Time to start matching colors to get ready to airbrush. I need to repair all this yellow.
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I will match it down here where it is still vibrant and unfaded.
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Here is a dab of straight yellow. I need to decide: lighter or darker? More orange or more green. This doesn't always work especially if you need a flourescent tone. This looks like it needs to a little to the orange. I will wait till it dries and coat in naptha to verify before adding any red.

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When I get real close I sometimes use a picture to pick up small pigment differences that I cannot see.

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Quite a ways from pure white. Do I match existing or repaint to pure white? Was it even pure white originally? I am thinking it is best to match what is here but I wonder.

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After drying it seems too dark. Trying a couple shades lighter in a small mixing tray before adding to a larger batch.

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Thanks! It will be tough to paint around all the words. I haven't messed witn waterslides either. I may keep the beige, but match what was under the mylar.

Thanks. I get the help of the others in the fam too. I am logging this, but I do not claim to be an expert in anything. Just enjoying the ride and learning as I go.

Thanks. I actually replaced that one with a repro already.

The only mylar was around the pop bumpers and a piece was over the already damaged red circle.

Gonna swap out u28 on Cyclone since I got the chip in the mail yesterday. I know it is far from ideal, but I have gotten fair good at using basic tools for board work. I have even had components fall out just using these cheap suckers. At some point, I will look into getting a proper setup with a desoldering gun.

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I cut the pins on an ic though to help prevent damage to traces and such.

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This was 1 hit from the sucker and the pin is ready to go. Not all are that clean but I love it when they don't fight me.

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After running down the whole chip you can see I still have some cleaning up to do and this is where I lose traces if I am going to. I like to have my wife hold the pins while I heat it up with the iron but even then there are times that it fights me.

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This one came out pretty clean. I was a little worried about the one trace between the 2 pins, but it tests fine.

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Again, I am no expert and learning all the time. Pretty happy with the solder on this. Getting better with each project. This is another reason I am restoring lesser titles. If I mess up, it's not such a big deal.

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Thanks. I will look that up.

Ok, messed things up now. Had everything except sol 7 working. Was probing and must have jumped something and now I have no blanking. Sometimes if I hit the power it starts the blanking and displays say factory settings, then it all goes blank. Time to do some research.

Seems coincidental as it works fine after resting. I will not worry about this since I plan on rebuilding the power supply. I swapped out u19 to see if that is why sol7 will not fire. U19 is normal during attract. In test on sol7, the input is low pulsing high, but the output is low pulsing to nothing. 2 seperate chips do the same thing.

Well I am gonna deal with my lamp columns and sol7 when I put it back together. I want to get this playfield stripped since I imagine some of the colors are gonna be the same. Cyclone was in a pizza shop about a mile from my home growing up. Spent countless hours hanging out playing it. Was extremely happy to find one and I put cointaker premium leds in it a year ago. It had new rubbers, but we actually burned through a pair of flipper rubbers. At one point before it was accidentally reset it had over 2500 plays from my family. It has to be well over 4000 by now.

I am definitely gonna need a set of plastics for this one. This right ramp is in bad shape but it is available. The blue ramp has a couple issues where the screws come through but that ramp is very hard to find. I will likely have to work with what I have.

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My biggest challenge is gonna be how the grey has ages differently where mylar was.

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Happy with the progress so far. Gonna pull the playfield at this point and get the last few items off the top.

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Working on this playfield still. Found a couple hacks that will need to be remedied. This playfield has so much mylar it is gonna take 3 days to clean it off.

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Back is gonna need a good scrubbing. Not sure what I am gonna do with the existing wires stapled down yet. Getting there.

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Ready to see if this mylar comes up nice. Couple trouble spots that will need fixed already.

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Mylar was coming up nicely but I only had a half can. Thought for sure I had another full can somewhere.

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I really wanted to get down to this insert. Can't tell if it is cracked or not.

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Ok, it is literally mylar on top of mylar.

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Trying to rebuild this original aux driver board for cyclone. It had a newer systems board in it that was compatible. This board was mangled. Just got a load of tip36c's in to finish it.

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The mylar came off real nice without any damage. On a bad note I do have a cracked insert. Not sure if this one is replaceable or not. Also the canned air I got this time had a bitterant and that stuff is nasty! Don't they consider legitimate purposes where that stuff is a negative?

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Thank you for the tip! I always struggle at that point and pull up a trace or two.

I didn't have much luck using the alcohol / flour method on my f2k, but it is really doing wonders on this mylar adhesive. I don't think I knew how to do right back then. This is about 95% clean without much effort.

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Think I will finish this then go play some pinball!

Actually did no work on my projects yesterday, mostly because I got stuck playing Diner. It just kept making press that button over and over. Anyway Cyclone pf is all cleaned up. Here are my problem areas that will need addressed. All this grey that has faded will be my biggest challenge. I will be waiting for the intercoat to come in. Used the last on Comet.

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Gotcha! Yeah, it is very discolored anywhere the mylar was not used. Gonna be a pain painting around all that. Still need to find that thread someone mentioned.

Seeing the two next to each other makes me want to redo the grey on Comet. I imagine they were close to the same color originally.

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The yellow is very close and it will work for both games. If I was not painting the whole thing I might tweak it a tiny bit. Naked eye seems on, but the pic shows the slightest differnce.

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Moving slow last couple days. Finally have all that mylar glue off and a final naptha cleaning on Cyclone. Ready to give it a blast of intercoat.

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Moving forward! Just need to let this cure and then both playfields will be ready for the airbrush. I got a good deal on these hobby airbrushes. Got 4 in a set and tons of accessories and tips. Good for what I need.

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Thanks!

Comet is masked off and ready for the yellow.

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Cyclone is now ready for yellow too. About to start a 4 day conference for work so it will be this weekend when I get to airbrushing.

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