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Have you had any issues with Mirco playfield quality?

By harryhoudini

4 years ago


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#171 4 years ago
Quoted from cottonm4:

I bought a clear coated play field. It arrived looking very nice and I put back in the ship box for storage.
3 months later when I removed it from the box I discovered that the the clear had settled at a different rate over the inserts and I could close my eyes and run my hands across the play field and feel the depression over every insert. But I wanted baby butt smooth so I did a light block sand and polish to get smooth but i did not like the look.

So, I have to ask. Does the minor depression at the inserts matter, other than knowing that it's there? Will it cause issues? I have this scenario on my new whirlwind PF. I'm wondering if i should just try to sand it as well and then measure the depth of the insert depression to see if it's worth hitting the inserts with more clear.

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#186 4 years ago
Quoted from cottonm4:

You bought a Quicksilver play field from Mirco. Correct?
What kind of problems are you having with it, please?
I need to buy a QS play field but you are scaring me. Mirco is the only game in town. Do I need to be scared?

Also, be ready to countersink a bunch of holes that should already be taken care of.

#188 4 years ago
Quoted from TomGWI:

In all fairness, I have done both Cpr and micro swaps and the Cpr ones I did far more drilling than the Mirco.

I had to drill 95% of the holes on mine. They were all off.

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#192 4 years ago

I can still leave a nail mark after 7 months. It's harder, but not where it should be.

#195 4 years ago

The problem with heating is the differing thermal expansion between the wood and plastic. They're going to expand differently as you noticed and that's going to force movement in the inserts. The best thing to do is wait... a long while.

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#218 4 years ago
Quoted from OlDirty:

I also have a storry.
I ordered a new TAF playfield and this is what I got.

My whirlwind was similar. https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/playfield-bowing

I could smell that it wasn't dry when i received it. There was still plenty of solvent outgassing for a while. I put it out in the sun for several days and I also waited about 6 months before installing it. By that time the bowing had settled from 1/2" to less than 1/4" and that was easily pulled in from the rails.

Annoying and shouldn't happen, but it's recoverable.

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