^ Even when you find them, they will be 1 or 2mm different in size from the originals, just to give you more work to do.

You can boil most clear inserts in Methylene Blue dye if you want them blue, just like you dye playfield posts or pop caps.

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Don't forget, there are translucent drop targets nowadays for maximum Bally sexiness. I'm going to put those on my Xenon soon, and light them in Red.

http://pinball-mods.com/oscom/game-specific-products-bally-star-trek-1979-drop-target-bally-classic-p-54.html

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WD40 sucks as a lubricant, but it's great at removing decal adhesive and getting chewing-gum out of pubic hair

^ Kramer looks good!

Make sure you stick it in the right hole

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Pics?

Wow, that sucks!

How are they suggesting you remove the Hard Top? Heat? Solvent? Household iron?

It's the same 3M 300LSE adhesive used on cellphones, and to replace the screens on those I set my heatgun to 100*C (212*F)

3M says it will stay stuck up to 300*F, but even at 200*F, it just peels away easy.

I'd think that a household iron could be used quickly before the insert glue gets too hot, maybe with a cotton pillow case between the iron and the Hardtop

Make a video for sure, and start in an area that does not have any inserts (till you get a feel for how much heat it takes)

On a phone, the adhesive stays behind when you pull the broken screen off.

you roll adhesive onto itself while it's warm and make kind of a ball with it

if all the ink comes off, I guess you'll have a playfield protector that you could sell to someone for a couple bucks to protect their genuine Xenon playfield

Yep, protect the lamp sockets with old incan bulbs.

Leave them until the clear dries. If you remove them when wet, trash will fall into the clear.

Only put the bulbs in during spraying.

Remove bulbs for sanding or buffing

You will blow the buffing compound out of all the holes and sockets, before it dries.

Any bad sockets you will quickly find, because the little springs break off just from the compressed air.

Because they made 11,000 Xenons, every playfield restorer has a pile of old ones.

If you worry about spraying clear or applying a hardtop, you can have have it done by a restorer, and then have a ready-to-go unit on your doorstep in a week or so.

All the popular games, like Xenon, SBM and Playboy are like that........

Vovex?

Linear flippers suck ass and pass blame.

That sucks when that happens.

You need something that will cure super quick, before it telegraphs though again.