I can’t recommend the Hardtop enough. But from your description of the playfield, I’m not sure I’d go for it. The sanding makes a huge mess and it’s very easy to misalign if you are not super careful. The product is meant for playfields that are trashed. How bad is this playfield? I didFE0954A9-E1BC-4063-8B45-877FB007187D (resized).jpeg mine on Taxi because the area where the pop bumpers were looked terrible. Here’s what I was working with. Note gameplay with a hardtop is much faster than a normal playfield.
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