Attack from Mars
Bally, 1995
Attack From Mars (Remake - Classic)
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1,000+ plays since clearing the pf and NO DIMPLES, and PZ is airball city! SprayMax2k is my choice of clear coat, it wont dimple from a ball drop up to 6 feet. Secret formula of acrylics and resins. Finding a clear coat system that works for pinball is like being Goldie Lox man and they just haven't found the right bed!
Quoted from Who-Dey:The wooden playfield is what dimples, not the clear coat. What exactly are you getting at anyway? You got me very confused........Maybe im not understanding what you are trying to say or something?
Dude a good clear coat can TOTALLY protect your playfield from almost all dimpling and surface scratches. First off it's the wood and lack of crappy factory clear that's dimpling together creating the craters. In the past acrylic like Polycrylic was too hard for pfs and cracked but now there are a ton of synthetic systems designed for all applications from water tanks to automotive use. Water based acrylics don't yellow over time and when applied liberally to a pf if it gets some surface scratches in the future you can either just buff them out with rubbing compound or sand it down with 2k grit and recoat! I fell like it's been historically, Varnish first used as a clear coat system, then Lacquer, Varathane, and now "Automotive Grade" but with all the different manufactures out there you have to search for one that will work with the high impacts from a pinball. Search for SM2K here on pinside, it's a 2+ year ols thread with nothing but stellar reviews...and nobody complaining of imperfections in the clear after hundreds of plays!
Quoted from Who-Dey:Sounds like you have the dimpling issues all figured out that playfield manufacturers can't. Maybe you should call them up and offer your services to them. Who knows, it might make you rich.
Seems like they got it covered and the memos went out, so you'll have someone to console you when you call as you look at your $7-10K roached egg crate pf. Darn looks like our little old group of 118 pinsiders participating in this thread will miss out on that wonderful experience. lol
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-spraymax-2k-auto-clear-in-a-can-club
Quoted from snaroff:Just bizarre. If "Automotive Grade" clear coats don't prevent dings on my (metal) car, how could they possibly prevent dimples on my wood PF?
Having owned many old/new machines, I think PF dimpling and CC chipping has gotten worse over the years, but it's always existed.
For the insanely priced "collectors editions" games that sell for 12-13k, it would be interesting to see a PF made of more exotic hardwoods.
Considering all the Pinside dimple hysteria, seems like a business opportunity for JJP/Stern. They could probably name their price!
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I always thought a metal silk screened pf would be awesome! But remember the green recycled plastic pf from a Speak Easy that's pretty cool!
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