The problem is waterbase clear.
To avoid sinking post is to make new updated playfield protectors 0,75 mm polycarbonate with out cut outs under the post that covers more playfield than it does now. Or live with it (with i can't).

Digital printing can be the problem.
They use different inks instead of silkscreening.
i had a new full throttle, digital printed playfield and it chips the playfield at the right ramp intrance near the spinning disk.
Digital printed playfields have more problems with chiping problems.
And water base clears are less durable.
The 2 problems combined makes the quality even less durable i think. thats my opinion.

10 month ago everybody downvoted this hahaha.
Some say its normal 26 votes up!!!!.
This is what you get, sticking your head in the sand.
softer wood, cheaper (digital) printing, water base clear.
We go back to the 80's now where you can buy a second hand blank pinball machine for almost nothing afther 3 years.

And next month we get some new aftermarket firstclass playfields with best wood money can buy screenprinted and 90's clear made in a place with no
restrictions.

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I use epoxy on my homebrew machines.
IT CRACS when it is to hard like my first machine.
My second has a new mix epoxy that stays oke.
The third machine wil have the epoxy AND a 1mm macralon mylar with no cutouts unther the post so it won't crack (to hard) or sink(to soft) the post.

Like i said before, a NEW MODEL macralon 1 mm (playfield protector) mylar that covers al post on the playfield wil keep your playfield new and won't sink your posts or crack the clear or dimples your plafield.

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I remember this sort of playfield problems happend back in 1991 with Data East Batman.
After 2 month arcade play the playfield was 70% blank
And a white color ground appeared.
So the new playfields got a mylar and then after Stealt hardcoat.
So it wil take some time to find a proper solution.
In the mean time they still keep building games.
And quietly replace the playfield for a better one.
They can't swap every populated playfield from 2018 till now because they will go broke.
THATS WY THEY SAY THERE ARE ONLY A FEW MACHINES WITH PLAYFIELD PROBLEMS.
The only thing they can do financial is making a free playfield protector that covers the whole playfield or give you a bare new playfield when ready or they get out of busines.

I don't hope Deeproot already have some pile of playfields in stock that are digital printed for the first 3 games.
Deeproot can't deliver screenprinted playfield for the (low) price point i think.

You live in a bubble.

In the future we will find out what are the good serial numbers to buy that have no pooling anymore.

Yes after 50.000 plays

I really like Stern pinball machines but playfields with pooling only can be stopped if you ad a anti pooling 0,75 mm playfield protector that covers the playfield and all post in the shooting area.
It sucks but that is the only solution i think.

I say it again Stern can't replace ALL playfield they will go out off business.
Some will get a new playfield.
Maybe they make a protector for a few models i don't know what else they can do.
Or stay silence and tackle the problem for the future.

The problem is Stern going out of business if they want to give everybody a new populated playfield that have blank spots.
So they won't.

If you don't like dimples ( big ones) like me, buy a protector.
And if you don't want pooling your Stern JP or jjp wonka make a anti pooling protector like i do for my machines.

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Yes completely. Install these in the factory or loose in the box, just like the old days.
You can buy every 5 years a new one to make your machine "new". Or remove them if you want to sell your machine.

No the whole playfield. But that is a nice idea if you already have a protector.
I prefer a complete new one in one piece because it won't help against chipping around the post.

Softer wood cheaper, digital printing cheaper, waterbase clearcoat cheaper.
And the whole process is faster and therefore more cheaper again.
Thats the only reason, not because they cant produce quality playfields.
So live with it or don't buy this crap quality.

I want a stern JP or Avengers iq.
And that would be my first new in box Stern.
But then i have to sell something first.
If it happens ill take apart the whole machine and make shure its hammer proof, dimple proof, and chipping proof. Than ill beat the hell out of it day after day just like my homebrew machines.

No bubbles anymore on my JP innerloop.
I got lucky, I got one with a hard playfield.
The dimples are small after 4 thousand balls played. I made a plastic rim in the innerloop that presses the bubble down and makes shure the metal isn't eating my playfield anymore.

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Yes I know, if you have one with softer wood the dimples are as deep as craters with Stern. JJP chips, it's a shame, hope they make a primer that holds the digital print and go back to the diamant plate clear.
I am always very critical about the playfield quality from every manufacturer in the last 4 years. I had a highway FT chipping. Know this was a gamble but I had to have a Stern JP.

Welt a pinball on a hammer.
Then hammer the playfield softly 1000 times on a few inches just like airballs that hitting the playfield everytime they bounce from a target.
If the clear is to hard it chips just like it happend on my highway FT.
That's what I want to see.

I have a old run JP with graphics onder the post and metal washers at some posts 1050 games now and no protector.
But I got lucky, the wood is very hard.
So I got some minor dimples instead of creaters like some BM66 or STARWARS.
Buy a huo like I, then you can see if you have a decent one.
The quality from the late 90 with less dimples will never come back.
I hate the playfields they make now (look at my old reactions). I so badly wanted a Stern JP that I took the gamble. And I would never sell this one best game ever (for me).

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Stern look at the video and said, wait a minute it's only a 4 year old Startrek.
You only get 2 months warranty.
Oeps, sorry.

I know it sucks a warpt playfield, but it's a few years old. It can have other reasons why it's warpt. Moisture can warp a playfield when its dry again. It's 5 years old, for me it has nothing to do with Stern quality.

Sorry didn't noticed that.
This is really bad for 10 month game.
A new bare playfield from Stern is the least they can do.

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Are you shure your table isn't warpt, hahaha.