Question, I recently acquired an F14 Tomcat and was thinking of replacing the mylar. If I were to pull the old mylar off, do I need to remove the adhesive before laying the new mylar...or can it simply be smoothed down over the existing glue?
On a system 11? I would absolutely avoid doing that. The chances of losing paint are fairly high, and a near certainty on the inserts.
Quoted from ForceFlow:On a system 11? I would absolutely avoid doing that. The chances of losing paint are fairly high, and a near certainty on the inserts.
Since you mention that, please help others like me that know enough to know that I don’t know enough about Mylar on pinball machines, what machines are ok (using proper Mylar removal practices) to remove it, and what machines are not, like you mentioned above?
Quoted from JayDee:Since you mention that, please help others like me that know enough to know that I don’t know enough about Mylar on pinball machines, what machines are ok (using proper Mylar removal practices) to remove it, and what machines are not like you mentioned above?
In most cases clearcoated play fields are ok to pull mylar from
Quoted from JayDee:Since you mention that, please help others like me that know enough to know that I don’t know enough about Mylar on pinball machines, what machines are ok (using proper Mylar removal practices) to remove it, and what machines are not like you mentioned above?
WPC is usually ok. Gottlieb system 3 tends to be iffy (and is usually best to avoid).
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