topics

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PFR Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration By vid1900 (8 years ago) - Last post 8 mins ago

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RSQ poly-crylic to prevent backglass flaking? data eastNew By mitchzizzle (3 hours ago) - Last post 8 mins ago

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PFR Royal Rumble Mini Playfield Overlay or Decals needed By FlipperFan81 (5 months ago) - Last post 26 mins ago

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RSD Installing cabinet decalsNew By pencilneck (18 hours ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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RSQ White Water Hex Posts Lengths NeededNew By perryd (2 hours ago) - Last post 2 hours ago

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RSD 1979 Stern Meteor Project By Mathazar (15 days ago) - Last post 4 hours ago

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RSQ Funhouse cabinet paint By jrkitty (7 years ago) - Last post 4 hours ago

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RSQ PARTY ZONE: Captain head stuck on left positionNew By gurzo (8 hours ago) - Last post 6 hours ago

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RSD 1948 Marvel Hit Parade wood rail By Hairball (42 days ago) - Last post 6 hours ago

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RSQ Clearcoating a Pin2000 cabinet? By GILV (1 day ago) - Last post 16 hours ago

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RSD DE Simpsons By polyacanthus (2 years ago) - Last post 16 hours ago

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RSQ Mars god of war backglassNew By Grizdog (17 hours ago) - Last post 17 hours ago

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RSD STTNG: Ten Forward ran out of booze, initiate self destruct sequence … By radium (4 days ago) - Last post 18 hours ago

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RSD Stern Trident Restoration with BSOS 2020 Code By bigguybbr (35 days ago) - Last post 19 hours ago

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PFR DE Batman - Playfield Protector Interest By JohnJN (1 year ago) - Last post 20 hours ago

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RSQ Removing a Zaccaria backglass By Paulspinball (1 day ago) - Last post 23 hours ago

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RSQ SMVE speaker panel/backbox vs other spike machines ? By marcd (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Bally Night Rider (SS) Re-theme as "Whack-That-Mole"...Now With a Video! … By MrSanRamon (3 years ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD No catchy thread title this time, just a Funhouse restoration... By cosmokramer (4 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR KRUZMAN monthly playfield thread By kruzman (2 years ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD WeatherbyMAG's Bally & Stern Restoration Blog By WeatherbyMAG (4 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Star Trek 25th anniversary restoration By arakissun (2 years ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Bgresto By iamgizmo (37 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ Cabinet clear coat … all at once By MT45 (44 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Robocop: "They'll Fix You..." By PIN-CPS (17 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD 2021 Stern 9ball Resto By Jjsmooth (33 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ Williams Little Chief multi player not working By lasancmt (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Totally Radicals! By trilogybeer (9 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Halloween JC retheme - this is gonna be killer By Colsond3 (2 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD This ELVIRA gives me some „unpleasant dreams“ (EATPM resto) By ageXX (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Finding my Place in the Food Chain while Taking on the (Bally) Frontier … By TractorDoc (2 years ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Score reel numbers By borna (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Bram Stokers Dracula (BSD) Radcals! By adams_arcade (2 years ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Salvaging! By Enchantress (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Flipper Fair Restoration By undrdog (48 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Reproducing vintage side art By dr_nybble (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD My 2021 Addams Family restoration By uncivil_engineer (80 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Fan-Tas-Tic Bulb Placement By bushav (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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PFR Looking for "Who Dunnit" playfield insert decals - do they exist By martymart (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Goldeneye Ramp Protectors By Quayle (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Earthshaker Restoration By rmillman (6 years ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Restoration of a 1955 Chicago Coin Big League Baseball By Firebird67 (4 months ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Coin Box for Black Knight (Williams, 1980) By NF6X (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Any difference in pf bolt hole locations on CFTBL and CV cabinets? … By nlrobert (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Straightening out munched metal By dr_nybble (6 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD Bally Vampire restoration (transfusions required :) By Colsond3 (4 years ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD GTB Atlantis (not as good as LECKMECK) By EJS (73 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Cabinet Builders By mrm_4 (2 years ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ How to proceed fixing cabinet being painted single color on 1 side? … By swampwiz (8 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ EM switching to LEDs and colored inserts By undrdog (6 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD Completed: Stern Meteor Restoration with BSOS 2021 Code By bigguybbr (66 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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PFR Is my playfield too far gone? Should I get a hardtop replacement? … By aaron__b (7 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ New backglass bubbling/peeling By Deverezieaux (7 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD High Speed & Taxi: 80’s brothers rebuilt By Bellagio (4 months ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Clearing using rattle cans? By Johncare07 (7 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Williams Aztec - Shall I repaint the backglass wood surround? By Fordiesel69 (7 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ ColorDMD code for Stern playboy? By HighTower (3 years ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Seawitch # 276 By rcbrown316 (30 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Shop Job - Master Checklist By mof (6 years ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD 2021 - Shadow Resto By Jjsmooth (73 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ South Park NOS plastic set dilemma. By Dmoore11 (18 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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PFR CPR Old Chicago Playfield Swap Thread By Dono (6 months ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSQ CPR Black Knight 2k backglass By ArnieC (8 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSD Fathom playfield swap By Mudflaps (3 months ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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PFR Overlay lifting By Calvintaylor (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Why aren't there reproduction plastics for Jungle Lord? By aaron__b (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Early Bally Cash Box Plastic Containers By loghome895 (5 months ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD Bally Transporter the Rescue Deep Shop & Refresh By dmacy (46 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD QUICKSILVER scratch build: A Detailed Guide By HoakyPoaky (1 year ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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PFR ISO Gottlieb MGOW Insert Decals By broncoking (11 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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PFR The SprayMax 2K Auto Clear in a Can Club! By Curbfeeler (6 years ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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PFR T-nuts? By Enchantress (11 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSQ How do you remove the brass grommets in EHOH shooter assembly? By Kerry_Richard (11 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSD What have I been sucked into?? A Black Hole Restoration By Pinball_Gizzard (1 year ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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PFR Meteor playfield reproductions coming? By semicolin (4 years ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSD Bare wood EM playfield repaint By dr_nybble (9 months ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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RSQ Solved: How to solve flipper interference with guide rail By sparky672 (14 days ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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PFR Should I clear coat bare wood before applying color layers? By rauls4 (13 days ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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RSQ Stern Electronics Apron Decals? By Lovef2k (81 days ago) - Last post 13 days ago

