Radical!
Bally, 1990I'm going to be restoring 2 Radicals (one for me, one for a friend). These are going to be my winter projects so they are going to take many months to complete and I am just getting started on them. One game has a good playfield but rough cabinet, the other has a rough playfield but decent cabinet. I'm going to try and make two really nice games out of these. Follow along if you'd like.
Cheers
Doug
WIN_20201023_21_49_14_Pro (resized).jpgSubscribed!!! Quick question you said you were going to replace flipper bats with the correct ones??? Are those lightning flippers???
Quoted from cavalier88z24:Subscribed!!! Quick question you said you were going to replace flipper bats with the correct ones??? Are those lightning flippers???
They all should be the carrot flipper bats. This game did have the correct ones on the upper flippers but the two main flippers were not correct. I will be replacing them all with new bats.
Quoted from bangerjay:I’m not doing anymore crazy projects-Doug(2014, 15’, 16’,17’,18’,19’ and 2020)
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IF they were true friends, Doug, they would just let you ride off into the sunset.
I look forward to updates on this thread with zeal. Love your work and really looking forward to how you make this truly deserving game shine.
So many things will be learned in this process that is going to be helpful to so many Radical owners. 
Sometimes it is crazy just how extensive and deep the presumed subtle abuse to these machines live through runs. Is your your plan for the cabinet art to use the panels from our Russian friend? Or are you doing some other kind of magic?
Mylar is removed from this playfield. I had my friend Justin remove this Mylar because he has more experience with Mylar removal than I do. Any damage caused by Mylar removal means more touch up work for me. Justin did a great job, he uses dry ice to remove the Mylar.
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Just some lettering from the center insert and part of the”2” near “go for the snake” . Only artwork from the inserts came off, nothing from the playfield that was printed on the wood. I still have some glue residue to remove but Justin did an awesome job removing the Mylar.
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Quoted from trilogybeer:Just some lettering from the center insert and part of the”2” near “go for the snake” . Only artwork from the inserts came off, nothing from the playfield that was printed on the wood. I still have some glue residue to remove but Justin did an awesome job removing the Mylar.
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While it is dissasembled , could you measure the ball-gate for me?
Quoted from yellowghost:While it is dissasembled , could you measure the ball-gate for me?
Yes, I will have some time this weekend to work on these. I will take measurements
Quoted from yellowghost:While it is dissasembled , could you measure the ball-gate for me?
Which ball gate did you need me to measure? I can do that tonight, but the game has several and I want to make sure I measure the correct one for you.
Quoted from yellowghost:Would like to.know more about the "dry ice" please.
My friend gets the dry ice from an ice cream shop near his house( I think he pays about $2 a pound ) . I have never used it but he told me that you rub the dry ice on the mylar and it will separate from the glue. Do a small section at a time and never pull hard on the mylar (it should pull off very easy ). Of course you must use caution when handling the dry ice. The glue residue will remain on the playfield and need to be removed. I use 3m general purpose adhesive cleaner to remove the glue.
WIN_20201110_17_01_35_Pro (resized).jpgAlways test an area to make sure it won't damage the playfield. Once I am sure I am not going to damage the playfield I saturate the glue with that cleaner and let it sit a little while and then scrape glue with a filler spreader. The cleaner will need to be re applied several times and the final removal of the residue that is left is done with a rag.
WIN_20201110_17_09_03_Pro (resized).jpgQuoted from trilogybeer:Which ball gate did you need me to measure? I can do that tonight, but the game has several and I want to make sure I measure the correct one for you.
Its the one in the right in-lane that I need.
Thanks.
Quoted from trilogybeer:My friend gets the dry ice from an ice cream shop near his house( I think he pays about $2 a pound ) . I have never used it but he told me that you rub the dry ice on the mylar and it will separate from the glue. Do a small section at a time and never pull hard on the mylar (it should pull off very easy ). Of course you must use caution when handling the dry ice. The glue residue will remain on the playfield and need to be removed. I use 3m general purpose adhesive cleaner to remove the glue.
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Ive been using the rapid-tac adhesive remover for the mylar glue.
It works in seconds and cleans off nicely with a little naptha, no issues with clearcoat afterwards. Though I do use rapid-prep before painting for adhesion promotion.
I will never go back to the other methods now, the rapid-tac adhesive remover has spoiled me.
Quoted from trilogybeer:This back box hinge got tweaked from something.
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The game fell on its side
Quoted from pinballinreno:Ive been using the rapid-tac adhesive remover for the mylar glue.
It works in seconds and cleans off nicely with a little naptha, no issues with clearcoat afterwards. Though I do use rapid-prep before painting for adhesion promotion.
I will never go back to the other methods now, the rapid-tac adhesive remover has spoiled me.
Link?
Glue Remover:
Surface cleaner and clearcoat/paint prep:
https://www.amazon.com/RapidTac-RP-50045-2-Adhesive-Prep/dp/B006RUH9I8/ref=asc_df_B006RMQCFW/
Quoted from trilogybeer:And a few more.
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Thanks. Just what I needed
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