Repainting this white area.

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After doing a decent amount of touch up I thought it would be a good time to clear coat to protect the work I’ve done to this point. One step closer to completion.

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I have sanded the playfield and it ready to continue touching up.

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I typically wait until after I shoot the last layer of clear to sand/clean the bottom side of the playfield but this one has some weird gunk that I want to make sure won’t be a problem. So I am going to take care of it at this point.

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I scraped it with a putty knife and sanded it out with a DA and a mini DA.

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And it came out.

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For reference later this is what the bottom side of the playfield looks like. It will look much better soon.

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Touching base up the 20 K insert.

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Painted the”spin” back in by hand.

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I scanned them to create stencils, and painted everything. This playfield I am currently working on will not have any decals on it. The other Radical (that has a playfield in worse condition) I will use the decals for the inserts.

Mostly adhesion concerns. Painting is just kind of the way I’ve always done it . I know that if I paint my paint will adhere properly and I know that my clear coat will adhere properly to the paint. If I use decals it’s basically putting a sticker on and I am, a) concerned about the sticker adhering properly to the surface and b) concerned about the clear coat adhering properly to the decal. I fear that putting decals on could potentially have issues later , I know I won’t have issues with paint. Would the decals look better than some of the stuff I have painted? For sure, it’s difficult to match what a nicely printed decal can look like when painting by hand and using stencils. There is pluses and minuses for either approach but I typically go with what I know and understand the best.
Thank you following my restoration threads!
Cheers
Doug

Sanding the bottom side of the play field. I started with 220 grit sandpaper, then 320 and 500. Finished with a red Scotchbrite pad.

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At this point I also cleaned the backsides of the inserts.

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Finished the touch ups and shot my last coat of clear earlier this week. Sanded and buffed the playfield today. I start with 1,000 grit sandpaper, then 2,000 then a 3,000 Trizact disc. 3M rubbing compound and wool pad on the buffer then 3M machine polish and a wool polishing pad.

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Cleaning and reinstalling the wiring harness.

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Wiring very close to being completed. All mechs will be disassembled cleaned and metal parts tumbled.

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Some tumbled parts.

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Top side of the playfield is going back together. I am replacing the star posts with new ones. New pop bumper parts. I went with yellow skirts, I think they look pretty good.

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So as I am reassembling the one playfield I am disassembling the other one.

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The second Radical is in pretty rough shape but I am confident that I can get it looking and playing pretty nice.

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For the second Radical I will do a thorough shop job. Playfield will be disassembled, cleaned, buffed, waxed and I will put decals on the missing insert artwork. Mechs will get cleaned, worn out parts replaced, flippers rebuilt. Not as in depth as the first Radical but I will document it here and everyone following this thread can see what can become of a rough radical without getting too crazy. And lastly I will play it a bunch.

No, sorry for the confusion there isn’t an extra Radical. I am working on two but only one is mine and the other one belongs to a friend.

The back box speaker panel got a refresh.

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And installed.

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Got the cabinet up on it’s legs.

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I have got a MH series (US Cutter) 28 inch vinyl cutter that I use for cutting stencils. I scan images with just my standard scanner printer combo. If I need to alter or clean up any scans I do that work in gimp. From gimp I Export as a .jpg. To get the image ready for my cutting program I use Inkscape. I import the image into Inkscape and embed the image. Then I choose “trace bitmap” in the path options. Trace the bitmap and save the “path” as an .eps. These files can be imported directly into many cutting programs, I am currently using Sure Cuts A lot 4 as my cutting program (it will work with many different cutters). Import my .eps file and the cutting program can cut it, sizing adjustments can be made in the cutting program. Also the cutting program works well for basic tasks like making circles or text. Below are some pictures of my cutter and an insert stencil in Inkscape and in sure cuts a lot 4. There certainly is much better programs for all this but all the programs I use are either free or very cheap. If you have any questions feel free to pm me.

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Pop bumper parts tumbled and installed.

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My friend was considering going with powder coated trim on the game but decided to go with traditional after seeing the game in person this past weekend.

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Yeah it looks good with the traditional trim on it.