I picked up a rough 1959 Around the World pin today. This will be my fourth restoration and hopefully my best. I learn something every time. The plan is the fix the broken wood on the cabinet, make stencils and do a full repaint. I'll also repaint the entire playfield and clearcoat after fixing the inserts. The inserts aren't cupped as much as they are recessed. Since the game doesn't work I'll take apart the mechanicals, clean and polish when possible. I'm sure I'll run into a few problems so please comment with suggestions. Tomorrow it is going to a local exterminator for fumigation. I'll be able to pick it up in a week and then the fun will begin. This is where I am today.

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Well I’m pretty disappointed. I took the metal covers off the wood rails this morning and found bug damage on the left rail. The right side is OK. I’m taking it to the exterminator this morning so if anything is alive they can take care of it. Does anyone sell the wood rails for a 2 player machine?

Well I have bad news, good news and more bad news. I took the machine to the exterminators yesterday and he confirmed the damage to the left wood rail is from dry wood termites. He dug around in the wood and believes it is from an old infestation since there were no live bugs. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a source for new rails yet. I still have some time. I plan to wait until the game comes out of the fumigation vault and then do a very close inspection for additional damage. If it isn't too bad I'll press ahead with the cabinet. For now my main concern is if the termites got in the side.

Yes I talked to Steve this morning. He has the rails for a single player game and this is a two player. Apparently the single player rails are rounded on the top and the two player rails are flat. He said I would have to make them myself.

Depending on the results of a thorough inspection I’ll have to make a set somehow.

I got the pin back from the exterminator yesterday. He confirmed the termite damage is from a previous infestation. I removed the playfield and bottom relay board to get a look at what I’m dealing with. It is of course very dirty which was expected. Beside the termite damage on the left wood rail I found a small area of damage on both corners of the back of the cabinet. This can be fixed easily. The rest of the cabinet is in reasonable shape.

The plan is to start with fixing the wood issues on the cabinet and doing a full repaint. I’ll need to make my own stencil and have some tracing paper on order. To help with the smell in the garage I’ll put the back box and relay board in one of those vacuum bags. The playfield is a mess cosmetically. I’ll need to do a complete repaint using an airbrush and install some decals. I’ve had good luck with Spraymax so I’ll seal the paint with it. None of the score reels or steppers work smoothly so they will be disassembled and cleaned. All the other relays will get similar attention and if it moves I’ll rebuild it. I may also use orange dot coils for the flipper. Thanks to a fellow pinsider I have a file to make new plastics. All of this should keep me busy for a year or so. I attached a few pictures of it scattered around the garage.

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I guess you’re right. Most guys would install new rubbers, clean and wax the playfield and have fun. For me the fun is in the project. I attached some additional pictures so you can see some of the detail that would drive me crazy. The pictures show how much the inserts have shrunk as well as the planking and paint lose.

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Someone put a clasp on the front of the cabinet and did a super butch job to the wood. I’ll fill the holes with wooden dowels and still need lots of filler.

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I started work on the cabinet. I stripped the paint and did some initial sanding. I discovered more termite damage. It is confined to the back and isn’t structural. Tonight I started filling holes with wooden dowels where possible and filled some of the termite damage on one of the back corners with fiberglass resin.

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The other corner filled with resin.

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I broke my sander tonight. Hopefully DeWalt makes a replacement part.

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I ordered a new pad for the sander from Amazon. I also did some more resin on the back panel.

