I need some recommendations on dealing with this Mylar. I do not want to remove it unless there is a 99.9% it will come up without pulling any paint (I doubt that will happen).

I was thinking of, somehow taking a razor blade and cutting off the piece that has lifted, to a point in the mylar that hasn't. This is also a big concern for me too.

It looks like the mylar was owner installed to either cover cupped inserts and the ball trail at the top. I don't have a problem at all with it on the game, but would like to clean it the best I can.

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What do you guys think?

-Pat

After pics in reference to post: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cleaning-and-waxing-pinball-machines-vids-guide/page/41#post-6881267

This just never gets old.

What I did:
Cut off small piece of mylar on upper left of playfiend.
Remove scotch tape on bottom middle of playfield by bottom of mylar.
Vacuum playfield.
Use naphtha on lint free rag to remove most of dirt.
Magic Eraser'd and alcohol for the non mylared areas (did not see ANY paint come off, which is good, but I'm sure part of the clearcoat did).
Naphtha'd again to remove the ME white stuff, then novus 2'd the whole thing.

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I'm not going to clearcoat it. This is a player's game, and to me it's a hell of a lot better than it was. I'm sure it will play fast, and clean. A non-pinball person put the mylar over cupped inserts, and the ball trail at the time. I would have never done that. Was thinking of removing the mylar, but I think it came out ok.

Interested in comments, suggestions, or constructive criticism.

-Pat