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Just joined the club, plan to start working on the cabinet a bit as well as the flippers.
Does anyone here know the color codes for the cabinet art?
Which flipper rebuild kits can you recommend?
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Thank you for the replies!
Picked up the machine today.
Has anyone of you tested the original paint for lead?
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1 week later
Love seeing photos of other F2Ks 
Does anyone know if its still possible to buy a reproduction playfield somewhere?
Asked CPR but they where all out of stock.
Its pretty ok, with alot of mylar on. It has some cupped inserts that will affect gameplay.
Perhaps I should try to remover the mylar, touch up and then have a paint shop coat it?
1 month later
I got one of the PF from the Latin American lady who was selling off her fathers old stock.
All in all its in great shape being 4 decades old.
I will probably apply some additional clearcoat as it feels very thin. Do you know if PFs had less CC back in the days?
83F151DE-8C39-489F-914F-E858DBE8C583 (resized).jpeg1122600C-F07B-45A2-8279-FA7B80BB0AB7 (resized).jpegQuoted from Chosen_S:Did you pick up both playfields she had?
I only bought one - have you asked her if she has got any more?
I am debating the same thing. Perhaps have them clearcoat it in stages where you sand it in between?
But at the same time I think a good auto shop should know how to handle recesses/cupping. Please keep me posted.
Are you restoring your cabinet as well?
Quoted from play_pinball:Congrats, looks great! You will absolutely want to clearcoat that playfield. See this thread for why: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/defender-williams-1982-nos-playfield-
Thank you for that advice and link!
Quoted from ArcadeRaid:I went with a playfield protector on mine because I will probably do more paint touch-up in the future and didn't want what is there to get worse. If yours is NOS and is perfect now then protect it with clear coat. Much better option.
And remember, det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige clear coat.
thank you for your reply. Yes - I will start calling auto paint shops next week.
Do you recommend some prep work for the surface. I looked at it again tofay and it looks like that there is no clear coat at all. As I can feel the insert edges.
Quoted from HPR:You should remove all inserts, sand them flat and reglue them.
If you clear the playfield in this condition, clear will crack around all inserts.
This nos playfield is superb but it need a major treatment before clearcoating it.
Here's a F2K playfield i recenty restored. I customized a little the artwork and make black inserts rings thinner ''a la Bally''[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Looks awesome! But how did you keep the ”text” on the inserts if you sanded them?
Quoted from HPR:Here's the file i used to restore the inserts, i made them public for everyone in need of them.
I'm sorry they are rescale a bit by pinside but i think they are usable[quoted image]
Many thanks! That is very nice of you.
I might need them if it turns out I need to sand down my inserts.
Are there relacement inserts for old Stern games should they break while I am at it?
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