Fremont, WI
If anyone else has an unbroken big blue plastic, I also need one.
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Quoted from pinballizfun:because they are awful to play on.
More awful than a vinyl overlay?
Quoted from pinballizfun:no, but at least on an old school vinyl, you can pull it off and fix the PF later. You gotta completely kill the PF for a hardtop. Just need to clear to make it smooth and use old vinyl so it can be saved later if you're not going to do it right in the first place. Too many people killing reasonable playfields for no reason. HT is fine- if the game is beyond repair, which most are not.
I’m confused. I’ve done 3 overlays. On all, you had to sand the playfield bare, clearcoat it, and apply the overlay. You had a choice to leave it, clearcoat over it, or cover it with a playfield protector.
A hardtop, you sand the graphics off the inserts, and stick it down with the applied tape.
Which one kills the playfield more?
I think we all agree the preference is restoration, but if I were to reverse engineer either, I think unsticking the 3M adhesive is easier than recreating 100% of the graphics under an overlay.
I’ll add, I’ve used a KISS overlay from Fabulous Fantasies (clearcoated in around 2005), a Playboy from Classic Arcades (that delaminated when cleared, that was made good by Classic Arcades, now with a Playfield Protector), and a custom one for an unnamed game to protect the author with no covering.
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