I buy complete sets from Planetary for my restorations.

If I'm not doing a restoration, a generic wrapper is good enough.

Hm...

I found a lot coil wrapper on the net.
I always wonder, why? If I make a 100% restoration, then sure, need to do. But has is got some practical reason? When I changed my coils, they've got a factory Bally wrappers on them. My three flipper coil has got two types, but technically they are the same. And, on the drop target coils I haven't got any wrapper. Should I cover them?

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I wonder if route ops care about how the coil wrappers look these days? I know they didn't thirty years ago. Come to think of it, we never cleaned the underside of a playfield.

Watch you don’t remove the varnish of the coil with that solvent.

When I say generic, I mean the original wrappers - I don't care on non-restorations if a coil says 'Williams' or 'This Old Coil Company', etc.

If I need to clean a coil, I use blue dawn dish soap. Cleans wrappers nicely, with no ink running. Just let em dry out real well. I blow mine out with an air compressor, and let them sit for a week or two in a warm area. Of course, I only clean them when doing restorations. On a repair, I might wipe them down with a cleaner on a rag, but I don't scrub the bobbins then, etc.

If you need to make one, just use the adhesive backed UPS/FedEx shipping labels you can buy at Staples/Office Depot - the one with two shipping label sheets per page.

Is that the best route to go for printing these?

I print them in my laser printer onto ordinary photocopy paper of the correct (or close) colour then I use the double sided 'glue' tape by 3M - the stuff that is ONLY glue, not the foam stuff - works a treat.

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I do what Homepin does. Print them with a laser on colored paper, then use double sided tape to stick the ends together.

I bought "Astrobrights" brand paper, it came in an assortment pack with really vibrant and bright colors. I prefer them over some of the pastels, so I am going to use the brighter colors just for fun.

DMD games don't have the waxy paper coils wrappers do they? It's mostly earlier era stuff right? Those pastel papers looks great for DMDs to my eyes.

I print onto self adhesive waterproof paper (think you can find it as map paper in the States) works a treat and is inexpensive

They are the waxy type paper which is a reason they hold up so well if cleaned the way John Wart described above. Planetary Pinball is the only source for the correct paper that I know of. I've made my own before as I have the files but from now on ill use the correct paper or just clean and reuse the ones in the game.

Don't know if it's the best, but it's cheap and looks great compared to ratty old 'OEM' wrappers.

I use the double sided 'glue' tape by 3M - the stuff that is ONLY glue, not the foam stuff - available from stationary stores reels.jpg

This is really good info. I'm not even concerned about doing OEM colors. I'm thinking use colors that match the overall color scheme of the pin, even editing the graphics to make it match the pin. Say yellow and blue for a Whirlwind and even incorporating a small whirlwind graphic.

That's one advantage to using the shipping labels, they have stick-em on the backside and adhere to themselves (just make sure to cut long enough to wrap the coil and then some). If you mess up or need to remove them, just slice down any part that doesn't overlap and the sticker comes right off without leaving any residue.

This is what I use: http://www.officemax.com/office-supplies/labels-labelmakers/labels/labels-mailing-shipping/product-prod2240078

And you can easily get the wrapper coil papers in the correct color on the interwebs (don't think I should link to it here)

I don't see this being a bad thing. People go as far as powder coating their "armor" whatever color they want, why not coil wrappers?

Trying to revive this thread instead of starting a new one. Has anyone tried any of the waterproof laser printer paper for their labels? I would think this would give that waxy finish like the original labels but I haven't tried any yet. This is one brand I found, but there are others available too. http://www.amazon.com/Rite-Rain-Weather-Copier-25-Pack/dp/B000KEJX90/ref=sr_1_2

I'll see if I can get an answer on this old thread. What about flammability issues? I have had "stuck" coils get so hot the wrapper was very crispy but did not catch fire. Would printer paper be a fire hazard? Are the old wrappers flame retardant in any way?

I've seen many brand new coils come with plain paper wrappers.

THe old wrappers are printed on masking tape

Figured I post this link to bring this thread back to life.

http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/