Cue-Tease
Bally, 1963I picked up a Bally Cue Tease yesterday (an early Ted Zale game - WHOO HOO!). It's in really nice shape overall, with a fantastic backglass. There's one broken plastic I'll try to hunt down or reproduce. Within a couple of hours of tinkering, I had it running, and it seems to work quite well.
The only negative is that someone gouged up a section of the playfield. Is a waterslide the best fix for this, or should I look into other methods?
IMG_0802 (resized).jpgUnless your going to tear it down and do a full restore, give it a good glean and wax job then slap some mylar over the gauges.
For it to look decent and last you would have to build up to the height of the original paint.
I have used spray paint, sprayed into a cup and brushed on.
Why?
It drys quickly and builds well. If you use a small enough brush and only paint the inside the scratches it usually looks good.
It is very durable. I did a Big Brave this way and it looked good for 10 years and nearly 3000 plays. YMMV
If you get color that is close you can mix spray paint in the cup to better match it.
It is hit or miss but I have had good results.
You can coat your touched up area with Varethane semi gloss or satin finish. Only coat that area.
If you do a full restore down the road the Varethane can be removed with Xylene. It will not remove your touch ups.
The red should be an easy match. The white will be more difficult due to the yellowing.
Down side to spray bomb method is that they cost adds up. $4 to $5 a can.
Quoted from mrm_4:Talk us through what you did, looks great!
I can’t take credit. My buddy Jaymach1 did it. Color matching and filling the scratch with auto clear coat. As you can see from the pictures, his work is simply amazing.
And here’s the Problem. I’m not suggesting you didn’t do lovely work. Just showing another view. In my view I t earned a bunch of scars and history and you scrubbed them out and made it look like a repro. Basically it’s a copy now. It’s not original. Given a choice I would buy the original over this one at the same price. Just another view....i think you ruined its originality
Quoted from wiredoug:And here’s the Problem. I’m not suggesting you didn’t do lovely work. Just showing another view. In my view I t earned a bunch of scars and history and you scrubbed them out and made it look like a repro. Basically it’s a copy now. It’s not original. Given a choice I would buy the original over this one at the same price. Just another view....i think you ruined its originality
I understand that sentiment. I often feel the same way about needless restorations, but I think this one was warranted and it looks great!
@drsfmd, please be sure to post plenty of photos of the completed game. This is one you don't see every day.
That came out awesome! I love that playfield art, the chic in the middle looks like a naughty teacher 
Quoted from wiredoug:And here’s the Problem. I’m not suggesting you didn’t do lovely work. Just showing another view. In my view I t earned a bunch of scars and history and you scrubbed them out and made it look like a repro. Basically it’s a copy now. It’s not original. Given a choice I would buy the original over this one at the same price. Just another view....i think you ruined its originality
I’ve read a lot of dumb posts on pinside, but this one may take the cake. Those gouges weren’t “earned” scars, they were vandalism, and deep enough to make the ball change direction. They needed to be fixed or the playfield was junk, and this game is just too rare to be junked.
Would you not bother to repair damage to your car? Why is this somehow different?
Quoted from drsfmd:I’ve read a lot of dumb posts on pinside, but this one may take the cake. Those gouges weren’t “earned” scars, they were vandalism, and deep enough to make the ball change direction. They needed to be fixed or the playfield was junk, and this game is just too rare to be junked.
Would you not bother to repair damage to your car? Why is this somehow different?
My ex girlfriend keyed my drivers door and put a brick through the windshield of my mint 68 Chevelle. I like it better now. Shows it’s “history” gives it a nice “patina”
I with you man. That game looks so great with those touch ups!
Fabulous work.
That game will live on for many years and be very desirable to 99.99% of pinheads and non pinheads as a beautiful example of that title.
Quoted from drsfmd:I’ve read a lot of dumb posts on pinside, but this one may take the cake. Those gouges weren’t “earned” scars, they were vandalism, and deep enough to make the ball change direction. They needed to be fixed or the playfield was junk, and this game is just too rare to be junked.
Would you not bother to repair damage to your car? Why is this somehow different?
Agreed. Man there are some dumb people here.
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