Space Mission
Williams, 1976Hi,
in the back box of my space mission there are two foam-pieces to the left and to the right.. Most likely they have been added for noise dampening. Can anybody tell if this is original stuff? If yes, why was not anything added to the top of the box?
Also on the closing metal lid there is some material. Is this original?
Best
Patrick
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Definitely not original. None of the pinball manufacturers ever put material like this in their EM games.
- TimMe
Quoted from Gotemwill:That’s a new one to me. Sound dampening or thermal insulation?
Hopefully not thermal. As far as I'm concerned, the last thing you want to do is trap heat inside the head of a pingame.
Many heads have vent slots to allow the heat from the lamps to escape. Heating up the back side of a screen-printed glass can accelerate the process of detaching the ink from the glass, so not really something you should be trying to encourage.
- TimMe
Quoted from metalguy:Dude that last one on the metal doors looks like asbestos
...sure does. friable by the looks of the deterioration.
Ups, so better get rid of this stuff? Is there an easy way to learn whether it's asbestos? So normally the metal part is blank metal?
Quoted from TimMe:Hopefully not thermal. As far as I'm concerned, the last thing you want to do is trap heat inside the head of a pingame.
Many heads have vent slots to allow the heat from the lamps to escape. Heating up the back side of a screen-printed glass can accelerate the process of detaching the ink from the glass, so not really something you should be trying to encourage.
- TimMe
I didn’t say it was a good idea! 
Maybe this was someones idea to compensate for keeping it in an unheated garage.
Bad roads are paved with good intentions!
Quoted from PatrickMetzler:So normally the metal part is blank metal?
Yes in every game I’ve been inside.
Many parts were run down, but the backglass is in good shape. So at least it did not harm the backglass. Will not be easy to separate the material from the metal. How can I know it's asbestos?
Quoted from PatrickMetzler:How can I know it's asbestos?
There are many asbestos test kits on the market. Here's one:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/PRO-LAB-Asbestos-Test-Kit-AS108/202731785
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