Lookin sweet

Too bad everyone is glued to the contest thread.

What's the basis for removing the Mylar? I know one of my machines has and it's bubbling a little bit....ripping up in a couple areas..nothing too bad but your PF looks great. Is this "removing of the Mylar" complicated?

wow.. if you weren't so far away.. looks nice. Wasn't blackbeard looking for one of these?

Use freeze spray and goo gone and it comes off. Depending on the game it CAN remove paint when you take it off though. And then, once again depending on the game, you may have to hit it with goo gone and elbow grease for the next 2 hours to remove the remaining adhesive.

So if the paint comes off, then you're looking at touchup work and some way of preserving that touchup work.

The mylar was really put down to protect playfields from excessive wear with limited maintenance. So in a home setting, it's not really needed and slows down play (and can look like crap when it start bubbling up).

Yeah it does look like crap....and I know underneath that Mylar is pure gold love. I guess if I ever decide to that than this is what needs to be done. You can wax Mylar though right?

Yep.

If you do decide to do it, you just need about two bottles of dust-off (air spray), flip it upside down and it shoots cold air. Get a nice razor with a holder that will show the entire edge of the blade. Freeze.. pull gently.. use razor.. go slow.. repeat. And start in an area that isn't seen much until you get the hang of it.

im looking for game around that price just to far

Woohoo. I know this guy... Got T2 from him

i also can vouch for his machines, they ARE as fantastic as they look! he does very nice work on any of his pins.

Salivating. That pin looks hot w LEDS. If only I lived remotely closer.

Beautiful game, and very well done. I personally wouldn't have the balls to attempt to remove mylar. Great job

EABUNDY: which cointaker LED kit did you purchase? Just curious bc I may be picking up a Bot soon and wondered how much the kit you used costs?

Thanks! It looks great!

It really isn't that bad. That was the first thing we did to our bk2k when we got it. Looks 100% better. Like Mystic said, it really depends on the game and most important that you take your time pulling it up. The only real pain in the but is removing the goo afterwards.

I wish we were closer to you eabundy, would have bought it on the spot. We are on the hunt for a Pinbot. That is a sweet looking pin, nice job.

I would just be too scared of pulling up paint

The only time we ran into pulling up paint was when we were lifting the mylar and that was ONLY because we pulled it too fast and didn't have it quit cold enough. And that was just the paint that was on 2 of the inserts. The goo gone did good with helping get the adhesive off. That part didn't even bother the paint at all. I think you would do just fine. You should find someone around you that is taking mylar off a pin so you can watch. We were really intimidated by the whole process, especially after reading peoples horror stories from taking it off. But ours looked like absolute crap and it desperately needed to come off.

I've watched a lot of vids on it.

Really like this one.

yeah, that was a good one. We watched that one as well as a few others before we attempted ours. Trying to boost the confidence level.