These two points are spot on. All of your issues start with a play field that wasn't coated in 2 part clear, sanded level/flat. This eliminates most all bleed through as well as anything remotely peeling off the surface. And white is always last in my book, its way to easy to show overspray. Good luck on the rest of the restore, I admire your patience!

My only other observation is, the paint I use needs to be cured by heat treatment. It was suggested earlier, but maybe use a heat gun on low or a blow dryer to cure it before laying down any frisket

Cut around the skate, you can add the black lines by hand.

Something probably fell and wedged itself to make the mark. May be able to touch it up.

I would love to learn Cameo to learn how to mask off lettering on play fields.

A lesson you will always remember.

For future restores, change the lamp sockets to new ones. Your going to be pizzed if you fire it up and some are dim, flickery, or flaky.

I need them too. Wonder how many he would need to produce to make them worth his effort? Maybe we should start a separate thread to get more people involved to be on-board to buying a set. Then we could approach Steve and go from there.

Oh damn, well he has a ton of product that is hot stamped so I assume he is working on another source eventually.

Never heard of the scrubbing bubbles technique. I would get nervous rinsing all that off myself.

Thats got to be very satisfying, great job and a harder-than-it-looks game too.