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It’s been almost two weeks since my last update. I was able to get new parts to fix my orbital sander and purchased a new 1/4 sheet palm sander. They are very helpful with the sanding task. I finally finished filling all the termite holes with resin and have moved on to using bondo for the normal dents and scrapes. I also repaired one side of the cabinet that had bowed a little. The cabinet is made from multiple narrow pieces of wood that was glued together and the glue came loose between two boards. They didn’t separate enough to get glue in the joint so I reinforced it from the inside. It doesn’t look great, but is strong. I decided to use satin clear polyurethane on the inside of the cabinet and the bottom. I started the bottom today and think the satin finish will look good. Hopefully I’ll have time this weekend to finish sanding the bondo and maybe put on my first coat of primer.
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I was able to find the time to put two coats of polyurethane on the inside of the cabinet and the first coat of primer on the outside. As expected the primer revealed small cracks and imperfections I didn’t see before. I’ll get some glazing putty for that.

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Tiger stripes

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I sanded the glazing putty and put another coat of primer on it last night. This morning I sprayed the yellow base coat. It’s nice to finally see some color.

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I put another coat of yellow on it this morning. I’m not sure what to do next. Still a ton of options.

The main cabinet is inside and done for now. I’ve decided to start on the back box next. No termite damage this time, but lots of splits, warps and dings to keep me busy. I also painted the coin box.

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I like the contrast between the outside and inside of the cabinet. Strange that the base color is yellow, but will be mostly covered with blue and orange when it’s complete. I still need to find a source to make new wood rails for the sides. It’s always something.

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It’s raining too much to work on the back box so I decided to start stripping the playfield. This will be fun.

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I have almost everything stripped from the playfield. I found a couple of surprises. When flipping it over the edge caught on my frame. A good size piece of the top veneer split and peeled away. It will be easy to repair, but a surprise all the same.

I always rebuild the mechanical parts and sometimes wonder if it is a waste of money. Not this time. Check out the linkage on my upper flippers. This time I’ll need the complete rebuild kit as well as the shafts and flipper bats.

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Everything is removed from the playfield. I plan to store it for now while I go back to the cabinet.

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No in Tampa. The original owner said it was in the family bar in Clearwater before keeping it at their house. It’s pretty beat up. It’s going to take a lot of time and $ to restore.

I started working on the back box again. I stripped off the paint and sanded all the wood. It’s almost a shame to cover it up with paint. I have a few things to glue and fill before the first coat of primer. I plan to use satin polyurethane on the inside like the main cabinet.

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Looks good I wish I had a Cameo and the computer program/skills to use the software. For this cabinet I plan to use poster board cut with a exact knife.

I finished fixing the wood issues and put on the first coat of polyurethane on the trim and inside of the back box.

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I wasn’t able to get my usual white primer so I got the only thing they had. I don’t care for the grey.

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I applied some glazing putty to fill in the tiny cracks and to smooth the wood grain some.

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Although I’m focusing most of my energy on the back box I did find time to glue down a section of loose ply on the playfield.

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I should be working on the back box, but I can’t resist the playfield. I glued a couple more spots of delaminated upper plies and plugged a couple of enlarged holes with a wood dowels. I also noticed grooves worn into the playfield where the posts are installed. Take a look at the picture. The groove is clearly visible.44392CCF-2E23-482E-BD56-8DF8B3603C0E (resized).jpeg

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One of the holes near the right target hole has a broken screw. I plan to leave it since I don’t need that hole.

I cleaned the playfield and used my HP scanner.

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The cleaning with magic eraser and Novus 2 came out as good as can be expected. The playfield still looks like crap, but at least it’s clean and shiny.

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I printed off the scanned files and placed them on the playfield for reference. Although the scanner is supposed to be 1 to 1 it printed slightly different. Not enough to worry about, but I wonder why.

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Thanks Mal. Were you able to do anything with the pictures I sent last year?

I put a second coat of grey primer on it today. Hopefully I can find some white for the last coat.

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I put some white primer and yellow paint on it tonight.

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For now the back box is finished and will go into the house while I make stencils for the blue and orange. I’m happy with it so far.

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The scan is so I have a pattern to make water slide decals for the words and numbers. I’ll use frisket and an airbrush to paint the entire playfield .

