Playboy
Bally, 1978I believe there's two ways to install a playfield decal, dry or wet.
Dry seems like it would be easy to screw up.
How do you do the wet technique and are there any negative thing to it.
Looking to install bonus area decal on a Bally Playboy, using the one from classic arcades
Basically, you fill a spray bottle with 1 part water, 1 part liquid detergent (like Dawn or whatever you use to hand wash dishes). Spray the back of the decal so it's fully wet, but not soaked or damp. It just needs to have the solution all over it. I use my finger to make sure it's spread out evenly. Make sure there's not too much where it's going to squirt out everywhere - you want the MINIMUM amount of stuff to just barely coat the back of the decal. Then put it on the playfield, you have a couple of minutes to slide it around and get it perfect. Wait for 30 minutes or an hour, you're good to go. I believe some people put mylar over top of it, but that depends on your personal preference.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:Basically, you fill a spray bottle with 1 part water, 1 part liquid detergent
I think that's too much detergent. A drop or two is plenty.
Quoted from lukex:I think that's too much detergent. A drop or two is plenty.
Yes indeed - in the factory we use half a dozen drops to a large hand sprayer and that is ample detergent.
Quoted from lukex:I think that's too much detergent. A drop or two is plenty.
Yikes, you are right, not sure what I was thinking. Sorry op!!
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