I bought this C37 about a year ago, and she is darn nice - EXCEPT for the scratch left on the playfield by the left flipper. Below is a picture. Everything else is very nice. This is an old pic from when I first purchased her, but it gives the general state of affairs. I'd like suggestions for fixing this. Perhaps there is something I'm missing? Here's the one thing I was thinking of...

Sanding the bare wood cleared area within where the scratch is, and then 2PAC semi gloss the bare wood area.

I REALLY don't want to strip the whole thing down and do an entire 2PAC. The game didn't play well when I bought it, and I've refurbished most of the switch stacks, and completely rebuilt the thermometer, and she plays great now.

I'd love to hear any thoughts or ideas. I don't have much money invested into this. About 1/2 of what they sell for now. I'm also having trouble with the decision to repaint the cabinet entirely (which isn't bad - just the purples have turned pink like they all have) - or simply air brush the purples BACK to their original color and leave her as stock as possible.

I think that's my trouble with what I think are "expensive" EM's. I'm afraid to do any cosmetic work as I have a preservationist mentality about "originality". I know... I'm weird.

PM me if you prefer to reply in that manner. Thanks for taking a look!
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Yes sir. First thing I did when I got it home.

How did you wipe it on? With a brush or cloth or foam brush? May I ask what brand you used. Because that turned out really well.
Also - did you tape off the entire wood area and apply? Or frisket it off?
And what did you do to get it to blend with the original clear? Sand and Buff?
Thank you very much for the reply, which is very encouraging.