How prone to fading are the new Stern cabinets? I’m paranoid about it since half the 90’s games have faded red. I have my FF right next to a window with sheer curtains. It might be there for weeks or even months. I know I can cover it - but has anyone had a modern cabinet fade?
Wade
The sun will always win. It will fade, but probably wouldn’t be noticeable for a while or without reference. You can UV block the window though.
I don't have any experience with fade on a decaled Stern, but the POTC I had a few years back had some sun fade on one side. It was near a window at CEC.
Unfortunately, I have my pins in an area with windows. I put a UV film on the windows and haven't noticed any fading.
Question is akin to asking if you’ll get a sunburn if you don’t put on sunscreen.
Don’t wait to see - the sun always wins.
Quoted from DNO:Honestly, I’ve not seen a Spike stern with any fade, not one.
Show me a picture of one if anyone else has seen fade on a Spike Stern.
Same. I just got an elvira hoh, and it was slightly adjacent to mild occasional sunlight and I got nervous. But then I thought; I have yet to see one fade like Williams games. I sorta feel like they don't, but would love a pic to be proven wrong.
Just put some blind up or if you do close them if a little light comes through now a problem that won’t do anything it’s when the sun beams on the cabinets is when it fades not just light
None of these modern sterns have enough "time" on them to show fade.
How old is a 90s Williams with fade?
How about those 70s ballys with paint?
Update this thread in 2053 with your observations and empirical testing.
Quoted from Zitt:None of these modern sterns have enough "time" on them to show fade
Just because a game is 30+ years old doesn’t mean it wasn’t faded a year or two after it was produced, the Bally Williams did.
We are not seeing that from Sterns.
Not saying time won’t take a toll or they won’t ever fade at all, but they are obviously not fading as quickly, nor as drastically.
The sun will always win in the long run if u have too put a pin beside a window just put up some good blinds
Quoted from DNO:Just because a game is 30+ years old doesn’t mean it wasn’t faded a year or two after it was produced, the Bally Williams did.
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Yep all of those things faded quickly in non-uv protected enviorns, and when you think about it they were not using exterior paint etc on these disposable machines either, also many HOU owners of any stern knew about cabinet/backglass fade etc and would have protected their machines.
Quoted from Zitt:None of these modern sterns have enough "time" on them to show fade.
How old is a 90s Williams with fade?
How about those 70s ballys with paint?
Update this thread in 2053 with your observations and empirical testing.
I bought a fish tales around 2005ish and the cabinet was massively faded. That's 12 years. Tons of stern whitestar games with their printed cabinets are at that age or beyond. Not sure when stern switched to decals but it was around transformers.
Quoted from jgreene:I bought a fish tales around 2005ish and the cabinet was massively faded. That's 12 years. Tons of stern whitestar games with their printed cabinets are at that age or beyond. Not sure when stern switched to decals but it was around transformers.
Transformers was indeed the first decaled game.
I was wondering the same thing about cabinet fade on modern Sterns. My game will be a window and I know I could put up UV film, but I suck at it and end up with bubbles. Would be nice if I don't even have to worry about it. The spot doesn't get direct sunlight as the area in front of the window is shaded.
Fade will happen and apron stickers will darken like a sunburn.
Window tint will save your headaches.
Quoted from RyanStl:I know I could put up UV film, but I suck at it and end up with bubbles.
Wet method maybe? HEP Chris does all dry method cab decals, but even he used the wet method recently for mylar on a Rocky playfield. Plenty of working time to squeegee out the bubbles.
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