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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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PFR Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration By vid1900 (7 years ago) - Last post 11 days ago

Restoration topics

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RSD I just took a Subway to Restore City.. By tscottn (3 months ago) - Last post 26 mins ago

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RSD Fire! Refreshteration: PF swap and a general spruce up By dmacy (2 days ago) - Last post 30 mins ago

35 1 hr

RSD DE Jurassic Park refurb for my army son By gdonovan (12 days ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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RSD High Speed Restoration in low speed. (Jan 2020) By Pin-Pilot (72 days ago) - Last post 1 hour ago

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RSD COVID-19 House Arrest - What Game Are You Working On? By clodpole (74 days ago) - Last post 2 hours ago

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RSD Basement find EMs Royal Guard and Spanish Eyes - A rebuild log By FatPanda (7 days ago) - Last post 3 hours ago

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RSD Stingray --> Quicksilver build By seshpilot (20 days ago) - Last post 4 hours ago

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RSD Professor Pinball vs. Godzilla By lyonsden (10 days ago) - Last post 4 hours ago

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RSD 1973 Williams Gulfstream Restoration By Blake (4 months ago) - Last post 7 hours ago

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RSD Hardtop Install and Restoration for Eight Ball Deluxe By Mathazar (14 days ago) - Last post 8 hours ago

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RSQ Batman forever - correct color powder to redo chipped wireform By PachoHerrera (56 days ago) - Last post 8 hours ago

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RSD Rewire a broken spinner By Gorgar666 (1 day ago) - Last post 10 hours ago

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RSD ‘79 KISS Restoration By Parasite68 (3 days ago) - Last post 15 hours ago

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RSD Indiana Jones playfield swap and restoration By RCSP (32 days ago) - Last post 21 hours ago

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RSD DUMPSTER FIREpower By mrm_4 (6 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Reviving a 1963 United Sabre Ball Bowler By PinDeLaPin (46 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Gottlieb Atlantis By leckmeck (3 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Indiana Jones Restoration ... "It's not the years honey; it's the mileage." … By Ricochet (8 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Yet Another TZ Restore (YATZR) By damadczar (4 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Meteor playfield reproductions coming? By semicolin (2 years ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ Best method to touch TFTC cabinet up? By PinballGiant (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Best Way To Apply Insert Decals? By pindude80 (3 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD Robot's Robots By trilogybeer (16 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ High Speed: Painting interior cabinet walls? By The_Great_Man (6 days ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSD What have I been sucked into?? A Black Hole Restoration By Pinball_Gizzard (3 months ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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RSQ Retheme:bare wood fading/discoloration By wayinla (1 day ago) - Last post 1 day ago

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PFR Replace or rebuild flipper? By K-Team (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ CFTBL Help! Spaced out By BigMo (4 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD NorthWind ‘er WhirlWind refurb By northerndude (36 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD saving Blackout from mold and neglect By zacaj (19 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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PFR Space Invaders Decal DISASTER - *pics* By smileymatthew (5 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD TZ restoration start....could use some ideas/advice on this one By iamabearsfan (27 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Back glass fix question By crassmage (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Beach Queens - Keep or upgrade cabinet? By Hardsuit (2 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Haunted House resto - PLUS Multiball and speach! By SunKing (1 year ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb EM coin door resto By EEE (4 days ago) - Last post 2 days ago

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RSD Star Wars Trilogy (my first restoration project) By RhinoPins (6 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD Another Funhouse playfield swap #3 By dmacy (49 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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PFR Playfield protector over Mylar and touch up on a Dolly Parton Pin … By jack2394 (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Bally Side rail re-install alignment By Clnilsen (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD ‘79 KISS Restoration Day 3 By Parasite68 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSD ‘79 KISS Restoration Day 2 By Parasite68 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ A few questions on playfieled restoration By jim3394 (3 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb/Premier (P) decal or stencil By joelt1 (32 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Playfield glass trim early Bally SS By MT45 (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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PFR KRUZMAN monthly playfield thread By kruzman (1 year ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ HVLP cabinet painting Q's - discussion By northerndude (5 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ Repairing MDF Rear/Bottom of Classic Bally cabinet ??? By Arcane (4 days ago) - Last post 3 days ago

