Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Matt at Back Alley Creations does great work. I've had him do a few games for customers of mine.

I'll just say this. I've never had a desire to search out local companies. I'd run around knocking on doors, giving them samples only to find out their work isn't the best or they have no interest in doing it. Lots of wasted time. And when my guys have roughly $12,000 invested in a game I'm doing, the powder better be perfect.

I've also looked at a number of the pics here and some of it is really nice, while some of it is not. No offense to anyone, but some of you don't know what nice powder coating should look like. If you've found someone local that does nice enough work for you, that's cool. I've seen Matt's work and it doesn't get much better. I'm more than happy to pay the shipping knowing what kind of work he does.

Matt does beautiful work.

Personally, I think it all depends on the job done. I've seen some here I'd pay you less because I'd want to remove it all. Then again, there are some here that have been very nicely done and I wouldn't mind paying extra.

Just remember, though, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This is a prime example of, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Pretty simple. Leave the protector in place and use it as a guide. Cut the decal with your razor blade of choice running the blade along the edge of the protector. Remove the protector and remove the cut part of decal. Reinstall the protector.

Wrinkling doesn't always happen if you don't cut out the decal, but it can.

Picture the metal protector bent at about 85 degrees instead of 90. You install the protector. Now you install the leg and as you tighten the bolts, the protector flattens out to 90 degrees. As it does this, it's also grabbing and moving the decal away from the corner.

On newer Stern games, I believe they just cut out the whole corner area where the leg goes. They take no chances.

I did one in chrome years ago. I’d take a pic but I sold it.

Clear won't hide orange peel.

I would think screws are used by those who don't have rivets or the tools to install them.