finally.

after 3 weeks of preping, wood repairs, etc, clear coating, wet sanding, buffing, etc..

I"M DONE! i used varathane poly clear. next step now will be playfield swap with my current thrashed out pf. not bad for my first pinball clear coat (on a nice playfield i was sweating bullets at times). had to do some magna save wood repairs as well (seems it is a common DH pf wear). here she is;

1st pic is a cleaned/preped before with 0 clear left as you can see (with dimples even), and elevated inserts; (the middle pf pic)

2nd pic is over head finished

3rd pic is side shot of clear

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and one more;

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ya i'm ready for a fast action dirty!!! i think i have 8 pieces of mylar currettly covering inserts that are no more (broken pf glass chewed up most the inserts i figured when i bought the machine because i was cleaning glass out of it for a week). its like christmas...waiting for my 'new' dh gameplay.

thanks guys, ya its a lot of fine wet sanding for sure, and patience with coats of clear.

i forgot to thank whrsoncestood for all his guidance and previous posts regarding clear coating a playfield. his incredible hulk and flash are insane!!!!! good luck on your current project.

i don't think it's a diamond plate, couldn't find anything anywhere stating it was. i think its a re-import from europe though, they're is some finnish? dutch? on a sticker under the playfield. there wasn't really any clear left to sand in the high ball areas, mainly the non traffic areas only.

what was the diagnosis on your board? just interested, more than likely i may have to deal with it sooner or later (if it hasn't already been done).

supposedly so does my DM? i don't see any proof of it, i've heard that some machines received the diamond plate and others didnt'. i'll have to post pics of my original DH pf once i pull it out of the cabinet. whenever i get around to that..lol

thanks for squaring that up for me.

10-14 coats, seriously. i'd do a light one, wait 1-2 hours, then another. then either sand, or add a light 3rd depending on how i felt it filled/settled in. i wouldn't sand though until at least 8-12 hours after 2-3 light coats to let dry accordingly.

thanks again for the compliments, just need a rotissorie table. ugg

i agree 100% john. so much of the clear coat was gone on the high ball traffic areas that they were becomming dimpled and 1/3 of the inserts were raised. after the initial sanding before clearing i noticed i was sanding down the dimples almost to the color like you mentioned so i did so very lightly, and actually didn't need much sanding at all where the clear had worn down. i could have sworn i read somewhere Black Rose was saying he saw 'diamond plate' printed on the side of one of his DM pf's. that's why i was hesitant to think my DM and DH had them, i didn't see a print anywhere. thanks for the information.

ya i used 2 to 3 spray cans varathane poly clear coat gloss. hard to find, only a few places carry it (in wyoming anyways).

finally got the DH swapped out. 1st pic is new pf being populated, 2nd is the old pf during dismantling. plays and looks great. thanks to my bro ffej knar for help and rot table;

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