Just an FYI for those of you with a Pinbot.

I changed all the insert lamps to Comet non-ghosting led's.

Then I installed a chest decal. Put it on using the "wet" method. It went on nice and looked great. Left it on for about a week.

Next I bought and installed a Playfield Protector. Went on smooth and looked and played great.

Left Pinbot running all night.

Woke up the next day and the decal was ruined. All wrinkled and "melted" looking.

After doing a lot of detective work this is what I found out happened. Apparently the transformer is almost directly under the "chest" area. And it puts off a surprising amount of heat. Well that heat rises and gets stuck in those 25 chest inserts. Apparently that is why a lot of wear is in the chest area. All that heat plus the heat of the incandescent bulbs would soften the paint and when the ball rolled over it, the paint would wear off.

So since I have led's installed now there is less heat. And the chest decal by itself was fine. But when I added the Playfield Protector it then acted to "trap" the heat from the transformer.

The solution? I ordered a new decal and replaced the ruined one. Then I added a PC fan underneath blowing across the chest area. Re-installed the Playfield Protector and left Pinbot on all night.

No problems and all is fine now.

Just an FYI for others.

I cleaned the playfield with Naptha first before putting on the decal. Then I waxed the playfield and put on the Playfield Protector.