Sorcerer
Williams, 1985Hi,
Little cracks or dark riddles but all over the areas with bright colour.
Should I sand and put a wood paste first, or can I dry sand and touch up immediately ?
Also, as shown an the second picture, the cabinet was repaired with an eye like piece of wood. the piece does not come exactly at the level of the cabinet. I could level that area, but the cabinet black colour seems to be "striated" not plain. How could I get a surface which is the same everywhere ?
Thank you for the help
I think that eye is a patch made to the plywood before it became a pinball cabinet. They often cut out knots and use a standard patch like that. I bet it is original to your game.
To repair planking is a lot of work and I'd say hold off and clean and play unless you plan to do a 100% restore. If so, Greatwich John is doing sorcerer repairs/reprints for $500
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/sorcerer-playfield-restorations-last-call-end-of-february-2014-500-us
Quoted from jimy_speedt:Also, as shown an the second picture, the cabinet was repaired with an eye like piece of wood.
That patch is called a "boatman" and was installed by the plywood manufacture.
Pinball machines were made from C grade plywood with many voids and boatmen until the 90's when CCC started experimenting with MDO plywood.
If you look under the lockbar on games like Whitewater, you will see that the front of the plywood is faced with a thin layer of medium density fiberboard - no grain, no patches, and it came preprimed.
Quoted from jimy_speedt:,
Little cracks or dark riddles but all over the areas with bright colour.
Should I sand and put a wood paste first, or can I dry sand and touch up immediately ?
Send your playfield to Greatwich John and let him re-print it, and give it a new clearcoat for $500.
If you have a hundred hours of free time, then :
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-ultimate-playfield-restoration
ok, so I leave the cabinet as it is. Thanks for the explanation.
Yes I have 100 hours to spend, I did not purchase this wreck for playing, as recent games fulfill this need. I am not afraid of work 
thanks for the link.
I already made a proper job on a viking with airbrush. At least I am happy with the result, but for sure, it is not ultimate.
Thank you for your quick responses
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Étalle
Lambertville, MI
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