Mata Hari
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I dry sanded thru 320, then wet sanded 600, 1000, 2000, 3000 using Naphtha instead of water. Followed with a quick polish of Novus 2, with one more final wipe down of a Naphtha to remove any Novus residue. Before and after wet sanding pics attached:
1D8766CF-9886-4CE2-BEC1-C6398A748F9C (resized).jpegAF5FAA63-A53B-4B3D-AD4C-BB073F6E3F50 (resized).jpegYou have to make the adjustments after the fact. the only correction I had to do on my FG hardtop was that one of the lower playfield inserts was covered by the 3M adhesive. Careful cutting with the XActo knife corrected that. Luckily someone else had posted that error before so I knew to look for it. Would have been PO'd if I had discovered that after installation.......
On my FG hardtop the lower playfield matched up 100%, really looks fantastic. As for the upper, the best I could do was to get the inserts and the front edge lined up, everything else was off 1/16th to 1/8th in terms of holes and edges. Broke out the dremel and went to town.....
Quoted from Mathazar:I used a small rotary dremel after I laid down the hardtop. I first tried widening the mis-aligned holes with an xacto - it did ok but it was work. Went to the dremel, easy-peasy did all 12-16 holes in less than 20 minutes.
Which Dremel Bit did you use?
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