I would not recommend applying our decals with a squeegee, the drag is too harsh on the surface. Only a soft cloth like a microfibre towel is needed to smooth them out or a good tool to use is a lino brayer (hard rubber roller).

Did he apply them with a hot air gun? If not, you can go back over them with hot air to remove any fine scratches and also help set the adhesive permanently.

Any problems with artwork sizing or mismatch, please email me with the details so we can correct it.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

He did not apply them with a hot air gun. I will let my friend know this may take out the scratches. I will also have him drop you a line regarding the sizing issues.

This is the instruments we used. It's pretty par for the course in vinyl application: https://www.amazon.com/Sedeta-Durable-Wrapping-Cleaning-Squeegee/dp/B00X3EOD7Q/ref=sr_1_11

There is another set that is waiting for the cabinet to be finished, I'll make sure we grab a lino brayer for that.

Which game / set, and do you have any photos of the damage? Others have not reported this.

Can you post a link to a Lino brayer? Something on amazon maybe?

Here an amazon link to bunches of them:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss

Thank you. Was hoping somebody had a recommendation on exact size/brand that has worked well for cab decals.

I purchased Radical decals about a week ago.
I'm pretty sure they will look good since I was referred by a local restorer.
Shipping them soon Pete?I'm ready to tear into this Radical and start the restore.

I'm interested in Mousin Around decals. It's difficult to see if the colors are correct and the dithering (dots) are there.

Has anyone purchased these and can comment?

Thanks!
Kerry

This might help:

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Also, on our Facebook page we shared a post from someone who completed their cabinet with our decals:

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You can see that and more at https://www.facebook.com/RetroRefurbsUK/

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Said it with the Gottlieb schematics (and everybody threw a fit) and I'll say it again: the original creators are receiving $0 of their profits, the only difference being is with the (older) schematics they've likely passed away on top of that

So any thips on applying these decals, I see a roller and microcloth. What is the best way to go.
RetroRefurbs do you have an instruction video?

I've nearly finished making a video showing us taking decals and scrunching them up into a little ball, stamping on them, and then unfolding and applying them perfectly without any marks.

This should help anyone crying over little wrinkles, and how to apply them with just a cloth and heat gun.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Can't wait to see that!

Me too. I'll be doing this process in hopefully a month or so with retros decals.. be good to watch it done first so I don't screw it up. (Prob will anyhow though lol)

After watching the decals applied, I would say that the process was not that difficult. The materials are very forgiving. As with anything, it's about having the right tools, doing the prep work and not making shortcuts.

I've ordered three sets now. Pretty decent product only had a problem with lines going through one of them.(still waiting for an email to resolve) but what a sh**** attitude about making a video for people who don't know these things.

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Hi! Just working through the backlog of emails from the weekend and will reply to you shortly. Your coin door with the line through it will be replaced, no issue.

My comment about the video was just a bit of light hearted humour. It's not about showing people how to apply decals, it's about showing how amazing our material is when you scrunch it up and totally screw with it.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

I got it, totally would love to see it. Been applying vinyl for some time, but if this is more like car wrap all is different. Best tool would be a hair blower.

RetroRefurbs... Thanks for the picts of Mousin Around.

It appears there is some shading-dithering in yellow (the orange shading). The blue looks lighter than the deep blues on MA. Are they deep blue or is the pict off?

Thanks
Kerry

Might be the pic that is off. I think the blue is pretty good. Here's a photo I took with my own camera under natural daylight:

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To be honest, no decal replacement is ever going to be 100% perfect no matter who you get them from, or how they're made. Original is always best so if you can save your cabinet's existing artwork either by touch up or just living with it as is, then that would be my recommendation.

