I just got this today. I bought it NIB and from the original buyer, who had Two of these.
Made in 2018 and now the clear has had time to dry and evaporate.

I can't install this garbage. Now I have to wet-sand and re-clear in an attempt to fill the low spots and make it look flat again?

This has more waves than the Atlantic Ocean! I've had 40yr old EMs with better looking playfields.

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Looks like total SH1T! Or am I being too picky? I think not?

Makes the new Sterns look much better now! lol

1k I paid to Pirates Life for this.

I will fix it myself because it took me many months to find an earthshaker playfield.

I probably would not have bought this if the seller described this situation or sent me close-up pics.

Ah FOK!!

The back of playfield looks same, minus the art and clear of course.
Just the wood grain showing through the thin clear coat on the face side?

Its a GOLD! Of course they all have marking on the back. Says, "Gold".

Yes, it feels like a potatoe chip.

The seller told me it was not like this on Wed when he shipped, which I find hard to believe.
No water damage to box, and has not rained near me in a while.

Gold.....pfft.

I think this was a Brown.

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I can paint and clear. Made this yesterday.
Used 2-part Auto Clear on top of the decals.

Has some boogers and lint in it, but it was a fast project based on spare wrinkled decal and a $20 skateboard deck.
I can do better in a clean room.

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That's my last order from Pirate man.

Dude must think I'm an idiot or something?

He's trying to tell me this JUST happened AFTER he shipped it to me on Wed.....Two days to me. I got Friday Morn.

What a load of shit! I'll fix it, and post my story and never buy again from him.

I know! Just a light scuff with 1000 to break the gloss

I totally hear ya bro. I make things very very small for a living.

I work in microns.

Because I paid as Family and Friends, and he is saying it was not like that when he shipped it to me.
He did offer a return, but what if he says now I don't get refund when he gets it, or UPS shipping damage, or ??
I paid for shipping with $1k insurance to me when I bought it a few days ago.
AND, this is something I think I can fix and I need One.

I don't trust this guy now! Fork him!
My mistake for not asking for high-res pics.
Of course this looked like this 2 days ago!
He knew.

Not taking the chance to return it and loose everything.

It should be obvious my intentions.

I said I was going to fix it and use it.

Just sharing my story.

No, he and CPR want to pass this "Gold" crap off to us and then tell us it was perfect when shipped??

Trying to make me feel bad about it at the same time!

Trying to tell me this was a favor and I should be thankful?

He needs to learn that people don't like this type of sales.

What goes around.....
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He is full of shit. Reputation ruined with me.
This is not a hissy fit. Just facts.
I'm not crying, and will fix it.
Just disappointed with another vendor in this industry.

Things I learned today.....

1) Ask for high-res photos when buying a playfield, even if it a NIB CPR Gold

2) DON'T pay PayPal Friends and Family for stuff like this!

Again, just sharing my story and what I have learned.

Things the seller learned.....

1) ??

2) Don't misrepresent something.

3) Don't Lie to customers saying the INSANE planking happened in less than 48hrs and that the playfield was perfect when shipped.

I'm calling him out in public because he is saying he did me a BIG favor selling to me in the first place, and that he is now going to get a ruined playfield back from me that was not like this Wed afternoon. Which is just bull-c0cky. Don't try to feed me BS or you will get called-out in public! Have a nice weekend ya Pirate bastard!

Yes, Shit in the Blue and Green.

Exactly!

White is very thin layer and almost transparent. That has brown streaks in it as if someone laid a cigarette in the paint before pulling the ink.
Not impressed with the screen printing from CPR after being a serious collector of screen-printed Rock posters and a pinball lover.
I'm not sure what skills they exceed in, but screen printing is not One of them if this is a Gold.

Bamboo playfield with organic colors made by smashing berries and grass?

Its a "Green playfield"?

Light scuff to break the gloss and covering with this....

Have done it 5x this year, and tried multiple times 2-part Auto Clear.

$169 for a little bag!

95% solid, where as Auto Clear evaporates up to 85% and only 15% solid.
It self-levels way better than sprat Clear!

I didn't like the Auto Clear. After 2 months drying time (Crazy long) it was such a thin layer!
Totally shrank and turned into nothing after 5 cans, and 5 days spraying/sanding/spraying
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I can fix with Resin that is 100x stronger and more solid particles than Auto-Clear.

20x stronger than Epoxy.

I have ZERO protection for returns.

I paid via PayPal Family and Friends after he messaged me on Facebook saying he had a spare. (My mistake!)

I'm not in the mood to drive to him and get my money back.

Dude is a scam bag and now I don't trust him at all for a full refund.

"Polycuramine" is the word of the day people.

95% solid (5% evaporate when curing)

Waaaay harder than any paint on the planet and harder than traditional epoxy. Not cheap!

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Auto Clear......15% solid.....85% evaporate and takes forever to cure and is not as hard. But it is a lot cheaper.