Almost every part of my pin is in great shape, but one of the areas that needs a bit of attention is the wood that the glass sits atop. There's some scratches and things. I'll likely use mirror blades or decals for the sides eventually, but for the top, I was thinking of putting felt all the way up to both cover up the scratches and prevent further ones from developing. Has anyone done that or otherwise has any suggestions?

I poked around the forums and it sounds like folks put felt on the sides of the playfield to avoid scratching mirror blades, but I didn't find anything about the top glass.

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Yep, the channels are there, or seem to be at least in the front. Sliding the glass back in takes a bit of time to get it into the channels. Glass doesn't seem to move hardly at all side to side as well. I'll have to pull the glass out and look closely, but I haven't noticed any bowing to this point.

All in all, the glass seems to fit pretty snugly so I'm not sure why there is some damage on the sides (I took a pic of the worst of it). If it was glass, perhaps it was previous damage and the glass has since been replaced by a previous owner?

I pulled off the glass yesterday while doing some maintenance (new flippers, LEDs, yum!) and had some time to look a look at the glass. If it's bowed, it's too small for me to tell. When I slide it in and out, though, it doesn't sound like it's grinding on anything and I don't see anything awry where those edge scratch marks are. It doesn't seem like it's my current glass, though who knows what came before it.

If felt on the top where the glass slides isn't a good option, is there any other way to cover up/repair those scratches? Some of the side ones will get covered up with blades so not much of a worry there. It's mostly the top and edge I'm wanting to clean up.

Took yet another look and, derp, dunno how I didn't see it before but the plastic glass guides are definitely there. It makes me think, at one point, they weren't as the scratches seem to run beneath those. So felt is silly and unnecessary - but I would still like to see about fixing those edges.

Any thoughts on how to do that? Could I just remove the guides and paint?

Ah hmm I didn't think about fleting the sides of the playfield since I don't have mirror blades, but yeah I suppose that can't hurt. Good thought.