Laying the ropes out with blue fine line tape .

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White part of the ropes is done.

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Everything is unmasked . At this point I am going to clear the playfield again to protect the artwork I have done before starting on the text and black outlines .

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And cleared , almost ready for the fun stuff ( black outlines and text)

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Thank you Bryan Kelly

Playfield was sanded . Black lines will be laid out with tape and stencils.

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I am starting with the easier areas but here is a few outlines that are finished .All of the rings around the inserts and saucers will be done with adhesive stencils .

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For outlines on the more complex shapes I decrease the size of the shape I have already cut so that my black outline overlaps . Increase the size for the outer edge of the outline .

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And test fit to make sure I will have the desired overlap .

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Progress pics.

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Bottom arch .

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A few more progress pics , and I 'm going to call it a night .

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I was able to get a decent amount of the black outlines finished this weekend . I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on this playfield restore .

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More progress on the outlines .

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Upper lanes .

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Arrows .

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I have a vinyl cutter for cutting stencils. And I cut them out of vinyl . I use Gimp for drawing , or extracting images from a scan or photo . I export the images from gimp in jpg format . I use inkscape to trace bitmap and save as an eps file .These files can be imported directly into the progam that runs the cutter. I use Sure cuts alot 4 to run my cutter . This program can also be used to create images for cutting , all the circles I use for masking the lens inserts are done right in this program.

Silk screens were made for detailed text ( vinyl cutters can not cut such fine detail as a very small text .) I make the silk screens using a photo sensative emulsion .I use Kiwo Diazo , this product can be bought at michaels craft stores . Alignment for text will be a bit difficult but it is the last thing I will put on so if the alignment is off I will clean the print off and try again .

And the cabinet is waiting for this playfield .

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Advantages of using vinyl vs a paint premask +some premask materials are intended for waterbase paints and react with automotive paint .
+vinyl is much cheaper than most masks rated for automotive paint and does the same thing .
Disadvantage of vinyl
-it can leave some glue residue after the stencil is removed .
Not a huge problem , just need to clean residue before clearing or puting any color on top of it .
I use Lesonal surface cleaner for cleaning .

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The star in the center insert still needs work but the inserts in the arrows are outlined and so is the large red shape in the middle of the playfield .

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Stencil carnage .

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Black outlines for the ropes were done with blue fine line tape ( just as the white was ).

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Ok , oulines are finished and I clear coated the playfield again to protect my outlines as I do the silkscreening for the text. This clear will be sanded , before silk screening .

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Ok so Speedball is the company that makes the Diazo emulsion (not kiwo) . This kit can be bought at michaels for around $32 .

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Here is test prints on black paper with this ink heavy body acrylic .

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And the prints on the playfield .

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Here is the text for the gottlieb logo that goes in the rectangle ,this is in gimp . This is ready to make a screen from , I just need to copy this to a transparency ( the grid will be romoved).

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Here is the copyright logo screened to the playfield . The second L in "ALL " is a bit light I will darken that painting by hand .

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Yeah , I knew those were coming and it would have been a great option for this project .But ,as CraigC wrote , the sky jump playfields are a little different .Most noticably the rollover lanes on the right side not only is the artwork different but sky jump also has one less lens insert over there as well .