I have a Little Joe that has some flaking issues and was in HOBBY LOBBY and came across
a package of 8X10 colored acetate sheets in 4 colors Red, Green, Yellow and Blue for like 5 bucks.
The Bally Little Joe in my back glass was nearly gone and faded showing bare bulbs
I used a set of xacto blades and carefuly scraped off the balance of faded red that was left and taped a piece of the red acetate
over it and it looks pretty good, better than it did. 2 layers of red looks even better.
Just passing it along for those who may want to try

#2 6 years ago

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mrbanjo

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Ottumwa, IA

8y 27,900 556 8

Sorry posted twice for some reason

#3 6 years ago

JOR

jorro

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Bermuda Triangle

8y 81,550 2,988 8

Hi banjo someone told me once
as a cheap fix you could stick peaces of clear vinyl or mylar over the backglass on top of the chipped paint be carefull to stick it right cause only one time try.
dont put it over the open spaces like score reals or play counter

then with acrylic paint mix color matched a little bit lighter color and paint it on.
the let it dry and apply silver sharpy where light shouldnt come trough and white marker there light should pass trough.
if color doesnt match then wipe and repeat.

this is a cheap fix and not for rare pins ofcourse

#4 6 years ago

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ForceFlow

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