Howdy,
I have an unique restore scenario. I bought an IJ in Feb and was working a restore with Mike Chestnut. The plan was to pull the Playfield and send for repair & clearcoating. I was to do the cabinet & head and Mike and I would reassemble the Playfield together. Although kinda different, Mike mentored me a bit (translate as put up with me ?) and we did my AFM that way years ago.
At any rate, I took the complete game there, pulled the Playfield and I brought cabinet & head home. Mike called me the next day and we finished Playfield stripping and I sent Playfield off to Brian @ HSA. In the meantime, Mike had my gun and wire forms brassed.
6 weeks later or so, I had the Playfield back and called Mike. He advised we wait 2 weeks or so to allow it to cure more and then we'd get on it. About 2-3 weeks later, Mike had his fatal accident.
About 2 weeks later, I picked up 7 boxes of Playfield top/bottom parts, brass, polished hardware, etc.
At that point, I had to chuckle about Mike mentoring me from a better place.
I've made some progress and I've thoroughly enjoyed it!
I've added some before and some progress so far pics. Enjoy!
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