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RSQ How to remove strange pins By TBaggens (6 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Diner Restoration By Mneubey (1 year ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Flash Gordon Hardtop Install By Jjsmooth (42 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ TZ 3rd Magnet Questions... By iamabearsfan (5 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Let's P-Roc this (Haunted) House. My 'Magnum Opus' has begun. By HHaase (3 months ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD F-14 Tomcat restoration & I'm already feeling a little over my head. … By Mutt (34 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ What type of paint to use to match Bally factory coat? By hackbar (4 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSD Blown out TOTAN (finished) By Bud (1 year ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Can anyone here make me a new Manufacturer's Certificate for a FG? … By tomdrum (5 days ago) - Last post 4 days ago

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RSQ Williams Firepower Back Glass By jclocomotion (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Best LED brand for classic Bally pin’s 555 sockets By sulli10 (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD JC - Williams Firepower Restoration By jclocomotion (50 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Naphtha vs Isopropyl for playfield cleaning By PBFan (11 months ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD My Twilight Zone Restoration in the Twight Zone By uncivil_engineer (55 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Powder coat metal ball guides? By allsportdvd (5 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Mars God of War Inner Backglass Scan? By fodorfolde (9 days ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSQ Space Jam decals and basketball By BallyKISS1978 (9 months ago) - Last post 5 days ago

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RSD The reanimation of Gen. Yagov - An F-14 Tomcat restoration By cletus (1 year ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Strange Stuff on coils By Frogger1108 (7 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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PFR Clearcoating over touchup By RONR11 (9 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSQ Funhouse T-Nut Map? By JohnDelNJ (5 years ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD Firepower Resurrection By fattdirk (4 years ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD My 2nd Restoration: Quicksilver scratch build By HoakyPoaky (62 days ago) - Last post 6 days ago

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RSD Time to Shake Things Up! -- Giving an Earthshaker a New Foundation. … By TractorDoc (1 year ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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PFR Clear coat buffer recommendations By Stretch7 (10 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD My $300 Alien Poker Project By RGarriott (5 months ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSD Midway Rife Gallery Restore - Previous Rat Mansion By edward472 (6 months ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Newbie Here, playing board question By K-Team (8 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Newbie Paint Question By Parasite68 (9 days ago) - Last post 7 days ago

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RSQ Remove Powdercoat Without Sandblast By Mistermoberg (8 days ago) - Last post 8 days ago

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RSD Restoring My First Pin - Flight 2000 By kpninja12 (39 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD Routed White Water refresh By cconway84 (24 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Gottlieb Sinbad Interconnect Wire Harrness By Harks (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Black Hole sound/speech board. By Croppie1Kenobi (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD Ahhh I See The Problem :-) By jclocomotion (16 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Classic Bally Cabinet - What would you recommend? By Arcane (9 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Please help! Decals, paint? By Johncare07 (10 months ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD Spa of the Future - hardtop and cabinet decals - starts in a few days … By SarverSystems (11 days ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSD A Quicksilver itch, from scratch By djblouw (5 months ago) - Last post 9 days ago

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RSQ Playfield swap By MT45 (12 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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PFR Part location By Pugwizard (10 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSQ Backglass (cleaning dirt & fingerprints) By Rkrall (10 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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PFR How to transfer art to the playfield? By undrdog (27 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSQ Monopoly Jackpot Lamp Not Working By PinballMuskrat (62 days ago) - Last post 10 days ago

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RSQ Pinbot transformer question By Skypilot (11 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSQ Flame polish Police Force ramps? By Meri-cah (12 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSD Bringing back to life an Eight Ball Deluxe By matiou (33 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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PFR Need measurements from WPC playfields with "sliding brackets" By wrd1972 (11 days ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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PFR Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration By vid1900 (7 years ago) - Last post 11 days ago

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RSQ Williams washer head post screws By wayout440 (5 months ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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RSQ Backbox Rear Door Options By balt (22 days ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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RSQ Inject superglue to fill peeling backglass paint By adamtoth (15 days ago) - Last post 12 days ago

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