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RSD Future Spa Hardtop Install - Vid's Guide By vid1900 (9 months ago) - Last post 13 days ago

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RSQ Does Rodney Davis still make custom score cards? By Pinballmike217 (14 days ago) - Last post 14 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb Sky.Line opinion By Seamlesswall (34 days ago) - Last post 14 days ago

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RSD Total restore of an Ice-Revue By mark532011 (3 months ago) - Last post 14 days ago

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RSQ Looking for this inlane part - ball deflector By fossmin (22 days ago) - Last post 14 days ago

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PFR Free Bally Hang Glider playfield art. Fully layered and vectorized … By rauls4 (17 days ago) - Last post 15 days ago

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RSD Bringing a Hook back to life By silen7ce (12 months ago) - Last post 15 days ago

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PFR Looking for a Bally Eight Ball play field By jasper13 (16 days ago) - Last post 15 days ago

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RSQ What is proper replacement lamp socket, flush mount, Bally playfield? … By swampwiz (16 days ago) - Last post 16 days ago

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RSQ Which primer over bondo before applying decals ? By marcd (31 days ago) - Last post 16 days ago

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RSD Hardtop Install for SS Mata Hari (and now Cabinet Resto, too!) By Mathazar (1 year ago) - Last post 17 days ago

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RSQ Looking for correct screws for Bally plastics By jibmums (5 years ago) - Last post 17 days ago

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RSQ Strange Science Pinball's Apron Artwork By ClassicBally (30 days ago) - Last post 18 days ago

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RSD Cyclone partial restore By jorant (27 days ago) - Last post 18 days ago

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RSD La Porta's Firepower "Rejuvenation" By La_Porta (5 years ago) - Last post 18 days ago

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PFR Batman DE PF & Ramp Decals By 85vett (6 years ago) - Last post 18 days ago

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RSQ Jacks Open/Lucky Hand By MeanPinball (19 days ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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RSD Project T2 - "The Shiny Beast" By Morpheus (10 months ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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RSQ Harvest Moon Backglass By MinnPin (21 days ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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RSQ Looking for Bally SS coin door lamp sockets By tomdrum (20 days ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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RSQ Marco hasn't had Bally SS coin skins in stock for months, Why? By tomdrum (28 days ago) - Last post 19 days ago

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