This was the last playfield that got a complete repaint. I used water slide decals for all the letters, numbers and the suites for the cards

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The water slide decals have worked well so far. Some day I would like to get a cameo and give it a try.

I cut the stencils for the back box out of poster board. I hope to have time to use them this weekend.

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I painted the blue and orange on one side of the back box. I’m not sure what to say. I think it came out as good as can be expected. There are fuzzy edges like original because I used poster board for the stencil. I’ll give it some time, but my first impression is I prefer the crisp lines from the vinyl stencils.

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I painted the blue on the other side of the box. It didn’t go well. The stencil bowed up as I was putting on the last coat. The triangles are way fuzzier than fuzzy. It looks like I’ll be doing this side again. Not the first time I messed up.

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Thanks for the kind words.

Well I’m back where I started. I did some sanding and several coats of yellow to cover up the blue. In hind-site I should have done a coat of white first but I was able to cover the blue after several coats.

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I finally finished painting the back box and have moved it inside for storage. The poster board stencils produced a less than perfect result. I suspect it was like that originally. Overall I’m happy with the result and have started laying out the stencil for the main cabinet.

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The drawing for the cabinet stencil is done. Hard to see in the picture. I’ll cut it out when I’m ready to paint.

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I’ll fill all the low areas with 2PAC using an eye dropper.

Going backward seems to be normal for my projects. While fastening the playfield to the frame the upper ply in one area peeled up. It has to be about the sixth area I’ve had to repair. After I got that repaired I discovered a crack on the side of the cabinet.

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The colors are starting to grow on me. The back box not the carpet.

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I’m not having any luck with putting the last coat of yellow on the cabinet. Last night I laid it down on its side with the hope it would prevent runs if I went too heavy. No runs but the tiger stripes are just as bad. Not sure how to prevent them, but it looks like I’ll have to try again.

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I need a break from painting so I went back to the back box relay board and refurbed the replay unit. I needed something to go smoothly and it did.

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I got back to painting tonight. It came out much better this time. I still have faint tiger stripes, but good enough.

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I took some time during the holiday to cut out the stencil for the cabinet and spray the orange on one side. I admit it took a few hours to cut the stencil and another two to put all the pieces on the cabinet and spray the orange. Although this is closer to original I did think about Pinball Pimp stencils a couple of times. I hope to find time to spray the blue tomorrow.

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I covered up the orange and removed the blue pieces. Surprising how many weights I needed this time. I had to use a bunch of my sockets besides the weights and tape. I’ll post again after it dries and I remove all the stencil pieces.

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I removed all the pieces of the stencil. I have a few areas that need attention, but not too bad. I’m surprised I have any fuzzy edges considering how many weights I used. Does anyone have a suggestion for the other side?

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I painted orange on the other side. Progress is painfully slow.

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I have blue.

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This side is done. I have a few areas to fix just like the other side. Overall I’m happy with it.

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I finished painting the front. For the first time since using the poster board stencils it came out great.

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My new back glass from BGResto arrived yesterday.

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I finished the back box relay board. All the mechanicals were taken apart and cleaned. I also put on new labels and painted the front.

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Since I have some time off this week I cleaned and painted the original legs. I used Rust-Oleum Almond. It is a very close match the original color. One coat of primer and two coats of Almond paint and they looked great. Naturally I wasn’t satisfied and decided to add some clear for extra protection. Of course I went too heavy and now all four legs have runs. When will I learn to leave good enough alone?

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I sanded the runs off the legs and sprayed two light coats of almond. It came out good this time. I’ll give it a few days and give it a coat of clear.

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For now the back box is done. I went through the mechanics on the board cleaning and labeling everything. I had to replace one coil, but mostly it was just cleaning. The back box was stripped, repaired and repainted using poster board stencils. The inside was coated with polyurethane. The new BGRESTO backglass is still in the box. It’s nice to cross this off the list as complete.

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Thanks for the kind words. I tend to seek out cheap projects and then discover the amount of work involved to fix them. Persistence and attention to detail are my best and worst traits. I’m like a dog with a bone.

