Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Stern, 2004I am pretty good at touching up with paint. I can make this worn spot look better. But my question is... can I simply put a strip of mylar over it? Or will it effect game play? Does anyone find mylar edges to change the direction of the ball? I dont see that this spot would mean much for hindering a ball path... but will other pinball players be offended that there is a mylar strip somewhat in the middle of the playfield?
rip1 (resized).jpgIf it's worn through the graphics only, do your best to touch it up and then cut a piece of super thin easily removed mylar to go over the area. For ball drag or notability - very little to none. It's not like you can do any worse than what's already there. If it's actually worn down the wood, either throw a chunk of thick mylar over it and be done or you could use a little wood filler, sand, touch up and then thin mylar over that.
On a side note, the pf looks a little grubby. I'd take some Novus 2 polish after it before doing any of the above. Good luck!
Use a good sized Mylar patch, trimmed as well as you can to match PF lines, and it will be fine, depending on the quality of your touch ups of course!
Quoted from gunstarhero:trimmed as well as you can to match PF lines
I assume you mean lines in the design on the playfield?
Quoted from CLEllison:super thin easily removed mylar
How do we know the thickness of mylar for sale?
Quoted from CLEllison:pf looks a little grubby
The playfield is major grubby. I just spent a good hour taking the apron off and pulling parts off to clean. Layer of dirt. It will take a while to get this one so it sparkles.
Quoted from SDM0:I assume you mean lines in the design on the playfield?
Right. It can help hide the edges of your Mylar patch.
Might be tough on a PF as busy as that one tho.
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