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Restoration questions

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

Playfield restoration

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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 (5 years ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

Restoration topics

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RSD Comet restoration project By pinheadpierre (85 days ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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RSD Williams Space Shuttle Restoration By canoncitypb (11 days ago) - Last post 4 hours ago

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RSQ Party Animal: Frog mushroom/toadstoolNew By SLCpunk2113 (5 hours ago) - Last post 5 hours ago

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RSD the Slowest Globetrotter Restore By mark532011 (22 days ago) - Last post 5 hours ago

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RSQ Bally Star Trek Restore Color Question Vote Now! By timab2000 (1 day ago) - Last post 6 hours ago

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RSD Nine Ball Overhaul -- My Attempt to Resurrect a Classic Stern By TractorDoc (63 days ago) - Last post 7 hours ago

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RSD Phantom of the Opera high end restoration By jboner1058 (2 years ago) - Last post 9 hours ago

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RSD Diving in to a Sega Sonar Restoration By PACMAN (35 days ago) - Last post 9 hours ago

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RSD Why Not? A Fireball Restoration > done (MGC Best in Show) By Whysnow (3 months ago) - Last post 10 hours ago

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RSD Space Invaders :: a step by step restore (recommendations r welcome!) … By arqpuebla (8 months ago) - Last post 10 hours ago

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RSQ Oops, Bally 6803, Atlantis flipper pics needed By Atari_Daze (3 days ago) - Last post 11 hours ago

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RSD resto: Blackout (mof: 20180225) By mof (22 days ago) - Last post 12 hours ago

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RSQ Clear coating cabinet decals By TheBigDog (1 day ago) - Last post 12 hours ago

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PFR The SprayMax 2K Auto Clear in a Can Club! By Curbfeeler (3 years ago) - Last post 13 hours ago

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RSD Taking my kids down w/ me, girls resto-customizing a Bad Cats playfield by hand … By goingincirclez (66 days ago) - Last post 13 hours ago

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PFR Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration By vid1900 (5 years ago) - Last post 14 hours ago

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RSD A Fish of Tales Restoration By Soulrider911 (4 months ago) - Last post 19 hours ago

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RSQ Magnet loop breaks game (TOTAN). Suggestions? By grahamvinyl (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Road Show playfield questions By redgoat (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Flash Gordon: A shop out log By FatPanda (27 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ 1972 Bally Space Time - first EM, first restoration By manples (1 year ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Gold Judge Dredd: Restoration By newtoit (11 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Kruzman clear install kit is a life saver By mmr61184 (3 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD New overlay project on Flash Gordon! By Sideways (3 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Funhouse - My first restoration (help me not botch this!) By arcadenerd925 (3 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD The Bally Atlantis that I discovered By Atari_Daze (76 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD One thing I hate about EM's an Air Aces restore By psd4me (1 year ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Evel Knievel revived. Recapturing my youth By bbhenry2000 (25 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Playfield swap By benjocat (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Cross Town Project By Silverstreak02 (9 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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PFR The getaway mountain mod scan By roboclan (57 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Installing T-nuts By snowvictim (5 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD HEP Firepower 2018 Finished 4-6-18 By High_End_Pins (18 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Another Time Fantasy screaming for attention By g94 (3 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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PFR Stellar Wars decals By kilmarnock1350 (32 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Cleaning rubber residue from flipper bats? By jibmums (5 months ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ System 11 GI always on, doesn't play with game. By mixmastapj (3 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Attn: Stern Stingray Owners - need a plastic scanned By RacingPin (1 year ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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PFR Freddy Playfield Scan By jwo825 (8 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Getaway: High Speed ll - Restoration By TheCapn (9 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Funhouse Ball Shooter issue By Scroat (15 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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PFR Are there any high end playfield restorers left By mmr61184 (28 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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PFR PSA: Come on people... Down with Napatha, up with Novus 2! By Otaku (6 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Male nurse S.W. MI. Sold a centaur By rshofcols (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD UPDATE...Now With Final Tally......A Fish Tales rebuild... By cosmokramer (6 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ New WPC coindoor or buy remake? By mmr61184 (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Polishing up a Silverball Mania (DONE 2/22/18) By Atari_Daze (11 months ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Future Spa: Father and Son's Second Restoration By jsa (86 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Sega Baywatch ghost switches By Move-your-car (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD F-14 resto By heni1977 (1 year ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ The Wiggler Parts List By Muppet_Man (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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PFR I thought she was a dirty girl before i stripped her down.... Mata Hari Project … By mrm_4 (3 months ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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PFR WTB: New Fish Tales PF By t2000 (5 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Cost for playfield swap in Chicagoland area? By vegasplayer (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Bad Girls replacement production artwork By alistaircg (73 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD Whitewater Restoration By BR80 (12 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Anywhere to Buy These Taxi Parts? By grantopia (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ 1971 Bally Firecracker - Pinball Noob By midge (6 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Methods used for cleaning used plastics? By TheHueManatee (6 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ MB's playfield... original restored or repro? By the-ace (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Tumbler or blast cabinet? By bbhenry2000 (35 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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PFR last action hero replacement ticket By atariaction (3 years ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD Firepower Restoration (it has begun) By beatmaster (2 years ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ What font did williams used -89? By BMF (2 years ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Questions about a Roadshow . . . By kechlesurf (6 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Lights not working on Stern Nine Ball or Gottlieb Pioneer By teebo542 (6 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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PFR Backbox Swap By Ibex101 (6 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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PFR Playfield Protector (Bally Star Trek) By timab2000 (6 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Old Xenon Pin By potatopierce (7 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Cabinet Paint Speckle Techniques By jsa (7 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Addams Family Cabinet Decals Question By mmr61184 (9 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Transporter The Rescue - to the RESCUE!!! By Chosen_S (26 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ What kind of bolt is this? By Greylun (7 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Stuck stripped head bolt Williams black knight jungle lord how to fix … By rollinover (7 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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PFR Post screws blown out in wood. WPC game By nitrojcrawf (7 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD King Pin restoration- picking up speed By rufessor (2 years ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Shop Job - Master Checklist By mof (3 years ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Funhouse Restore - Chrome and Mustard By ncbk_br80 (2 years ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Need some help on screw locations By mmr61184 (8 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Meteor restoration........ By Pinball_Nate (3 months ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSQ TAF Swamp help By snowvictim (12 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSD STTNG clean up for MGC By Tallon (9 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSD 2018 BoP Resto Thread By Jjsmooth (44 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSQ Standard ball rail height? By jaybird5619 (8 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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PFR Hi-Res Sarcophagus Scan Needed By Blake (27 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSQ T2 Speaker Screen color match By mmr61184 (16 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSQ Shoulid I paint or leave original opinions requested By mmr61184 (8 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSD Whirlwind Is Coming... By nerdygrrl (3 months ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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PFR Tee'd Off Hole in One playfield decal By Pinballer22 (1 year ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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PFR 1975 Gottlieb Quick Draw — Touch Ups Question By goldenboy232 (16 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Cftbl translite original By moonwk (13 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Fixing warped/damaged cabinet back? By vipe155 (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Variance in plastic colors By mof (11 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb 70's coin door question By jaybird5619 (23 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Is it me, or is this decal not the correct color By uncivil_engineer (30 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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PFR Matching a colour on the playfield-Quick Draw By Raff (56 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb Genesis Playfield Window By Houst (10 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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PFR Monopoly Playfield part help By meSz (11 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSD Gottlieb Webbing Paint - I'm Happy! By Playdium (1 year ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSD Phantom of the Opera restoration project By GoodToBeDad (10 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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