That's only my personal opinion however. For me a game which plays 100% perfect with a nice playfield is worth more than a nice cabinet.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Says the guy that sells cabinet decals for a business .
I agree to some part. I am doing a POTC and the original artwork is just crap. The resolution is terrible. So some alternative decals with photo resolution will enhance the look of the game. Just need to figure out if I am going to apply the decals myself...that is why I need that video

They look crap, no screen gradient dots, screw them up in a ball and toss them in the bin, is what we did with a customers machine and fitted next gen.

would you consider yourself a little biased? .. stir stir

He is right though

oh i dont doubt it. and i know how hard it is to redo them all on a photo just making the bias point

oh and before wayne comes back being cranky at me... i wouldn't advocate buying anything where the genuine one is available.. i just thing petes service is valuable for games where there is no genuine reproduction in the market.

I think that Pete's decals are very close to the originals if not better on some. I purchased a set of genuine decals (not going to say from who) that were next-gen with the gold authentic sticker and I ended up using them for end tables so in my opinion genuine reproductions are not always the best. That's Just my opinion

Anyone know if they or anyone else makes Cabinet Decals for Simpsons Pinball Party?

Haha yes, because I'm honest, and no one is getting rich off this stuff so lets just do the best we can for people.

Unlike this idiot and his "gang".....

As we spoke in the other topic, YOU are a liar. You've never had our decals. You bought some crap ones from a guy in Italy. My materials are FAR suprior to your "NextGen" rubbish. It's total gash. Let me tell you why - the last time I had your NextGen crap my customer returned his RFM and told me to take them off.

For starters the print resolution of NextGen was awful, the material was total crap, too thick and threw up bubbles everywhere. It was completely inflexible and couldn't be manipulated. It is the cheapest vinyl I've ever seen and appears to be unbranded. On top of this it seems the makers of this "NextGen" rubbish have no understanding of how to print black, the black was terrible. Full of colored dots, not a solid color.

Finally the texture was the worst offender. Matt!! Pinball2000 games came with glossy decals from the factory, and the correct coin door decal wasn't supplied either.

I have photos to prove all of the above if you want to challenge me, and I'm not even going to mention the price issue.

Why don't we put your decals up next to mine sometime and compare like for like on video for everyone to see how full of crap you, Rick and everyone else in your little gang of NextGen con artists really are.

But, I'm not bitter. Unlike you. At least people now have a choice as to what to put on their beloved games. Choice is everything.

You want half tone dots? Here's some half tone dots!!

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Suck on that for a while.

Digest it.

Then take a laxative. Seems you need one already.

Thank you! Trying to make improvements where possible, but we can't please everyone.

Yes sir, we have them here: -link removed-

Note, our TSPP decals are full resolution with solid colors. They are not the low resoltuion CMYK halftone that Stern originally printed at. Most people seem to prefer our version.

Again, just being honest with people here.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Pete. I think you bring a great service to the pinball community - keep it up.

My IJ is faded, I'd buy these decals when/if I can ever find time to do the job. May just have to buy them to have them on hand. Thanks for doing this!

Pete, I like your passion.

Well my business doesn't rely on decals, next gen vinyl is the most expensive available, you need a belt sander to get it off, Williams used it on original cabinets, bubbles rub out of it, unlike PVC coated vinyl, next gen is the printing method, the vinyl is pressure sensitive cast vinyl, its the same stuff Williams screen printed onto, the same stuff phoenix arcade used, so rubbish darins stuff and Williams while you are at it.

The difference is next gen is uv stable, you say I haven't seen you stuff is rubbish, many here have asked us to fit it.

I don't own the rights anymore, but if I did I would put a call into the owners of Williams and demand they do something about you.

You are profiting from IP that you don't own, you should send money to the holder of the license not buy new cars etc.

Go open a hamburger shop and sell a bigmac, see how long you last.

As I said I don't care what you do, I am still making my honest opinion, like others have.

Some people like chev cars and some say they are rubbish, turn up at expo in Chicago with your stuff and see what happens..

If anyone is bored, see next gen decals

http://www.pinballrestoration.com.au/

Blah blah blah. No one cares.

Funny how you've only ever got a bee in your bonnet about Bally Williams stuff. What about Data East, Stern, Sega, Gottlieb and all the others?