Yesterday I finished fixing some of the yellow areas on the left and right side of the cabinet. Not perfect, but good enough. In a week or so I’ll fix the orange. After that I need to make new side rails and then reassemble.

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I’m going to put the cabinet aside for now and start on the playfield. This is what it looks like after removing everything and giving it a good cleaning. I think I’ll start by removing the inserts.

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Removing the inserts was easier than expected. I used my heat gun on the low setting to heat the backside of each insert. When the front side was hot I used a socket, extension and a small hammer to knock them out. The only damage was a small portion of the top ply broke loose in one place. As soon as I find it I can glue it back. There is a lot of glue in each hole that needs removing. Other than that I’m happy.

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I opened the box for my new back glass from BGResto. It’s a huge improvement. He does great work.

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Some before and after pictures.

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These steppers are very sluggish so I will give them a good cleaning.

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Disassembled and ready for cleaning.

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I cleaned all three steppers, painted the frame and made new decals. They are very snappy now and look much better.

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I finished fixing the paint on the cabinet and removed all the paper. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen the bottom and inside. The paint isn’t perfect, but it will pass. If I have to do it again I would make stencils similar to the ones from pinball pump. Painting with poster board stencils is harder than I thought. I guess I can’t put off the wood rails much longer. I’m going to try some local lumber yards that make custom trim. Hopefully I can find someone to make them.

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I’m back on the playfield. My next step is to replace all the inserts including the rollover inserts. I was lucky enough to buy new for all of them except for the rollover inserts. After thinking about it for awhile I decided to make them. I used two 1 3/16 inserts of each color. I drilled holes in each; one big and one small. Sanded the edges of the one with the small hole and epoxied them together. I’ll need to add a thin shim in the hole for the button to make it flush, but it should work.

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I installed the new inserts. They make a huge difference. I need to do a thorough prep and then I can apply my first coat of Spraymax 2K. This is the part I’ve been looking forward to.

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I replaced most of the light sockets during the last week. Today I prepped the playfield and put down the first coat of Spraymax. Even with all prep I still got a lot of fisheyes. Oh well they can be fixed.
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I sanded the playfield with 320 grit and filled all the low spots with 2pac using an eye dropper. It looked like a serious case of the mumps. An hour later I applied three coats of Spraymax using the whole can. Today I sanded off the high spots with 220 grit. I still have some low spots, but it’s much better.

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I was hoping to paint the dark blue today. It is masked off and ready to go except I’m waiting on white paint. I want to prime the area with white before the dark blue. I ordered some last week and should get it tomorrow. I printed some photos of a newer playfield that intend to use for my color choices.

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I painted the dark blue tonight. My cheap Harbor Freight airbrush gave me fits. It frequently stoped spraying and when it did work it was pulsating. I bought it a couple of years ago. It worked OK then, but not this time. Looks like I’m going to buy another one before I spray again.

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I got my new side rails today. I found someone in my neighborhood that makes custom furniture on the side. He did a great job and solved one of the major sourcing problems I had. I experimented some with a couple of stains, but neither one is close enough. I’m not sure what to try next. I’m trying to match the color of the front rail. Let me know if you have a suggestion.

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I tried two stains and three polyurethanes that have the stain mixed in. I also mixed several combinations. Finally I gave up and said good enough. I went with a polyurethane with pecan stain. It’s a little too light, but will be OK after multiple coats. I’ve got three coats now and will stop at four or five.

I put on four coats and am calling it good enough. I put them on temporarily for fit and to see what it looks like. I think it looks pretty good. I’ll use some Titebond to glue them permanently.

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Thanks, I plan to glue them on today.

The side rails are glued on and the box is back in the house. I sprayed the light red the other night. Next is the dark red followed by yellow.

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Not much work, but it’s nice to see it on its legs in the game room.

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