Quoted from High_End_Pins:

I am definitely not here to save the playfield industry. Just a knowledgeable observer to issues that are popping up.
My experience with all playfields from all manufacturers are that each one and I am referring to the actual playfield itself is individual and will have minor to major issues.
Some can be corrected others will have flaws that can be improved but not fully overcome without going back to the drawing board.
That stated. There are also manufacturers and certain eras that provide extra challenges or known inherent flaws.
Take the Williams System 11 era for example.
Clearcoating a non diamond plated version nine times out of ten is going to ruin the inserts.
The reason is there is something in that era that has made the original bond of screen print to insert very fragile and the clearcoat application exposes that by pulling the clear from the insert and into itself as it cures acting almost like stripper instead of coating.
My experience with Mirco playfields specifically is good enough that I will use them but I also shave them down and recoat them and put provisions in place as I build them.
Neither of those things are ideal to me but they are things I can and easily do so it’s better than salvaging trashed playfields.
Right now I am doing a BSD. I have shaved it down and recleared it. [quoted image]
As I assemble it I do the opposite of what JJP is doing. I don’t dare make the parts footprints bigger I make them smaller.
How?
Smaller washers.
We can use this area as an example. [quoted image]
I will over torque both star post. One will have a small washer under it the other will not [quoted image]
Tight. [quoted image]
Results. [quoted image][quoted image]
Big difference easy insurance. I will conduct the same experiment on a playfield direct from Mirco and see if it is any different to rule out my own coating.