What about Pinside? You wanna shut down 99% of the mods and replacement parts people are selling on here?

The amount of sheer nonsense that comes out of your mouth is something I find hilarious, but every time you and your buddies create a fuss over it, it draws more attention to Retro Refurbs which gives us a nice little boost in sales. That in turn means I can pay my designers to develop more stuff people need.

Thank you. I'll raise a glass to you my friend.

I received my BTTF decals earlier this week:
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The only piece of feedback I would have is that these decals are an exact fit to the cabinet. It would have been nice to have an 1/2 inch - 1 inch of play on the art to line up appropriately.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with them prior to installation. I'll doing a restoration thread here for those who want to see the application: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/roads-where-were-going-we-dont-need-roads-bttf-restoration

OK, back to sanding for me....

I am stoked with mine and it is on the project list of things to do.
I say thank you as you are the only ones doing these for the best game every GILLIGAN's ISLAND

RetroRefurbs Pete could you tell me do you know anything about these decals?

http://www.pinball.center/en/shop/pinball-parts-by-game/goldeneye/6433/cabinet-decal-set-for-goldeneye?c=2221#description

If possible could you give me details of any differences you may know or a reason why your versions might be better quality? Just wanted to ask before grabbing a set off your site. Thanks

Pete @RetroRefurbs...

I have purchased many decals with 1/2" to 1" overlap before. That is actually my preference, doing cabinet decaling.

Do your decals (specifically MA) have that overlap?

Let me know.
Thanks
Kerry

Difficult to say without seeing them in person but I know Pinball Center don't use the same material as we do, as a customer recently sent me a set of their TMNT to put on his game. While they're not particularly bad I do believe our material is better as we selected it for it's ability to be minuplated, forgiveness, and adhesion strength. It's an industrial grade wrapping material primarily used on vehicles and even aircraft, which obviously undergoes harsh conditions.

So next time you see a plane wrapped in British Airways (or other) branding, you know it's the same stuff

Based on the screen shot preview though, I would say the colours look a little dull and perhaps the red is too dark. Maybe these are scans? Ours are completely redrawn from scratch by an artish. Look at our preview in comparison.

Other than that the only obvious thing I see is that Pinball Center are out of stock and even if they were available are approximately £30 pounds more expensive than ours (before shipping).

Hi Kerry,

Our decals have a small amount of overlap, a bit less than 1/2", but we generally keep it tight so they can be aligned better on the cabinet.

When applied with heat and smoothed out they will expand a small amount too.

Remember as well that decals should be trimmed back slightly shorter and not go right to the edge of cabinet so they don't catch. Not that ours are easy to peel once fully cured but this does help keep them in better condition. The original cabinets were trimmed that way.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Pete,

About to order a few sets of decals. Have you posted the video yet on applying them with a heat gun? Want to look at that before I order. Keep up the good work and keep producing decals for additional games. It's badly needed!

Thanks!
Craig

Any chance you guys might do a few translites? I would be interested in an ij93 translite.

Just ordered a set for this poor Johnny...I will report back when they are installed

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I will also report back on Radical decals after they are installed.

Should be up by the weekend. It only shows how to remove creases.

We already do, quality is outstanding with our new process: -link removed-

I need to drop you an email about that order. Will be touch.

Pete
Retro Refurbs

Pete,
What is the average shipping time to get them to the U.S. after you ship them?
Thanks.

Mine took 2.5 weeks. 85% of the time it got stuck in the International Mail processing center in the US.

Yeah I would say average is 2 weeks

I received my IJ decals recently. Took about 3 weeks to Canada.

The end of the roll was slighly damaged during shipping, unfortunately. The decal is a bit creased there.
(I removed the damaged end of the carboard prior to taking these pics, wasn't *that* bad).

Will this come out with heat during application?

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Colors seem good!

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...and they included this nifty "I (heart) Pinball" decal as well! Looks great on my toolbox!

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Don't worry about that in the slightest. Here's what's possible:

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