Have you contacted CPR about the issue? They may work with you on resolving the issue.

I think a number of restorers wait at least 6 months before installing freshly clear coated playfield in the game to let the coat harden and to monitor for issues.

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that stinks. Should never happen. Appears that inserts have sunk and clean was not bonded well.

KevinCPR for info

This could happen on any clear coated playfield (CPR, Mirco, original factory NOS, any restored playfield, or any clear coated playfield). There are a lot of variables that can make this happen. It could be an adhesion issue, temperature causes expansion/contraction issues(extreme heat/cold), humidity, wood twisted/flexed, glue issues on the inserts, clear coat too thick, clear coat shrinkage, etc). The problem is that your dealing with an automotive type of clear that was made for vehicles. Clear coat on a playfield takes differently to the wood areas and the plastic (insert) areas. I do not blame CPR. I believe they ran these about 10 years ago. Most likely the issue is how the playfield was stored.

So what you're saying is, cpr used the wrong product for the job?

LMAO, yeah that's what he said verbatim.....LOL......CPR has been making playfields for 15 years now, they know what they are doing.
They only made 1 run of Flight2000 playfields in 2010 ( yeah, 10 Years Ago ).

No way for the inserts to "sink" as they actually Sit on a Lip ( unlike mirco's which is just a hole ).
As for the 'bonding', CPR uses 2-Part Industrial Epoxy for gluing. Ever tried to remove an Insert from a CPR Playfield? It is bonded so well that it literately takes part of the wood with it when removed. Mike has told me that when they have to replace an insert they have to use a dremmel to remove so as not to destroy the wood.

so what happened then?

insert did not sink, but there is clearly a big air gap under the clear now.

A lot of things can happen....1 of the biggest is Temperature changes....Humidity is another huge factor ( Oregon has some very Cold/Damp winters ), Heat from incandescent bulbs can be a factor, The rate of Expansion/Contraction is different between Wood & Plastic & coiuld easily have caused this over a 10 year period......

most likely the clear is separating from the insert. Eventually it'll probably chip off in those spots. I think on one of the old TOP videos, clay injected the area with superglue? Someone might recall or have a better repair tip than sanding and reshooting the pf in clear......

this is a 18month old pf? that was installed 1 year ago?

I have NEVER had any reproduction pf do this to date. I dont see any acceptable way this happens in this short of time or we can place blame on the owners storage of the pf?

Jubilee has stated it was from 2010

I thought they just ran these 18months ago?

According to Jubilees they only made them once in 2010.

ah

ok

I thought I saw them run a batch last year.

Yeah... 10 years brings in some chance of storage issues. Also, process has likely improved greatly in past 10 years.

I thought so too. I seem to recall a message about the difficulty in sourcing the inserts.

[edit]: Hm, maybe I was thinking of quicksilver? I dunno.

I believe you are thinking of the F14 Arrow Inserts, which was not made by cpr......

No, I'm definitely not thinking of F14. I seem to recall the issue with obtaining early stern style round inserts. I'm just not quite sure now if it was for F2k or another stern title.

Cherries_Jubilee do you work for CPR?

No.....but I talk to them all the time.......

Maybe you are thinking of meteor.